Новости за 21.02.2022

Current water quality guidelines aren't protecting freshwater ecosystems from increasing salt pollution due to road de-icing salts, agriculture fertilizers, and mining operations, according to an international study that included researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research shows that freshwater salinization triggers a massive loss of zooplankton and an increase in algae—even when levels are within the lowest thresholds established in Canada... Читать дальше...

Wildfires are increasing streamflow throughout the western U.S., raising new threats for public safety and water management, according to researchers.

Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world's largest 'dam'  Phys.orgView Full Coverage on Google News

Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet, caused by huge quantities of meltwater falling from the surface to the base. As the meltwater falls, energy is converted into heat in a process like the hydroelectric power generated by large dams.

Will the new iPhone get a makeover? Here's every rumor we've heard so far.

Studies comparing animal genomes generally focus on the DNA sequence itself. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis shows how the three-dimensional scaffolding of chromosomes is related across several species of carnivores, offering a new approach of "comparative scaffotyping" that could be used to identify related genes across species and place them in context. The work, published the week of Feb. 21 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also shows the power... Читать дальше...

9-1-1 is returning to Fox next month with a few familiar faces in tow. A new promo for the procedural, which resumes its fifth season on Monday, March 21 (8/7c), welcomes back Chimney and Maddie, both of whom left town back in 2021. Jennifer Love Hewitt’s character was last seen in the show’s Oct. 4 […]

Fox News continued its assault on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by attacking her for simply flying first-class.

The Legend of Vox Machina season 1 comes to a suitably epic conclusion. Here's how the ending plays out, and what comes next for Vox Machina.

Solvency II, which dictates how much capital UK insurance companies must hold against certain assets or insurance policies, has applied since 2016

Ready for the daily commute, this quartet includes a keychain, watch, sunglasses, and money clip.

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cumberland's (Tenn.) Cole Turney and Thomas More's (Ky.) Landen Scott were named Mid-South Conference Baseball Players of the Week, conference officials announced Monday.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lindsey Wilson's (Ky.) Aleksa Ciric is the Mid-South Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.

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Sorry cry babies! It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson & Stephie Haynes. The format of the show is to review the prior weeks picks & then to announce each fight on the upcoming card, commenting on which upcoming fights are hot and which fights are not - for UFC Vegas 49: Bobby Green vs Islam Makhachev.

Partnerships between oil producers and crypto miners are becoming more commonplace across the U.S. as bitcoin firms fight over flared gas. While bitcoin and other digital currency producers have struck up several deals with local American oil firms to repurpose their waste gas for mining, it’s only recently that oil majors have started to pay attention. With huge carbon-cutting potential through mutually beneficial partnerships, this could be a win-win for crypto and Big Oil.   Over the past couple of years... Читать дальше...

This 500sqm store is divided into “island” and “bark house” installations, each covering an area of dozens of square meters. The 1-2 sqm island shelves and hangers could also be the display window of an independent designer. Connected together, they form the whole picture of the store. The space installations are built into the forms of grass, trees, islands, mountains, and stones with varying distances between each other. The moving lines flow across the space like streams. The visitors feel like they are in the nature of mountains... Читать дальше...

More people than ever are falling prey to online romance scams. Why do they take the bait?

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The ice shelf around Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier lost about 20 percent of its area between 2017 and 2020. | Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The future of sea level rise is being written underneath Antarctica and Greenland.

En una entrevista con TyC Sports ha afirmado que se reunió con el presidente de la AFA y que falta "definir su rol"  Leer

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Undefeated prospect Nick Maximov has his next assignment booked as he faces The Ultimate Fighter veteran Andre Petroski at the upcoming UFC event scheduled on May 14.

Every "radical" creed has been subjected to the charge of being "utopian," and the libertarian movement is no exception. Some libertarians themselves maintain that we should not frighten people off by being "too radical," and that therefore the full libertarian ideology and program should be kept hidden from view. These people counsel a "Fabian" program of gradualism, concentrating solely on a gradual whittling away of State power. An example would be in the field of taxation: Instead of advocating... Читать дальше...

The "preferred" option of building Tauranga's civic redevelopment in a single stage has been costed at $303.4 million. But some say the huge cost - which will result in a rates rise - will be worth it. In ...

Did the Peacemaker cast have fun together making the show? Did they flub their lines? Did they do silly little dances on camera? Did John Cena laugh so much a member of the set crew had to come over and dab away Cena’s tears from his face because it was during the scene where Judomaster had Peacemaker tied up? As this…

The White House, along with NATO members and the United Nations, condemned the moves by Russia. The Biden administration has announced limited sanctions, with more to come.