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Footage shows world's fastest ants at top speed – video10h ago ( October 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM ) New video footage reveals the world's fastest ants galloping across the scorching sand of the Sahara at speeds approaching one metre per second, which is the equivalent of a house cat tearing about at 120mph.Researchers have found that at full pelt the Saharan silver ants can travel 108 times their body length per second in gallops that brought all six legs off the ground at onceFastest ants in world found in northern Sahara, researchers say Continue reading...Tags: Insects, Animal behaviour, Wildlife, Science, Environment, Africa, World news 34 people like this. Like Fastest ants in world found in northern Sahara, researchers say10h ago ( October 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM ) Silver ants travel 108 times their body length per second and have stride rate 10 times that of Usain BoltThe sand dunes of the northern Sahara are home to the fastest ants in the world, according to researchers who clocked the insects foraging for food in the blistering midday sun.Video footage reveals the ants galloping across the scorching sand at speeds approaching one metre per second, the equivalent of a house cat tearing about at 120mph. Continue reading...Tags: Animal behaviour, Insects, Science, Environment, Wildlife, Africa, World news 43 people like this. Like How do we feed the world without destroying it? | Bob GeldofOctober 16, 2019 at 2:00 AM An international summit next year will tackle the world’s most enduring crisis – hunger. Radical action is neededHunger is the most awful and profound expression of poverty. It exists in every country. It is something that most people can identify with on some perhaps primordial level. It is innate. The fear of hunger is etched into our DNA, passed down the generations from hungry, scared ancestors. It is in our bones. It is in my Irish bones.First, the good news. For several decades global hung...Tags: Hunger, Global development, Sustainable development goals, Society, World news, Sustainable development, Agriculture, Environment, Science 1 people like this. Like Humpback whales recorded using huge fins to forageOctober 15, 2019 at 7:01 PM Researchers notice whales’ unusual feeding behaviour in south-east AlaskaHumpback whales have been captured on film herding shoals of fish into their cavernous mouths with their oversized pectoral fins.Marine biologists recorded the extraordinary feeding behaviour for the first time off the coast of Alaska, where the whales lurk around salmon hatcheries that release juvenile fish into the sea. Continue reading...Tags: Whales, Science, Animal behaviour, Marine life, Wildlife, Environment, Cetaceans, World news, Alaska, US news Watching Nature Documentaries Can Produce “Real Happiness,” Finds a Study from the BBC and UC-BerkeleyOctober 15, 2019 at 10:00 AM  Tags: Environment, Nature, Science, Television 75 people like this. Like In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire CityOctober 15, 2019 at 8:33 AM  Tags: Extinction Rebellion, UK, Climate Change, Protests, Environment, Police, Law Enforcement, Conservation, Science 75 people like this. Like Advisory Board Members Axed by Trump's EPA Are Preparing Their Own Pollution ReportOctober 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM  Tags: Science, Environment, Pollution, Conservation, Epa, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, War On Science 66 people like this. Like Link About It: This Week’s PicksOctober 12, 2019 at 9:03 AM Emissions-free cement, a women-only spacewalk, Soviet-era train stations, a very rare diamond and more from around the web Google Maps Adds Vocal Guidance for Visually Impaired Users Now available on Google Maps iOS and Android apps (one day after World Sight Day), a more detailed voice feature will now update and guide visually impaired people more effectively. To turn on the feature, access the settings …Tags: Travel, Apps, Space, Music, Science, Design, News, Internet, Trains, Russia, Environment, Los Angeles, Tech, Nasa, Cities, Diamonds 48 people like this. Like Has Jurassic Park fostered misunderstanding about extinction?October 11, 2019 at 10:46 AM  Tags: Science, Climate Change, Dna, Environment, Genetics, Nature, United States, Pollution, Conservation, United Kingdom, Innovation, United Nations, Anthropocene, Jurassic Park, Biodiversity, International Union For Conservation Of Nature 124 people like this. Like If the shoo fits: cows painted with zebra stripes keep flies in lineOctober 10, 2019 at 8:29 PM Insect bites can be significantly cut using a cunning disguise, researchers findPainting a cow to look something like a zebra has been found to reduce fly bites by 50%.Researchers believe painting stripes on to cattle is a world-first and could become an environmentally friendly alternative to pesticides. Continue reading...Tags: Japan, Science, Animals, Environment, World news, Australia news, Pesticides, Farming, Animal Welfare, Agriculture, Insects, CSIRO 4 people like this. Like Why do the good guys have to beat the climate cheats?October 10, 2019 at 1:49 PM  Tags: Politics, Science, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Earth, Innovation, Global Issues, Thunberg, Greta Thunberg, Thunberg Again, David Wallace Welles 98 people like this. Like Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for development of lithium-ion batteries – as it happenedOctober 9, 2019 at 7:26 AM John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino made laureates for development that sparked portable technology revolution• Report: chemistry Nobel given to lithium-ion battery researchers 12.26pm BST And there we leave the chemistry prize for another year. Huge congratulations go to John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.Here is my colleague Nicola Davis’s news story on the prize: Related: Nobel prize in chemistry awa...Tags: Energy, Europe, Science, Sweden, Environment, World news, Chemistry, People in science, Nobel prizes, Energy Storage, Royal Society, Science prizes, Venki Ramakrishnan, John B Goodenough, Nicola Davis, Goodenough 32 people like this. Like Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for development of lithium-ion batteries – live!October 9, 2019 at 6:28 AM John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino made laureates for development that sparked portable technology