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US Inexperienced Impossibilities – Watts Up With That?
Guest contribution by Willis Eschenbach
A few months ago I wrote a post called Bright Green Impossibilities. In it, I showed that it is impossible to convert all of global energy into zero-emission fuels by 2050. But what about an…
A 100-meter asteroid triggered a wierd affect occasion in Antarctica 430,000 years in the past
The effects of the impact of ancient asteroids on Earth can still be seen from the multitude of impact craters on our planet. And from the 2013 event in Chelyabinsk, when an asteroid exploded in midair over a Russian city, we know how…
World warming is inflicting strawberries to shrink – what is the level?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to the Australian ABC, a 3 ° C increase in nighttime temperatures in Nambour increases the costs for farmers by reducing the size of the strawberries.
Climate change means smaller…
Floor-based lasers may push area particles from collision orbit trajectories
Australian National University (ANU) researchers are finding new uses for laser-based technology that sharpens telescope images - so-called adaptive optics - and potentially helps alleviate the world's growing problem of space debris.…
Boris Johnson Fights Alone On The World Stage To Save COP26 Local weather Change Convention As…
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Natasha Clark | Harry Cole
April 13, 2021, 11:38 pm | Updated April 13, 2021 11:39 PM
BORIS Johnson is now fighting solo on the world stage to save this year's COP26 climate change conference as other countries…
Discovering oxygen in a wierd world would not at all times imply there’s life there
We now know that the universe is filled with planets. According to one estimate, there are more than 20 billion Earth-like worlds in our galaxy alone. But how many of them are likely to have lives? And how would we know if they did? If…
1.5C international warming by 2030 – however there may be nonetheless an opportunity to keep…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Who will tell China? According to the scientists surveyed by the SMH, there is still an opportunity to avoid a 2 ° C warming if we stop expanding all coal and gas projects immediately.
Given the climate…
If you wish to transfer an asteroid, you want the appropriate kind of nuclear explosion
Using nuclear devices to deflect or destroy an asteroid. Sounds a little crazy, no? Maybe a little too Hollywood? Yet one day it may be necessary to detonate nuclear weapons in space to defend the planets. For this method to be…
German exit from coal … solely lasted eight days – Watts Up With That?
Reposted from the NoTricksZone
By P Gosselin on April 13, 2021 Share this…
From Blackout News(Translated, edited by P. Gosselin)
Due to the government-mandated phase-out of coal, 11 coal-fired power plants with a total output of…
Trojan Mission Lucy has examined her photo voltaic panels for the primary time. This stuff are…
Space missions often have to go where the sun doesn't shine. Or at least where it shines very weakly. This is especially important when the mission draws its strength from the sun. Fortunately, engineers have a way to deal with this…