AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarFlorida's environmental failures are a warning for the rest of the USTIME - Jeff VanderMeerEarly in the 20th century, engineers blew up waterfalls and rapids in Miami rivers to clear the way for a canal. Wildcats scattered and fish floated to the surface, paralyzed. As legend has it, at least one alligator’s body went flying in the explosion, gawked at by local dignitaries. Dynamite and …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEarth Boundaries Breaching Are Putting The Future Of Humanity At Riskiflscience.com - Dr. Alfredo CarpinetiThis is the first quantification of safe and just Earth system boundaries, at both a global and local level. The impact of humans on the planet is …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarLong-Banned Pollutants Are Even in The Deepest Place on Earth, Study Revealsverified_publisherScienceAlert - Anna SobekI was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists discover easy way to make atomically-thin metal layers for new technologyphys.org - Louise LernerThe secret to a perfect croissant is the layers—as many as possible, each one interspersed with butter. Similarly, a new material with promise for …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarScientists discover missing continent after 375 yearsUNILAD - Katherine SidnellScientists discovered a missing content after 375 years, which was once part of an ancient supercontinent which included Western Antarctica and …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarBaffled by black holes? Confused by quantum theory? Explaining the universe one small step at a timeverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterScience writer Marcus Chown breaks down the mysteries of the universe into manageable chunks
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarEarth's Life-Nourishing Water Came From Interstellar Space, Scientists Findverified_publisherVICE - Becky FerreiraEarth’s water, the key ingredient for life as we know it, likely originated many billions of years ago on dust grains in interstellar space. Earth’s water originated in interstellar space more than five billion years ago, making it more ancient than the Sun, reports a new study that reveals …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarScientists have discovered a new ocean forming as Africa begins to splitUNILAD - Rhiannon IngleScientists have discovered the formation of a new ocean as Africa begins to split. Researchers have found that the two parts of land, which make up …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarDe-extinction is all the rage, but it’s not really ‘resurrecting’ speciesverified_publisherFast Company - By Risa Aria Schnebly and Ben A. Minteer—The ConversationSome believe that de-extinction could create a more hopeful story about humans’ ability to combat mass extinction. Others argue we should be concerned with the species already here on Earth. It’s no secret that human activities have put many of this planet’s inhabitants in danger. Extinctions are …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahAvatarAvatarMeet the world’s first artificial energy islandverified_publisherElectrek - Michelle LewisPrincess Elisabeth Island, a pioneering electricity grid at sea, connects offshore wind farms to the mainland, and it also creates connections with neighboring countries. The Princess Elisabeth Zone is a future 3.5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm that will be in the North Sea, almost 45 km (28 …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists make breakthrough with 'miracle material' that may revolutionize solar panels: 'This could be an absolute game changer'thecooldown.com - Ben SternThe use of perovskite solar cells could help us make solar panels more efficient and accessible to all. Solar power is becoming cheaper and easier to …
AvatarTonye Ibi Barango-TariahFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists Say They Can Reverse Time in a Quantum Systemverified_publisherfuturism.com - Victor Tangermann"We can rewind to a previous scene or skip several scenes ahead." An international team of scientists claim to have found a way to speed up, slow …