Greening: Rare, Heavy September Rainfalls Have Brought Back Lakes in The Sahara!

“What’s also fascinating is that normally dry lakes in the Sahara are filling due to this event,” said Moshe Armon, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Earth Sciences and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Several of these lakes are visible in the image as dark blue areas, including one in Morocco’s Iriqui National Park (shown in detail within the inset circle).Re Posted From: Greening: Rare, Heavy September Rainfalls Have Brought Back Lakes in The Sahara!Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Greening: Rare, Heavy September Rainfalls Have Brought Back Lakes in The Sahara!

“What’s also fascinating is that normally dry lakes in the Sahara are filling due to this event,” said Moshe Armon, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Earth Sciences and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Several of these lakes are visible in the image as dark blue areas, including one in Morocco’s Iriqui National Park (shown in detail within the inset circle).Re Posted From: Greening: Rare, Heavy September Rainfalls Have Brought Back Lakes in The Sahara!Watts Up With That . . . [More]

“The Monster That Challenged the World”

Arthropleura was a millipede-like animal which lived more than 300 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period, with some individuals reaching more than two metres long. While Arthropleura wasn't a mollusk, the first thing I thought of when I read the article was The Monster That Challenged the World.Re Posted From: “The Monster That Challenged the World”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

“The Monster That Challenged the World”

Arthropleura was a millipede-like animal which lived more than 300 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period, with some individuals reaching more than two metres long. While Arthropleura wasn't a mollusk, the first thing I thought of when I read the article was The Monster That Challenged the World.Re Posted From: “The Monster That Challenged the World”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Heat transfer and meltwater flows in ice sheets

The paper clarifies and improves calculations of the role of viscous dissipation of kinetic energy into thermal energy as this physical process appears in models of meltwater flows embedded in and at the boundaries of glaciers and ice sheets.Re Posted From: Heat transfer and meltwater flows in ice sheetsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Heat transfer and meltwater flows in ice sheets

The paper clarifies and improves calculations of the role of viscous dissipation of kinetic energy into thermal energy as this physical process appears in models of meltwater flows embedded in and at the boundaries of glaciers and ice sheets.Re Posted From: Heat transfer and meltwater flows in ice sheetsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Former Google CEO on AI: “we’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway…”

... any moves to curtail the expanding amounts of energy consumed in developing ... ever more advanced AI models are futile...Re Posted From: Former Google CEO on AI: “we’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway…”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Former Google CEO on AI: “we’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway…”

... any moves to curtail the expanding amounts of energy consumed in developing ... ever more advanced AI models are futile...Re Posted From: Former Google CEO on AI: “we’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway…”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Climate Activists Frustrated by IPCC’s Refusal to Link Extreme Weather with Carbon Emissions

The inability of the IPCC to attribute bad weather to humans has been viewed by climate advocates as “politically problematic”, continues Pielke. He notes the work of climate activists Elizabeth Lloyd and Naomi Oreskes who are worried that the lack of attribution “conveys the impression that we just do not know, which feeds into uncertainty, doubt or incompleteness, and the general tendency of humans to discount threats that are not imminent”.Re Posted From: Climate Activists Frustrated by IPCC’s Refusal to Link Extreme Weather with C . . . [More]

Climate Activists Frustrated by IPCC’s Refusal to Link Extreme Weather with Carbon Emissions

The inability of the IPCC to attribute bad weather to humans has been viewed by climate advocates as “politically problematic”, continues Pielke. He notes the work of climate activists Elizabeth Lloyd and Naomi Oreskes who are worried that the lack of attribution “conveys the impression that we just do not know, which feeds into uncertainty, doubt or incompleteness, and the general tendency of humans to discount threats that are not imminent”.Re Posted From: Climate Activists Frustrated by IPCC’s Refusal to Link Extreme Weather with C . . . [More]

TED-Ed Student Talks celebrates 10 years

TED-Ed, TED’s education and youth initiative, is passionate about sharing diverse and meaningful student ideas with the world. Since 2014, thousands of educators across the globe have used our free TED-Ed Student Talks resources to support their students in identifying, developing and sharing their ideas with each other and across the globe. As the TED-Ed Student Talks program celebrates 10 years, we are highlighting 10 exciting, new features from our improved resources, which includes a step-by-step Facilitator Guidebook and interactive Stud . . . [More]

TED-Ed Student Talks celebrates 10 years

TED-Ed, TED’s education and youth initiative, is passionate about sharing diverse and meaningful student ideas with the world. Since 2014, thousands of educators across the globe have used our free TED-Ed Student Talks resources to support their students in identifying, developing and sharing their ideas with each other and across the globe. As the TED-Ed Student Talks program celebrates 10 years, we are highlighting 10 exciting, new features from our improved resources, which includes a step-by-step Facilitator Guidebook and interactive Stud . . . [More]

The Audacious Project reveals its 2024 cohort

The Audacious Project supports big ideas to foster change around the world’s most urgent challenges. Today, this innovative funding initiative, housed at TED, is announcing its new cohort of projects for 2024, which are as bold as ever — from an idea to repurpose generic drugs en masse to reach the 300 million people globally who lack viable treatments to a new initiative that will evaluate AI systems for dangerous capabilities before release. The Audacious Project encourages the world’s greatest changemakers to dream bigger than they can . . . [More]

The Audacious Project reveals its 2024 cohort

The Audacious Project supports big ideas to foster change around the world’s most urgent challenges. Today, this innovative funding initiative, housed at TED, is announcing its new cohort of projects for 2024, which are as bold as ever — from an idea to repurpose generic drugs en masse to reach the 300 million people globally who lack viable treatments to a new initiative that will evaluate AI systems for dangerous capabilities before release. The Audacious Project encourages the world’s greatest changemakers to dream bigger than they can . . . [More]

“Free Market Electricity”

“A free market in electricity would terminate the current provisions of landmark federal statutes, such as the Power Act of 1935, Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, Energy Policy Act of 1992, Energy Policy Act of 1995, and Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.”Re Posted From: “Free Market Electricity”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

“Free Market Electricity”

“A free market in electricity would terminate the current provisions of landmark federal statutes, such as the Power Act of 1935, Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, Energy Policy Act of 1992, Energy Policy Act of 1995, and Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.”Re Posted From: “Free Market Electricity”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on

The analysis is fairly simple which makes it easy to see the fallacies. There are just four basic benefit claims. And of course it is all based on highly questionable modeling.Re Posted From: Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged onWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on

The analysis is fairly simple which makes it easy to see the fallacies. There are just four basic benefit claims. And of course it is all based on highly questionable modeling.Re Posted From: Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged onWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Hurricane Milton Preparation: Florida’s Unprecedented Response Under Governor DeSantis

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida's west coast, the state's preparation efforts under Governor Ron DeSantis's leadership have reached unprecedented levels of scope and competence. From the strategic staging of supplies to innovative traffic management, Florida's comprehensive approach to hurricane readiness sets a new standard for disaster preparedness.Re Posted From: Hurricane Milton Preparation: Florida’s Unprecedented Response Under Governor DeSantisWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Hurricane Milton Preparation: Florida’s Unprecedented Response Under Governor DeSantis

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida's west coast, the state's preparation efforts under Governor Ron DeSantis's leadership have reached unprecedented levels of scope and competence. From the strategic staging of supplies to innovative traffic management, Florida's comprehensive approach to hurricane readiness sets a new standard for disaster preparedness.Re Posted From: Hurricane Milton Preparation: Florida’s Unprecedented Response Under Governor DeSantisWatts Up With That . . . [More]