Tonye Ibi Barango-TariahThe West just experienced an aspect of the climate crisis that scientists have warned of for yearsverified_publisherCNN - Rachel RamirezCNN — The West saw an aspect of the climate crisis play out this month that scientists have warned of for years. In the middle of a prolonged, water shortage-inducing megadrought, one area, Yellowstone, was overwhelmed in mid-June by drenching rainfall and rapid snowmelt that – instead of …
Tonye Ibi Barango-TariahRare 5-planet alignment comes into better view this week. Here's what to expect.space.com - Joe RaoMercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are putting on an epic predawn sky show right now. A rare parade of planets is coming into better view in the …
Tonye Ibi Barango-TariahMajor climate indicators set "alarming" records in 2021, the U.N. says, "bringing us ever closer to climate catastrophe"verified_publisherCBS News - By Li CohenThe United Nations' World Meteorological Organization issued yet another grim report about the state of our planet this week. In 2021, four of the …
Tonye Ibi Barango-Tariah0:26Invasive jumping worms have made their way into California, and scientists are worriedKCRAThey clone themselves, they thrash violently like a rattlesnake when handled, they can jump a foot in the air, and now they're in California. Beyond the jumping worm's gnarly appearance (the species is also referred to as Alabama jumpers, Jersey wrigglers and crazy snake worms, but officially named the Asian jumping worm), scientists are now concerned about the "significant threat" the invasive species may have on the state. Amynthas agrestis is native to Japan and the Korean Peninsula, but made its way to North America through landscape plants imported from those regions. They were first spotted writhing through American soil in Wisconsin in 2013 and have since been found across the East Coast, but now they've reportedly headed west.
Tonye Ibi Barango-TariahScientists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphenethebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion …
Tonye Ibi Barango-TariahSri Lanka’s Organic Experiment Went Very, Very Wrongmodernfarmer.com - Shea SwensonLast spring, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa put a ban on agrochemicals. His goal was an ambitious one: to transform Sri Lanka into the …