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04/16/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have created the Amazon rainforest, study suggests
A new study suggests that the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs likely gave rise to the Amazon rainforest in South America. Published April 1 in the journal Science, the study also posits that the same asteroid created all of the Americas’ tropical rainforests. Around 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide meteor struck what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Named the Chicxulub […]
04/12/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
3 Crucial processes: Study suggests humans can breathe thanks to volcanoes, tectonics and cyanobacteria
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside and Rice University have tied up multiple complex processes to come up with one comprehensive theory answering how oxygen became ubiquitous on Earth. In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers described how tectonic activity –the shifting of Earth’s outer crust – led to the formation of volcanoes that spewed massive amounts of carbon […]
04/09/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Back off, bugs: Sweet potato cultivars use a specific odor to warn other plants of herbivores
A variety of sweet potato emits a specific odor that not only deters incoming pests – it also alerts neighboring plants of its kind to the presence of a threat. That’s according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPICE) in Germany and National Taiwan University, who examined a sweet potato cultivar called Tainong 57, […]
04/06/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
National Weather Service predicts heavy floods not likely to occur in Mississippi Delta this spring
The National Weather Service (NWS) assured that heavy floods are not likely to inundate the Mississippi Delta this spring. In its 2021 Spring Flood Outlook report, issued in March, the NWS forecast that the overall risk of flooding is “near normal” this season for the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The “near normal” risk was thanks to the dry conditions […]
04/05/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Face masks are laced with cancer-causing toxic chemicals
Scientists found that some face masks used by the general public are laced with toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens and environmental pollutants. Michael Braungart, a German chemist and the scientific director of environmental nonprofit Hamburg Environmental Institute, carried out tests on face masks that people had worn shortly before developing rashes on the face. He detected formaldehyde, aniline and other toxic chemicals in […]
04/05/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Scientists urge US to fund geoengineering research while admitting climate intervention is “dumb and risky”
The United States should pursue research into solar geoengineering to cool Earth even if climate intervention carries a lot of risks. This is according to a statement made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) said on March 25. Solar geoengineering involves increasing the amount of radiation that gets reflected back to Earth to cool the planet. It is a […]
04/03/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Light pollution lured more than 45 million grasshoppers into Las Vegas in 2019, new study finds
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Notre Dame found that the more than 45 million grasshoppers that swarmed Las Vegas one summer night in 2019 did so due to light pollution. The researchers said that artificial lights lured the grasshoppers into the city, noting that the greatest numbers were concentrated over where the lights were brightest. “It’s really hard to […]
04/03/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Researchers use “ocean elevators” to grow giant sea kelp – a promising source of biofuel
Researchers made a makeshift “elevator” in the ocean to grow giant kelp, the world’s biggest species of marine algae and a promising source of biofuel. The researchers explained that giant kelp needs to be moved up and down the ocean column every day to thrive. “The key idea is moving kelp stocks daily up to near-surface waters […]
04/01/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Truck carrying radioactive uranium crashes in North Carolina
A truck carrying radioactive uranium crashed on a North Carolina highway on Wednesday, March 31, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The highway patrol said the truck collided with a passenger van along the I-95 in Cumberland County late in the morning. No injuries were reported but two of the truck’s four 1,000-gallon containers of uranium hexafluoride fell on […]
03/27/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Electric vehicle charging station in Scotland gets its electricity from tidal power
An electric vehicle charging station that runs on tidal energy went online this week. Made by Scottish energy company Nova Innovation, the charging point is located in the isle of Yell in Shetland, an archipelago of roughly 100 islands. The station gets its power supply from Nova’s Shetland Tidal Array, a four-turbine installation in the strait of Bluemull Sound between Yell […]
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