At this writing, the National Emergency Management Agency of New Zealand is still warning people to stay away from harbors, rivers and estuaries. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/earthquake-new-zealand-march-4-5-2021-tsunami-warning…
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Gulf Stream at its weakest in over 1,000 years
A new study suggests that the Gulf Stream – an Atlantic Ocean current that plays a large role in shaping Earth’s weather patterns – is weaker now than at any point in the last 1,000 years. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/gulf-stream-atlantic-weakest-in-over-1000-years…
What’s the coldest Earth has ever been?
Our planet’s history includes episodes of cold so extreme that glaciers reached sea level in equatorial regions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/whats-coldest-earth-has-ever-been…
Photographer snags shot of yellow penguin
Yves Adams took this photo of a rare yellow penguin on South Georgia Island in December 2019. It went viral this month. “It seems we are in desperate need for some mellow yellow news!” Adams said. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photograph-yellow-penguin…
Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon’s early history, study find
Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution of the Moon, a new analysis found. Those events include the formation of the Moon’s iron core, as well as the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean—the sea of molten rock thought to have covered the Moon for around 100 million years…
Why thousands of turtles were paralyzed off the coast of Texas this week
Here’s why thousands of sea turtles were paralyzed in the frigid waters along the Texas coastline during the unprecedented winter storm that swept across the country this week. Source: https://www.livescience.com/sea-turtles-paralyzed-winter-storm.html
Dark streaks on Mars may be caused by salts and melting ice
Researchers at the SETI Institute say that unusual dark streaks on sun-facing slopes on Mars, debated about for years, may be small landslides caused by a combination of salts and melting ice just below the surface. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-dark-streaks-melting-ice-recurring-slope-lineae…
Hundreds of fish species, including many we eat, are consuming plastic
As more and more plastic trash permeates the oceans, microplastics are making their way into fish and shellfish, and potentially into humans. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hundreds-fish-species-consume-microplastics-including-human-food…
The weirdest ways to measure a shop’s recycling efforts
A sea turtle’s worth of cardboard, plus an extremely unlikely virus and algorithm malfunctions, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933223-700-the-weirdest-ways-to-measure-a-shops-recycling-efforts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Sponges found beneath Antarctic ice sheet ‘shouldn’t be there’
Biologists say the inadvertent discovery of sea life on a boulder beneath a 900-metre-thick Antarctic ice shelf challenges our understanding of polar organisms Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267737-sponges-found-beneath-antarctic-ice-sheet-shouldnt-be-there/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…