Tag: science

    Climate crisis likely creating extreme winter weather events, says report
    05 Sep 2021

    The climate crisis has not only been leaving deadly heatwaves and more destructive hurricanes in its wake, but also probably creating extreme winter weather events, according to a new report released on August 31 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s journal Science. Climate change has long been associated with such extreme weather […]

    In Siberia, scientists found a well-preserved body of a cave lion 28 thousand years old

    An international team of scientists claims to have found in Siberia, under a layer of permafrost, the extremely well-preserved body of a baby cave lion cub – so well that even its internal organs remained intact, NBC News reported. Scientists call lion cub Sparta, he was found in 2018 in Yakutia. This region is part […]

    In 80 years, up to 95% of the ocean surface may become uninhabitable, scientists say
    31 Aug 2021

    A team of scientists from the American Northwestern University found in a study that global climate change by 2100 will irreversibly change up to 95% of the world’s oceans, making them uninhabitable. They stated it in a scientific article on the Nature portal. The climate of the ocean surface has a characteristic temperature, acidity, and […]

    Forests can create clouds – scientists
    09 Aug 2021

    Everyone knows that trees capture CO2 from the air; Nature Communications found that they can cool the planet in another way – by forming low clouds over forests. Most of the clouds are created by evergreen needle forests, Phys reports. Moreover, when the trees are covered with snow in winter, the clouds over the forests […]

    World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021
    04 Aug 2021

    BioScience magazine has released a new report on climate in the USA, Australia, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Bangladesh. Spoiler: the situation is critical. It turned out that 2015-2020 is the hottest period in the history of humankind. Natural disasters (droughts, storms, forest fires, and floods) also increased. It seems we haven’t really started […]

    From electric cars to bubble wrap: inventions that the world did not immediately appreciate

    Sometimes innovations require aging, like expensive wines. Let’s get to know what the most prominent inventions had to wait so long, thanks to the excellent review by Chas News. Alexander Bell, the inventor of the telephone, believed in his creation. He thought that the day would come when such a device would appear in every […]

    The future studies experts: who needs their skills?

    Let’s check what European futurists have told Chas News what their work is, why the future is like a multiverse and whether futurology can be considered a science. The veil of secrecy has always separated us from the future. It is difficult for a person to accept his or her ignorance because any secret can […]

    You’re young and want to help the UN? Climate Science Olympiad 2021 has started!

    Have you long dreamed of helping the UN achieve the goals of sustainable development? If you are 14-17 or 18-25 years old, then you can sign up at Climate Science Olympiad. Registration lasts until August 1, 2021; 5,000 teams will take part in the competition, and the prize fund is $10,000. If you do not […]

    Urban development in the UAE may be limiting pollution levels, say scientists

    Khalifa University of Science and Technology scientists suggest the overall number of particles in the air has fallen in the UAE since 2009, The National reports. Urban development in the UAE may have helped to limit pollution levels. It happened due to reducing the amount of dust whipped up by the wind, according to new […]