Waterfalls stand tall as nature’s poetry in motion in a world where nature’s magnificent beauties inspire the soul and ignite our creativity. Their cascading flow, shimmering veils, and thunderous roars fascinate our senses and leave us speechless. The United States Postal Service has recognized the magnificence of these natural wonders by featuring 12 of the ...
Nature never ceases to amaze us with its diverse and extraordinary creations. One of nature’s incredible creations is the sandbox tree, scientifically known as Hura crepitans. This tree — also called monkey-pistol or dynamite tree — is equipped physically and chemically to repel humans and animals. The sandbox tree remains one of the most fascinating ...
Happy solstice everyone! The mid-year solstice in 2023 falls at 2:58 pm UTC on 21 June (or, in more advanced time zones like the one I’m writing from, in the early hours of 22 June). Depending on where you are reading this, this will either be your winter solstice (for those in the southern hemisphere) ...
As dawn rose over the German city of Bremen on May 7, 1823, Heinrich Olbers put the finishing touches to an article that left his name in history. After the deaths of his wife and daughter, Dr. Olbers had recently given up his work as an ophthalmologist to devote himself to his nocturnal passions: the ...
In a remarkable success of conservation efforts, the York groundsel, also known as the York flower, once thought to be extinct for over three decades, has fortunately been brought back to life. With the unwavering dedication of scientists and botanists, the York groundsel has risen from extinction, symbolizing the power of human determination and capacity ...
Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their fossil-fuelled counterparts and could resolve our energy concerns for good. Well, fair enough, but questions arise when we dig into the inner layers of electrical vehicles and see how sustainable their components are. In fact, the batteries that power electric vehicles ...
This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening for a United Nations meeting. They will tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic recycling and plastic pollution. Of the staggering 460 million tonnes of plastic used globally in 2019 alone, much is used only once and thrown away. About ...
Mountains — their height, their mass, their climates, and their ecosystems — have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But there is one that holds extra-special meaning for many — Mount Everest, or Chomolungma, as the Nepalese Sherpa people call it. A sacred mountain for some, for others the world’s highest peak, represents a challenge ...
With technology increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, it is becoming more important to understand space weather and its impacts on tech. The Tonga volcano eruption penetrated the ionosphere and disrupted satellite navigation. When you hear “space weather,” you typically think of huge explosions on the Sun — coronal mass ejections hurled towards Earth, creating ...
Most diamonds are formed deep inside Earth and brought close to the surface in small yet powerful volcanic eruptions of a kind of rock called “kimberlite.” Our supercomputer modeling, published in Nature Geoscience, shows these eruptions are fueled by giant “pillars of heat” rooted 2,900 kilometers below ground, just above our planet’s core. Understanding Earth’s ...
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