Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"From the steam engine to the power of plasmas"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09t9txy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvESV234lg0
Spose I ought to take a meter reading... ;-0
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63147947
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/interpreting-5-ancient-con...
Grrr...
"No matter where we were or how we stood or what time of day, all day, every day, there were always long shadows — crazy long shadows."
https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/2594/sun-and-sky-snow-and-ice/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0
"Locating Polaris is easy on any clear night. Just find the Big Dipper. The two stars on the end of the Dipper's "cup" point the way to Polaris, which is the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper, or the tail of the little bear in the constellation Ursa Minor."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzZn31gd_Jc
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1944/what-is-the-north-star-and-how-do...
"If the albedo were to decrease, temperature would rise..."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/09/beam-me-down-can-solar-p...
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'Inglorious Alternatives'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The High Court hearing in London is the first test of a major ruling in June that raised doubts that any new fossil fuel project could be approved in the UK. The head of the mining company sat side-by-side in court with the climate campaigners that want to stop him opening the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years."
"Labour opposed the Whitehaven project in opposition and instead of defending it in court, the new government walked away from the case last week, citing an “error in law”."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/22/fresh-from-his-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOQDnWFXYI
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp68949n013o
"They also said the mine could not correctly claim that by digging coal in the UK, it would substitute coal mined in other parts of the world, meaning there would be no extra greenhouse gas emissions globally."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6POZlJAZsok
""I love the images," he said. "I love words and storytelling and I love the way that you can have this engagement that overlays. And so you can look at the art and then you can follow the story.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ4i-QbXG54
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
Nope, there's Nothing new There then.
Never, Gives Up.