The Tonga Eruption’s 50 Million Tons of Water Vapor May Warm Earth For Months to Come

  Backlink: SCIENCE ALERT More than eight months after the underwater volcano near Tonga erupted on Jan. 14, scientists are still analyzing the impacts of the violent blast, and they’re discovering that it could warm the planet. Recently, researchers calculated that the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apa spewed a staggering 50 million tons (45 million […]

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Fossil-Filled Australian Caves May Be 500,000 Years Older Than We Thought, Study Finds

  Backlink: SCIENCE ALERT South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves is one of the world’s best fossil sites, containing a record spanning more than half a million years. Among the remains preserved in layers of sand are the bones of many iconic Australian megafauna species that became extinct between 48,000 and 37,000 years ago.       […]

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An Islands Rises from the Depths of the Pacific Ocean

  Backlink: CURIOSMOS Following an underwater volcanic eruption, NASA’s Earth Observatory reports the formation of a new island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The eruption of the Central Tonga Islands’ Home Reef seamount has created a new island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Located on a seafloor ridge that stretches from New Zealand to Tonga and is […]

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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2022 Winners Released—Contemplate Circle of Life and Death

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES “Tour boats had been watching the young whale for days as it slowly moved through the bay, appearing sicker and slower with more shark bites over its body day after day.” The scene was visceral. While making its annual migration north along Ningaloo Reef off Australia’s northwest coast, the fledgling-adult […]

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“The Sun Is Actually White”: Ex NASA Astronaut Confirms Space Fact

  Backlink: NDTV The real colour of the Sun is actually white and the reason the dwarf star generally looks yellow is because of a strange play of physics of light which makes the sun appear yellow most of the time. The sunlight is essentially all colours mixed together, which appear to our eyes as […]

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Billions of Fireflies Light Up an Indian Wildlife Reserve

  Backlink: COLOSSAL Through a combination of moving image and time-lapse photography, Murali recorded countless specimens amidst the trees as they produce glowing pulses, which relay across the forest in expansive, wave-like signals. The color, brightness, and length of the light emitted is specific to each species, and as a part of the insects’ mating […]

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