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Costa Rica crocodiles survive in "most polluted" river

In one of the most polluted rivers in Central America, a vulnerable crocodile species is thriving despite living in waters that have become a sewer for Costa Rica's capital, experts say......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 26th, 2022

How killifish embryos use suspended animation to survive over 8 months of drought

The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or "diapause" for approximately 8 months......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 28th, 2024

Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic

Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he wades through a foul-smelling tributary in the Philippine capital Manila......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 28th, 2024

Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno

In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren’t native species......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

Sturgeon remain rare in Great Lakes, but Detroit River"s population thrives

A pair of federal fish experts braced themselves as they cradled a hulking fish over the side of their boat just north of the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge. Its kick would be strong enough to unhorse a novice angler, but the duo had performed this routine 3.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

Wife of rodeo star Spencer Wright shares tragic update on three-year-old son Levi after river accident

Wife of rodeo star Spencer Wright shares tragic update on three-year-old son Levi after river accident.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

TORRAS Ostand Cases: When you want your phone to survive a fall out of a plane

TORRAS Ostand Cases for iPhone and Samsung devices has survived a fall out of a plane! They'll keep your phone ultra-protected......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 25th, 2024

Egypt’s Famed Pyramids Overlooked a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile

A former stretch of the Nile River, now buried beneath the Sahara Desert, may help scientists understand how Egyptians built the pyramids and adapted to a drying landscape.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

A “Zombie Expert” Shares Advice on How to Survive the Apocalypse

Cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis talks about zombies, game theory, go bags and more in her new book, A Field Guide to the Apocalypse......»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

F1 24 Editions: Which Version Should You Buy?

In this guide we’ll take you though EA’s F1 24 editions and help you determine which is the right one for your interest level and budget. Thanks to the success of Netflix’s F1 Drive to Survive series, the sport’s popularity ha.....»»

Category: mobileSource:  gottabemobileRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

Estonia says Russia removed navigation buoys on border river

Estonia says Russia removed navigation buoys on border river.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

Climate change will reduce streamflow in the upper Colorado river basin as groundwater levels fall, study finds

The Colorado River makes life possible in many Western cities and supports agriculture that sustains people throughout the country. Most of the river's water begins as snowmelt from the mountainous watersheds of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, and a war.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

Escaped GMO canola plants persist long-term, but may be losing their engineered resistance to pesticides

Populations of canola plants genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides can survive outside of farms, but may be gradually losing their engineered genes, reports a new study led by Cynthia Sagers of Arizona State University, US, published M.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

Researchers reveal annual distribution change of mountain runoff in Hexi Corridor

The response of runoff from inland river basins is becoming increasingly complex due to climate change and intensification of human activities, as well as underlying surface impacts. The annual distribution pattern of runoff shows spatio-temporal het.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

Is XDefiant cross-platform?

The latest free to play shooter from Ubisoft, XDefiant, needs a healthy playerbase to survive. You should know if it has cross-progression before starting......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

TikTok buyout could cost $100B – and won’t include the algorithm

A TikTok buyout by an American company appears to be the only way for the app to survive in the US, and potentially in Europe too. But potential buyers could find themselves paying a lot of money and not getting the one thing they really want: the al.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

BLM ends future coal mining on Powder River Basin federal lands

The move compounds pressure on coal communities to diversify their economies. Enlarge / A 133-car coal train moves slowly as it's loaded at the Buckskin Coal Mine in 2006 in Gillette, Wyoming. (credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Drone and geospatial team becomes first to map the Coca River in the Amazon basin

The geology along Ecuador's Coca River is moving in fast-forward. In a scientific field where natural wonders form over millennia, but natural disasters occur in minutes, speed is less than desirable......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Forever fad: Rubik says his cube "reminds us why we have hands"

The naysayers said the maddening multicolored cube that Erno Rubik invented 50 years ago would not survive the 1980s......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000—here"s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future

A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest, and it's not the one you're thinking of. In the first kilometer above the forest canopy, a "flying river" is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes moun.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 19th, 2024

Pyramids built along long-lost river, scientists discover

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the massive stone blocks to build the famous monuments......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMay 18th, 2024