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The guilty pleasure of North Sea TikTok and its dystopian oil influencers

North Sea TikTok all over your FYP? Videos of oil rigs and the people who work on them are dominating the platform. I’ve never been particularly into the sea (is anyone into the sea?). As hard as it might be to believe, unless I’m i.....»»

Category: topSource:  mashableJan 23rd, 2024

Drawing lines in the South China Sea: What Beijing"s new claims over a disputed coral reef mean

Earlier this month, China declared new "baselines" around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks barely above sea level in the South China Sea......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News18 hr. 9 min. ago

Sea anemone study shows how animals restore "shape" following major injury

Our bodies are remarkably skilled at adapting to changing environments. For example, whether amid summer heat or a winter freeze, our internal temperature remains steady at 37°C, thanks to a process called homeostasis. This hidden balancing act is v.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News18 hr. 9 min. ago

Sea anemone study shows how animals restore "shape" following major injury

Our bodies are remarkably skilled at adapting to changing environments. For example, whether amid summer heat or a winter freeze, our internal temperature remains steady at 37°C, thanks to a process called homeostasis. This hidden balancing act is v.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News18 hr. 9 min. ago

Census data analysis shows the South had a much higher mortality rate than the North in the US Civil War

A small team of social scientists at New York University-Abu Dhabi has conducted what they describe as a more accurate assessment of the number of soldiers killed in the U.S. Civil War. In their study published in the Proceedings of the National Acad.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News20 hr. 53 min. ago

The Samsung Galaxy A35 is 25% Cheaper Right Now!

Thank goodness for Black Friday. The post The Samsung Galaxy A35 is 25% Cheaper Right Now! appeared first on Phandroid. The Samsung Galaxy A35 is currently one of the more affordable smartphones in the North American market, and it packs a.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsNov 28th, 2024

Traces of a giant landslide deep in the southern Baltic Sea—researchers investigate a potential tsunami

Off the coast of Blekinge, in southern Sweden, at a depth of around 50–60 meters, the bottom sediment has scars that are tens of kilometers long and appear to have been caused by a huge submarine landslide. However, what caused this landslide and e.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Fossil fuel supply: The elephant in the room at climate change conferences

"Natural resources … are a gift from God. Every natural resource, whether it's oil, gas, wind, sun, gold, silver, copper, they are all natural resources. Countries should not be blamed for having them, and should not be blamed for bringing these re.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Colorado investigates reports of falsified data on cleanup of about 350 oil, gas sites

State oil and gas regulators are investigating reports that environmental consultants falsified results of tests on soil, groundwater and contamination at about 350 locations in Weld County between 2021 and this summer......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

TikTok is drastically changing who can use beauty filters. Here’s what’s happening

TikTok is introducing new restrictions to better safeguard its younger users. Here’s how it plans to do it......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

TikTok will ban beauty filters by under 18s over mental health impact

TikTok has announced that it is responding to new legislation in the UK and EU by introducing a ban on the use of beauty filters by those aged under 18. The ban will be implemented worldwide … more….....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Future of deep-sea mining stands at a crucial juncture

Torn between the defenders of the world's seabeds and industrialists eager to exploit the vast, untapped resources of the deep, the international community faces a crucial year that could decide the future of mining in the high seas......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Huawei Debuts its New Mate 70 Series Devices

There's no word of an international launch at the moment. The post Huawei Debuts its New Mate 70 Series Devices appeared first on Phandroid. While Huawei has been out of the North American smartphone market for quite a number of years now,.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Two-way water transfers can ensure reliability and save money during drought in Western US

A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers a solution to water scarcity during droughts amid the tug of economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty for water users in Western U.S. states......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

11,000 US and Canadian Starbucks stores hit by ransomware attack; UK supermarkets too

Some 11,000 Starbucks stores in North America have been hit by a ransomware attack on one of its largest IT providers. Two UK supermarket chains have also been affected by the security breach, and car-maker Ford says it is trying to determine whether.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

Magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze at Jupiter"s poles

While Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, University of California, Berkeley, astronomers have discovered equally large spots at the planet's north and south poles that appear and disappear seemingly at r.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

Oil spill still contaminating sensitive Mauritius mangroves three years on

Three years after the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off Mauritius, spilling around 1,000 tons of a new type of marine fuel oil, Curtin University-led research has confirmed the oil is still present in an environmentally sensiti.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

Study detects methane emissions in the palm oil industry in Indonesia, Malaysia and Colombia

A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), belonging to the LARS-IIAMA group, has used satellite technology to detect methane emissions in the palm oil industry in Indonesia, Malaysia and Colombia. Their study, publis.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

International team studies the migration of the American woodcock

The American woodcock, a plump harbinger of spring, is a well known shorebird found across eastern North America. The species is a popular game bird and has earned the admiration of hunters, birders and others through its spring display, whistling wi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift

Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Slender-billed Curlew may be extinct, marking the disappearance of a third bird species from the Western Palaearctic

A small team of conservationists, biodiversity specialists and bird researchers has found that it is likely a third species of bird has gone extinct in the Western Palaearctic—a large area of land spanning parts of North Africa all the way up to po.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 24th, 2024