nature
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The Northern Hemisphere Summer’s Biggest Climate Disasters, Seen from Space
Even as someone who writes about climate all the time, it’s still a shock to see satellite imagery of climate crises, to really get a grasp on how large human influence can be on our warming planet. Here’s how the Nothern Hemisphere’s summer of droughts, heatwaves, floods, and wildfires looked from space.
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Washington and Massachusetts Mull Bans of New Petrol-Powered Cars, Following California
Last week, California became the first state to officially announce the phase-out of petrol-powered cars in order to significantly lower emissions by the middle of this century. Since then, officials in Washington state and Massachusetts have announced their own similar plans, also citing the need to lower emissions.
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These Fish Have Headlights
The deep sea is nature’s engineering department. The creatures that live in the briny deep have adapted some amazing ways of surviving and thriving in their extreme habitat. Like this species: Anomalops katoptron, better known as the flashlight fish, so named for its bioluminescent patches. If you ask me, these are headlights.
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Intensifying Solar Storms a Mounting Headache for Unprepared Satellite Operators
We’re in the third year of the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle, and satellites in low Earth orbit are already experiencing the deleterious effects. Scientists are now warning that the worst is yet to come, as the current cycle is proving to be stronger than forecasters anticipated.