The team analyzed the light from 70 Cepheid variables in a neighboring satellite galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud, now calculated to be 162,000 light-years away. Gathering the data, scientists were able to reinforce the foundation of the cosmic distance ladder, which is utilized to determine the distances within the Universe, and compute the Hubble constant, an estimation of how quick ... [Full Article...]
Pedneaud-Jobin said he hopes to explore flood protection options for some communities, while also being open to helping people leave. A spokesman for Goodale said it was too soon to compare the scale of flooding to 2017, but noted that the frequency and severity of natural disasters has increased in Canada in recent years due to climate change. [Full Article...]
Luque said. Scientists recently unearthed hundreds of pristinely preserved fossils from rock formations in Colombia and United States, including a 95-million-year-old crab that is completely redefining what makes a crab what it is. Luque, the lead author of the study, told Live Science, "I call it my lovely nightmare because it was so attractive and frustrating" for the researchers to comprehend... [Full Article...]
Environmental activists glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange and climbed onto the roof of a train at Canary Wharf on the final day of protests aimed at forcing Britain to take action to avert what they cast as a global climate cataclysm. [Full Article...]
For the study, the researchers looked at the whole life cycle of meal kits - from farm to landfill. Rather, it's the streamlined supply chain and direct-to-customer delivery - getting food directly to homes and saving the driving involved in making a second stop at stores. [Full Article...]
The degree to which the gorillas are imitating their overseers nevertheless surprised him. For a few days, the post gathered more than 25 thousand likes and about 20 thousand posts. Because they each lost their mothers when they were only a few months old, caretakers like these are nearly like parents to them, Mburanumwe explained. [Full Article...]
The report says that these losses are about to get much worse. The regions with the biggest potential ice loss - the frigid far northwest and northeast of the island, which sit up against the Arctic ocean - have not changed as quickly as other parts of Greenland . [Full Article...]
The report says the Eugene-Springfield area is also now the 62nd most polluted area in the country for ozone pollution. In the new report, Denver went from the 14th worst city for air quality to the 12th worst thanks to ozone pollution, which is the "brown cloud" that we often see sitting over the skyline. [Full Article...]