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February 18, 2023 No Responses

Global Backyard Bird Count: A Citizen Science Project for Bird Lovers

The Global Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen science project that aims to collect data on bird populations around the world, that takes place this year between 17 and 20 February and is open to anyone, regardless of their...

January 24, 2023 No Responses

Rare green comet last visible 50,000 years ago, can soon be seen with the naked eye

A green comet that orbits the sun every 50,000 years, is currently passing through the inner solar system, closing to Earth. The C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet, discovered last year in March by Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), is already visible through...

January 23, 2023 No Responses

Greenland records highest temperatures in a millennium

Greenland, the world’s largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, is facing the hottest temperatures in at least the last 1,000 years. A new ice core study showed that rising temperatures are caused by global warming. Ice cores...

January 2, 2023 No Responses

The world’s largest electronics expo, CES to start this week

“The most influential tech event in the world”, CES will start on Thursday in Las Vegas. More than 3,000 companies will exhibit at CES this year, a third of them coming to the show for the first time. “CES 2023...

January 1, 2023 No Responses

A geoengineering startup fights climate change with sulfur particles

Climate change refers to the long-term warming of the planet due to the increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and can lead to a wide range of impacts, including more frequent heatwaves and extreme weather events, sea level...

December 21, 2022 No Responses

The astronomical winter begins today

The winter solstice, the astronomical event that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year, occurs annually on December 21st or 22nd in the Northern Hemisphere and June 20th or 21st in the Southern Hemisphere. The winter...

November 21, 2017 No Responses

New Study Reveals That the Flows of “Water” on Mars Might Actually be Sand

Ever since the discovery of the dark streaks on the slopes of Mars in 2011, astronomers have been excited about the potential of having water beneath the surface of the planet That’s because subsurface water flows on Mars could allow...

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