A chunk of ice about the size of Queens and the Bronx combined has broken off what was, until this fracture, the world’s largest iceberg. Source: https://www.livescience.com/worlds-largest-iceberg-split-a68.html
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How Toxic Fumes Seep Into the Air You Breathe on Planes
An anonymous reader shares an investigative report by LA Times: The plane had begun its descent into Boston. Inside the cockpit, the captain was slumped in his seat. Sitting beside him, copilot Eric Tellmann was starting to pass out. Tellmann managed to strap on his oxygen mask, then grabbed the captain’s arm and forced him to follow suit. Reviving slowly, the…
World’s biggest iceberg on collision course with South Georgia Island
Antarctic iceberg A-68A has drifted menacingly close to a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The giant iceberg could strike land this month. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/biggest-iceberg-a68a-nears-south-georgia-island-dec2020…
The UK is sending robot submarines to watch the world’s largest iceberg crash into an island
The world’s largest iceberg appears days away from crashing into a penguin-filled island. These robots will study the aftermath. Source: https://www.livescience.com/iceberg-a68a-collision-robots.html
World’s largest iceberg still barreling toward penguin habitat, new footage confirms
Iceberg A-68a is just a few hundred miles from crashing into South Georgia island, new photos from the Royal Air Force reveal. Source: https://www.livescience.com/worlds-largest-iceberg-aerial-photos.html
Will Businesses Make 2021 The Year of the Linux Desktop?
Writing for TechRepublic, open source advocate Jack Wallen predicts 2021 will be a year where open source technology dominates the world of big data even more than 2021 (with a big role predicted for SUSE). But he also sees businesses cutting costs by switching to open source solutions — including a big move to Linux on enterprise desktops, thanks to enterprise-ready…
‘I Tried the World’s First No-Kill, Lab-Grown Chicken Burger’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: PhD in genetics might seem like an unusual requirement for the role of head chef. It makes more sense when the man running the kitchen is not just in charge of frying your chicken burger — he created the meat himself. “This burger takes something between two to three days to grow,”…
Huge iceberg A-68A nears South Georgia Island
Scientists watch as A-68A, currently the planet’s largest iceberg, approaches a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/huge-iceberg-a68a-nears-south-georgia-island-nov202…
The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with an Antarctic penguin refuge
Iceberg A68a, the world’s largest iceberg, is floating directly toward a wildlife hotspot in the South Atlantic ocean. Source: https://www.livescience.com/worlds-largest-iceberg-collision-course.html
Iceberg the size of Cyprus on collision course with Atlantic island
An iceberg the size of Cyprus is on a collision course with the island of South Georgia, risking a major threat to the remote Atlantic island’s globally important penguin and seal colonies. Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259119-iceberg-the-size-of-cyprus-on-collision-course-with-atlantic-island/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…