Check out awesome video shown at @Momentum_UNFCCC awards ceremony at #COP22 – the winner of the #Film4Climate video competition pic.twitter.com/u0S0r40iJf — UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) 17. November 2016 Source: Twitter/Greenpeace
The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and modern corals — which provides algae with shelter, gives coral reefs their colors and supplies both organisms with nutrients — began more than 210 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of scientists including researchers from Princeton University. (more…)
I found it so on Twitter, but have got no idea what can be done on this ‘very special day’?
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This is the largest estimate of continuous oil that USGS has ever assessed in the United States.
The Wolfcamp shale in the Midland Basin portion of Texas’ Permian Basin province contains an estimated mean of 20 billion barrels of oil, 16 trillion cubic feet of associated natural gas, and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids, according to an assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey. This estimate is for continuous (unconventional) oil, and consists of undiscovered, technically recoverable resources. (more…)
DIW-Studie zeigt: IT und Kommunikationstechnologien sind im Freizeitverhalten der Jugend allgegenwärtig – Der Zugang ist für alle gewährleistet, eine Kluft besteht aber in der Nutzung – Bildungspolitik muss auf die IT-Fertigkeiten der jungen Leute aufbauen (more…)
UA researcher John Wiens talks about lizards’ trick tails, their propensity for pushups and more.
You hear them scurrying in the underbrush. You see them running up trees. Maybe you’ve even spotted one in your shower, or stuck to your kitchen window. (more…)
Three square metres of Arctic summer sea ice disappears for every tonne of carbon dioxide a person emits, wherever they are on the planet, according to new UCL research. (more…)
In a study that followed thousands of veterans over a decade, initiating non-medical use of opioid painkillers was associated with a more than 5-fold risk of also beginning to use heroin. (more…)
