The Extinction Rebellion protests started Monday and have at times paralyzed parts of London, with peaceful demonstrations at Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Circus and other key landmarks. "We are trying our best to give the businesses a chance to return to "business as usual", police said. A statement added: "One thing that is unusual about this demonstration is the willingness of those participatin... [Full Article...]
The scientists used data from 165 white sharks tagged between 2006 and 2013, and compiled 27 years of seal, orca and shark surveys in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, off San Francisco, California. The team determined when white sharks and orcas were in the area at the same time using the tags on the sharks and records of orca sightings during the same time span. [Full Article...]
This is why world leaders signed the Paris climate agreement in 2015 and committed to reducing their respective countries' carbon emissions, the letter continues, in order to limit the global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius. [Full Article...]
A Wednesday release by the American Meteor Society (AMS) announced the organization received a total 360 reports from some 12 states detailing alleged meteor activity. Any debris or remains of the rock that survived the descent would have splashed down in the ocean, so meteorite hunters eager to make a buck will be out of luck in this case. [Full Article...]
The overpass that collapsed on Highway 10 in the Northridge area at the epicenter of the quake in 1994. Scientists hope the work will lead to a better understanding of temblors and how to predict them. They looked at slightly larger earthquakes that had more easily identifiable signals, or waveform, that had already been recorded and cataloged . This April 12, 2019, photo provided by the U.... [Full Article...]
There is evidence that the Moon has water and hydroxyl, a more reactive relative of water, but it is controversial about the origins of the water. Dr. Benna works at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. For the water to be released, at least 3 inches below the surface must have been penetrated by the meteoroids. [Full Article...]
The visitor made it to the headlines across the globe. In a new paper submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters , researchers analyzed more than 30 years of data on meteor events recorded by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, in hopes of spotting other meteors that may have originated from another star system. [Full Article...]
He criticizes deniers of climate change. "It is still not too late to act", she told lawmakers, according to The Guardian . I agree, but when your house is on fire and you want to prevent it from collapsing, it is better to panic a little. [Full Article...]