Some Good News at last – but nothing to do with Climate Change Those of you who know me – know I’m pretty keen on fossils – so todays news alert grabbed me straight away. The report below explains how a fossil shell has been able to inform scientists that the Earth rotated more quickly …
Photo of the Week: 5th March Puffin: Shetland Islands (Sunburgh Head Cliffs))
The Amazon Is Almost Fully Saturated, And Could Flip to Emitting Carbon in 15 Years PATRICK GALEY, AFP 5 MAR 2020 The world’s tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions, with the Amazon rainforest at risk of turning from carbon sink to source within 15 years, researchers …
Half The World’s Sandy Beaches Are on Track to Vanish by 2100, Scientists Warn MARLOWE HOOD, AFP 3 MAR 2020 Climate change and sea level rise are currently on track to wipe out half the world’s sandy beaches by 2100, researchers warned Monday. Even if humanity sharply reduces the fossil fuel pollution that drives global warming, …
Oldest Photosynthetic Algae found in China Report from NATURE Read more at: https://www.sciencealert.com/these-fossils-are-seaweed-that-lived-a-billion-years-ago? MICHELLE STARR 25 FEB 2020 Strange, vein-like shadows imprinted in ancient rocks are some of the most important clues yet in piecing together the timeline of photosynthesis. At 1 billion years old, the tiny fossils are the oldest example of green algae …
Will Jellyfish take over the world? Scientists Find The First-Ever Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive MICHELLE STARR 25 FEB 2020 Some truths about the Universe and our experience in it seem immutable. The sky is up. Gravity sucks. Nothing can travel faster than light. Multicellular life needs oxygen to live. Except we might …
Bionic Jellyfish Scientists Have Created Bionic Jellyfish And Successfully Controlled Their Movements CARLY CASSELLA 23 FEB 2020 Scientists have ‘puppeteered’ the movements of a jellyfish and made it even faster than the real thing. Taking artificial control with a microelectronic implant, researchers have increased the natural swimming speed of a live moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) …
Antarctic Ice Melt Update New NASA Photos From Antarctica Reveal Shocking Levels of Ice Melt JACINTA BOWLER 24 FEB 2020 Antarctica is supposed to be an extremely cold place. The annual mean temperature of the snow-laden continent’s central area is -57 degrees Celsius (−70.6°F); even the coast averages around -10°C (14°F). But on February 6, the weather …
Antarctica Just Cracked a Disturbing New Temperature Record of 20 Degrees Celsius AFP 14 FEB 2020 Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent, a researcher said Thursday. “We’d never seen a temperature this high …
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