revolution• Report: chemistry Nobel given to lithium-ion battery researchers 11.28am BST If you missed the announcement... here it is againWatch the very moment the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced.Presented by Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/PM8X2S3Zy4 11.25am BST In this interview wi...Tags: Energy, Europe, Science, Sweden, Environment, World news, Chemistry, People in science, Nobel prizes, Energy Storage, Science prizes, John Goodenough, John B Goodenough, Akira Yoshino, Stanley Whittingham, Göran K Hansson 14 people like this. Like Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on lithium-ion batteriesOctober 9, 2019 at 6:08 AM John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino honoured for development that sparked portable technology revolutionThe Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work in developing lithium-ion batteries.John B Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin, M Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University and Akira Yoshino of Meijo University will receive equal shares of the 9m Swedish kronor (£74o,000) prize, which was announced by the Royal Swedish Acade...Tags: Energy, Europe, Science, Sweden, Environment, World news, Chemistry, People in science, Nobel prizes, Energy Storage, Science prizes, Stockholm, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, John B Goodenough, Akira Yoshino, Stanley Whittingham 28 people like this. Like California's Largest Utility to Shut Off Power to 800,000 Customers Due to Wildfire RiskOctober 8, 2019 at 9:50 PM  Tags: Energy, Science, Technology, Climate Change, California, Environment, Infrastructure, Wildfires, Pge, Pacific Gas and Electric, Pacific Gas and Electricity PG E 143 people like this. Like Researchers Find Emissions-Free Way to Make CementOctober 8, 2019 at 12:53 PM Researchers at MIT have developed a way (though admittedly experimental) to produce emissions-free cement—that means the manufacturing process “releases no carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.” This is a hugely significant breakthrough, as cement manufacturing (for the intention of making concrete) is responsible for almost 10% of global emissions. The process includes an electrochemical method, which would replace the current one, which is dependent on fossil-fuels. …Tags: Science, Design, Environment, Mit, Architecture, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Emissions, Construction, Greenhouse Gases, Linkaboutit, Concrete, Cement 6 people like this. Like Report: University of Iowa Faculty Told Not to Promote Greta Thunberg Visit on School Social MediaOctober 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Science, Education, Climate Change, Environment, Climate, Protests, University of Iowa, Greta Thunberg 109 people like this. Like Viral Video About Eating Babies at AOC Town Hall Was Staged by Pro-Trump GroupOctober 4, 2019 at 7:30 AM  Tags: Videos, Politics, Science, Youtube, Environment, Queens, Viral, Viral Videos, Hoax, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Aoc, Trump Group, Lyndon LaRouche, Antisemitism, President Trump 84 people like this. Like This year's ozone hole could be the smallest it has been in 30 yearsSeptember 17, 2019 at 1:30 PM For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer, which protects Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This year, just in time for World Ozone Day, the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced the state of the ozone hole — its size is the smallest it has been in the past 30 years.
Ozone is created in our atmosphere when the sun’s high-energy UV rays rupture the stable covalent bonds of atmospheric oxygen (O2) molecules, transformi...Tags: Science, Design, News, Environment, European Union, Bbc, United Nations, Meteorology, Montreal, Ozone, WMO, Cams, World Meteorological Organization WMO, Ozone Layer, Ozone Hole, Ozone Healing Whale-ferry collision in Seattle’s Elliott Bay a byproduct of humpback revival, and could become more commonMay 29, 2019 at 9:34 PM  Tags: Science, News, Environment, Seattle, Local News, Northwest, Elliott Bay, Bainbridge Island, Wenatchee, Traffic Lab 150 people like this. Like Childish Gambino choreographer urges fans to step up for young rural AfricansMay 29, 2019 at 4:00 AM Sherrie Silver, who was behind acclaimed video This is America, launches virtual dance ‘petition’ to promote investment in farmingShe made a name for herself as the choreographer behind one of the most controversial yet critically acclaimed music videos of last year.Now Sherrie Silver, the creative force behind the dance moves in Childish Gambino’s This Is America, is using her success to drive a social media campaign promoting investment in young people in rural Africa. Continue reading...Tags: Science, Africa, Environment, America, Society, World news, Farming, Cameroon, Global development, Food Security, Childish Gambino, Sherrie Silver 8 people like this. Like Humans causing shrinking of nature as larger animals die offMay 23, 2019 at 5:00 AM Average size of wild animals predicted to fall by a quarter in 100 years through extinctionsHumanity’s ongoing destruction of wildlife will lead to a shrinking of nature, with the average body size of animals falling by a quarter, a study predicts.The researchers estimate that more than 1,000 larger species of mammals and birds will go extinct in the next century, from rhinos to eagles. They say this could lead to the collapse of ecosystems that humans rely on for food and clean water. Continue ...Tags: Science, Environment, World news, Wildlife, Conservation, Biodiversity 28 people like this. Like Jeff Bezos Wouldn’t Even Come On Stage to Listen to His Employees Who Want Amazon to Address Climate ChangeMay 22, 2019 at 3:55 PM  Tags: Amazon, Science, Climate Change, Environment, Jeff Bezos, Automaton 118 people like this. Like Series of small earthquakes detected in Washington, Oregon and CanadaMay 22, 2019 at 10:12 AM At least nine small earthquakes have been recorded over the past 24 hours in the quake-prone Pacific Northwest.Tags: Science, News, Environment, Canada, Local News, Northwest, Puget Sound, Washington Oregon 6 people like this. Like Global sea levels could rise 6 feet by year 2100, twice as high as previous estimatesMay 21, 2019 at 6:07 PM A new study on polar ice sheet melt warns that global sea levels could rise by almost six feet by the year 2100, an estimate twice as high as previously predicted.
