kesavaross
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How the heck do they measure the length of a day to an accuracy of greater than 1.59 milliseconds?
How the heck do they measure the length of a day to an accuracy of greater than 1.59 milliseconds?
Not only that, there is a town in the US where an underground fire of a coal seam has been burning for ages, and has caused the town and the surrounding area to be deserted.I cannot remember where I read this but I remember reading that evidence was found of a prehistoric fire in the USA that may have burned for hundreds of years
Burning the stubble cleared the ground of insect pests and viruses, the ash was ploughed in as a fertiliser and the heat pulse caused the weed seeds to germinate before the crop was planted, so they could all be dealt with a single spray of herbicide. However, burning did produce a lot of heat and smoke (I once pass a field where the visibility on the A road was zero).I remember that 'stubble burning' was a regular thing here all through my childhood and probably well into my 20s.
Farmers would do it and plough the ash back into the ground.
It seems to be a practice that has totally died out.
Probably told that they couldn't because of pollution or some such, despite it being done for hundreds of years.
I think the question that many people are asking is ... "So what?"Scotland is completely snow-free for the fourth time in the last six years.
It just means that Scotland is benefitting from a transient period of warming. Lucky them.I think the question that many people are asking is ... "So what?"
It just means that Scotland is benefitting from a transient period of warming. Lucky them.
And let us not forget that ice-cores taken from Greenland show the area was not ice covered for huge periods in its past.
I found it extremely interesting. Science.com has some excellent stuff on it.That was an interesting article posted by you.
I think it's just going to be more prime real estate coming onto the market.Also that there is a reduction in the number of dogs being used ..... "Diseases and snowmobiles are partly responsible. Also climate change has had an impact."
I'll bet it's mainly due to snowmobiles though. For the same reasons that we no longer all travel everywhere by horse when cars are much better.
And it's not all bad news.
The same report also contains a quote from a fishing bloke saying that now the fish species they catch are more varied and abundant thanks to the extra biomass being washed into the seas.
And;
"New shipping routes are expected to open up further north. Mining exploration firms have also been drawn to Greenland, anticipating that mineral deposits will become more accessible.
Meanwhile glacial melting is leading to large deposits of sand along the coast, and a recent survey found that three-quarters of residents support extracting and exporting it."
And let us not forget that ice-cores taken from Greenland show the area was not ice covered for huge periods in its past.
The Green ~ of Greenland. . .Going to be more like Viking times.
(But this report is from the far north where things are different; I doubt these folk are going to take up farming in a hurry).
(Nor mining; its a land with tight controls on extractive industry).
So it's not all that exhaust from vehicles, nice to knowInteresting thoughts about global climate change being caused by changes in solar radiation and planetary alignment:
The lady who is speaking has a PhD in Astrophysics ‘Radiative transfer of solar prominences’.
She points out that temperatures mapped over 120,000 years show that every 2,000-2,100 years, there is a repeating cycle that is remarkably consistent.
Wow, that's all news to me and on first glance, it's hard to see anything wrong with her work - better get the house insulated.Interesting thoughts about global climate change being caused by changes in solar radiation and planetary alignment:
The lady who is speaking has a PhD in Astrophysics ‘Radiative transfer of solar prominences’.
She points out that temperatures mapped over 120,000 years show that every 2,000-2,100 years, there is a repeating cycle that is remarkably consistent.
Insulation is a good idea anyway, whichever way the climate swings.Wow, that's all news to me and on first glance, it's hard to see anything wrong with her work - better get the house insulated.
They can come here. The snow's all here now.The Olympics announced today that future winter Olympics could be in jeopardy as very few places in the world now have the required snow amounts.
The Olympics refused to name the city for Winter Olympics in 2030 because of global warming.
FTFYThe Olympics refused to name the city for Winter Olympics in 2030 becauseof global warmingorganisers have not yet received a sufficiently large 'bung' from any single country yet .
Water news for the US southwest:
Using Israeli technology, the US state of Arizona (and the US Federal government will be involved) and the Mexican state of Sonora (and the Mexican Federal government) will partner in a desalination plant. Depending on how its done, this may be the kiss of death for the rare dolphins and the whales who winter there.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...pc=U591&cvid=1e5b356947d44314bf6e9447ea14a48c