climate change
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Underground Heat Is Sinking Our Cities, Study Says
Heat is a silent hazard sitting beneath cities, threatening to shift infrastructure. A study published this week in Communications Engineering, outlines how heat could be changing major cities, but urban areas throughout the U.S. may not be prepared. Study researchers set up more than 150 sensors above and below ground throughout the Chicago Loop. They…
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NASA Visualisation Offers a Disturbing Glimpse of All That Carbon in Our Atmosphere
Animations created by NASA’s Scientific Visualisation Studio include images and videos showing what carbon emissions would look like if they were visible in our atmosphere. The videos of the swirling emissions were released this month — and it looks like a grosser, creepier version of the Northern Lights. The visuals are recreated from 2021 carbon…
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Study Shows Climate Change Is Making Aeroplane Turbulence Worse
Most passengers that have stepped foot on a commercial airliner have had to deal with turbulence. A sudden jolt while walking down the aisle to the lavatory or getting shaken awake during a redeye flight. Turbulence is inevitable, but it has been getting more severe. The abrupt air has damaged planes and injured passengers. A…
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Would You Eat Insects to Save the Planet?
Producing meat pollutes and requires a lot of space and resources (water, grains…). To protect the planet, we must therefore find new sources of protein. One of the solutions is to replace, at least partially, meat by insects. The problem is that insects, as a food, are rejected by most countries as inedible, dirty and…