The newly modeled sea level rise would devastate parts of major cities around the globe, and displace hundreds of millions of people.
The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [PNAS] journal [Link].
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Future sea level rise (SLR) poses serious threats to the viability of c...Tags: Post, Science, News, Environment, Global Warming, Ipcc, Nasa, Sea Level Rise, Antarctica, Greenland, Sea Levels, PNAS, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC, National Academy of Sciences, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Picks 29 people like this. Like This Robot Gardener from the 1960s Looks Like a Techno-Utopian Version of the ApocalypseMay 16, 2019 at 10:15 AM  Tags: Comics, Science, Environment, Closer Than We Think, Donald Trump, 1960s, Comic Strips, Arthur Radebaugh, President Trump, Environmental Concerns, Midcentury Comics 69 people like this. Like Inside the nature zone: New Zealand's major museum investment is an urgent call to actionMay 10, 2019 at 6:25 PM The immersive exhibition – the largest investment of its kind – melds western science with Māori knowledgeWhere the southern Alps meet the sea on the west coast of New Zealand’s rugged south island, Hinerangi Barr and her whanau (family) hold a tribal story like no other: the landing place where Maui, hero of the Pacific, took his first steps on Aotearoa.It is not a well-known story, even to New Zealanders, but it’s sacred to this small sub-tribe of Ngāi Tahu, Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio. Two years a...Tags: Science, Environment, Culture, Asia Pacific, Museums, New Zealand 21 people like this. Like 'Reconstruction' begins of stone age lands lost to North SeaMay 8, 2019 at 1:42 PM Scientists to create 3D map of submerged Mesolithic landscape of DoggerlandLost at the bottom of the North Sea almost eight millennia ago, a vast land area between England and southern Scandinavia which was home to thousands of stone age settlers is about to be rediscovered.Marine experts, scientists and archaeologists have spent the past 15 years meticulously mapping thousands of kilometres under water in the hope of unearthing lost tribes of prehistoric Britain. Continue reading...Tags: England, Science, Environment, UK News, Culture, Britain, Marine Life, Oceans, Heritage, Belgium, Archaeology, Flooding, Exploration, Scandinavia, Geography, North Sea 43 people like this. Like Mapping begins of lands lost to North Sea during stone ageMay 8, 2019 at 1:42 PM Scientists set out to reconstruct submerged Mesolithic landscape of DoggerlandLost at the bottom of the North Sea almost eight millennia ago, a vast land area between England and southern Scandinavia which was home to thousands of stone age settlers is about to be rediscovered.Marine experts, scientists and archaeologists have spent the past 15 years meticulously mapping thousands of kilometres under water in the hope of unearthing lost tribes of prehistoric Britain. Continue reading...Tags: England, Science, Environment, UK News, Culture, Britain, Marine Life, Oceans, Heritage, Belgium, Archaeology, Flooding, Exploration, Scandinavia, Geography, North Sea 39 people like this. Like Only a third of world’s great rivers remain free flowing, analysis findsMay 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM Dams, levees, hydropower and habitat degradation behind fragmentation on huge scale, finds global assessmentOnly a third of the world’s great rivers remain free flowing, due to the impact of dams that are drastically reducing the benefits healthy rivers provide people and nature, according to a global analysis.Billions of people rely on rivers for water, food and irrigation, but from the Danube to the Yangtze most large rivers are fragmented and degraded. Untouched rivers are largely confined to...Tags: Energy, Europe, Business, Science, Technology, Education, China, Africa, Environment, Americas, Water, World news, Australia news, Fish, Danube, Asia Pacific 46 people like this. Like |
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