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This image is packed full of galaxies! A keen eye can spot exquisite elliptical galaxies and spectacular spirals, seen at various orientations: edge-on with the plane of the galaxy visible, face-on to show off magnificent spiral arms, and everything in between.
Written by Paul Homewood
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Hadcrut now has numbers out for February, giving an anomaly of 0.523C, measured against the 1961-90 baseline, slightly down on January’s 0.556C. This means that the last six months have been below 0.59C.
It is clear that temperatures are settling down at a similar level to the period between 2002 and 2007, following the record El Nino of 2015/16.
Written by theenergyadvocate.co.uk
More than £100 million was paid out to energy firms that own wind farms last year to switch off their turbines and stop producing electricity, according to new research.
According to analysis of official figures, the wind farms generate an average of 40{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} more funds when their turbines are turned off than when they are running.
Written by Pierre R Gosselin
Concerning global sea level rise, Professor Ole Humlum believes the planet will see only “8-15 cm rise by the year 2100”. And though most scientists agree man is warming the planet through CO2 emissions by burning fossil fuels, Prof. Humlum wrote that the figure for CO2 climate sensitivity is completely in dispute.
Written by CO2 is Life
OSU marine ecologist receives prestigious National Science Board award
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The National Science Board is honoring Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco with its 2018 Vannevar Bush Award.
The award recognizes “exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the nation through public service in science, technology, and public policy.”
Written by Donna Laframboise
SPOTLIGHT: As the influence of religion has waned, we’ve placed science on a pedestal – mistaking it for an oracle of truth.
BIG PICTURE: Richard Harris has written a startling book about the state of medical research. The preface to Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions
Written by CO2 is Life
At the same time, hundreds of feet inland and deep underwater where even remote-controlled submersibles cannot venture, the warming ocean is also chipping away huge swaths of Antarctica’s frosty underbelly. According to a new study published yesterday (April 2) in the journal Nature Geoscience, ice is receding deep below eight of Antarctica’s largest glaciers at an alarming rate — roughly five times faster than it should be. If this marine ice recession continues, it could lead to a total collapse of the world’s largest ice sheet, the study found. [Images of Melt: Earth’s Vanishing Ice]
“Our study provides clear evidence that retreat is happening across the ice sheet due to ocean melting at its base,”
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Written by Sanjay Limaye University of Wisconsin–Madison
In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks. Mars, for example, has geological features that suggest it once had — and still has — subsurface liquid water, an almost sure prerequisite for life. Scientists have also eyed Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus as well as Jupiter’s moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto as possible havens for life in the oceans under their icy crusts.
Written by L B Bezrukov, A S Kurlovich et al.
New study in the Journal of Physics, using a Hydide Earth model (HE) predicts production of gases at high depths. Considered factors were geoneutrino fluxes, temperature profiles of super deep boreholes and experimentally observed increase of the ocean temperature. [1]
Written by Ed Hoskins
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Written by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health departments working with CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab Network found more than 220 instances of germs with “unusual” antibiotic resistance genes in the United States last year, according to a CDC Vital Signs report released today.
Written by Maggie Wong
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The slow fade of radioactive elements following a supernova allows astrophysicists to study them at length. But the universe is packed full of flash-in-the pan transient events lasting only a brief time, so quick and hard to study they remain a mystery.
Written by Edsel Cook
(Natural News) Do you remember your encounters with static electricity, e.g. every single time you walked across the carpet and grabbed the doorknob? Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) are unraveling the process with the hopes of turning it into an energy source, reported a Newswise article.
Written by Albert Parker
Earle et al (2018) recently urged action to tackle climate change this time because of ocean deoxygenation. According to the global warming theory, ocean deoxygenation is one not obvious but important indirect impacts of climate change on the oceans.