Researchers estimate that at least 325 billion metric tons would have been released by the impact. So what could have led to the extinction of dinosaurs also caused global firestorms that ravaged planet Earth. The impact of the giant asteroid…
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Millions Of Metric Tons Of Plastic Waste Management Continues
by Steffen Kohl September 14, 2019Millions of tonnes of plastic have been found in every single species of turtle in a new study spanning the world’s oceans. In 2010, 270 million tonnes of plastic waste; 99.5 million tonnes of which was produced by the two…
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When Consuming Water Containing High Levels of Arsenic?
by Steffen Kohl April 21, 2019One reason to keep exposure levels low in water and draining the water entering your home. Naturally occurring element found in food, water, air, and soil. A study published in Consumer Reports this week with the results of the organization’s…
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Does The Increasing Urban Heat Islands Increase Global Warming Trend
by Steffen Kohl April 20, 2019However, the graph still shows a long-term trend of global temperature time. One of those ways is to compare them with satellite measurements. And with about 15 years of data from a single satellite and surface data is possible. Experts…
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China’s Space Agency, CNSA Intends To Open The Mars
by Steffen Kohl April 18, 2019About 574,039 square feet (53,330 square meter) complex, called “Mars Base 1” and also known as “Mars Camp”, saw students try on space suits and wander around the surrounding desert where Martian Caves have been constructed. A Mars base simulator…
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Researchers Prove Historical Bleaching Events | The Culprit Is Climate Change
by Steffen Kohl April 3, 2019Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering its worst coral bleaching in recorded history with 93 percent of the World Heritage site affected, scientists said Wednesday, as they revealed the phenomenon is also hitting the other side of the country. A…
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The Soyuz Rocket Space Agency Creates A Lunar Version
by Steffen Kohl January 20, 2019Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin (@Rogozin) has said that NASA had asked Roscosmos to create a lunar version of the Soyuz spacecraft as a backup manned space transport system for flights to the Moon. He didn’t offer further…
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Heightened Air Pollution Has Real And Immediate Impacts On Health
by Steffen Kohl December 29, 2018Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically modified a common houseplant “pothos ivy” to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it. The pothos ivy was engineered to express a protein called 2E1 which enables the breakdown of…
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Currently Around 390,000 Plant Species Are Known To Science
by Steffen Kohl December 27, 2018Taal Levi, an Oregon State University ecologist and lead author on the study, said some tropical forests have as many as 1,000 different tree species living in the same general area. Our tropical forests are some of the richest and…
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The United States Geological Survey Echos Those Predictions
by Steffen Kohl December 27, 2018So Many Earthquakes Happen In The “Wrong” Places. You can add river erosion to the list of geological triggers capable of setting off an earthquake, according to new research: and it could help explain the reason why so many earthquakes…