#PlanetarySociety is spearheading
an effort to save the #VERITASmission
to #Venus, which is facing an indefinite delay due to constrained budgets at NASA.
Runoff and river discharge are important components in Earth’s water cycle, but as climate change tightens its grip, heatwaves and instances of drought are increasingly hitting the headlines. One would assume that this hotter weather leads to reduced water runoff, but an innovative way of using information from satellites suggests that this isn’t always the case. #ESA #ObservingTheEarth
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Runoff_not_as_you_might_think
The Data Delusion
We’ve uploaded everything anyone has ever known onto a worldwide network of machines. What if it doesn’t have all the answers?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/03/the-data-delusion
May 27
4th East-West #Workshop on #IndustrialArchaeology
From underground to outer space, from the 14th to the 21st century, the 4th E-W Workshop on Industrial Archaeology explores the interlinkages of archaeology, technology, science and industry with cases from Australia, Asia, Europe and the Universe
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/4th-east-west-workshop-on-industrial-archaeology-tickets-608294634627
Repeating radio signal leads astronomers to an Earth-size #exoplanet
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/world/exoplanet-radio-signal-scn/index.html
#COVID19 linked to 40% increase in #autoimmune disease risk in huge study
Catching COVID-19 may raise the risk of developing autoimmune disease by 43% in the months following the infection, according to the largest study of its kind.
https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-linked-to-40-increase-in-autoimmune-disease-risk-in-huge-study
Incident autoimmune diseases in association with a #SARSCoV2 infection: A matched cohort study
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.25.23285014v1
On this day in history. The Declaration of Arbroath, probably the most important and influential document in Scottish history and considered by UNESCO to be of world significance, was dated 6 April 1320: making it 703 years old today. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arbroath/arbroathabbey/index.html
#Scotland #DeclarationOfArbroath #ArbroathAbbey #Arbroath #OnThisDay #UndiscoveredScotland
Some news: My book was chosen as an April 2023 must-read book for The Next Big Idea Club! https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/04/05/invisibility-is-an-april-2023-must-read-book-for-nbic/
The EU Climate Action newsletter for March is OUT NOW 📧🌍
This month, we're talking about:
📔 @IPCC_CH Report
🚗Zero-emission cars
🔋World's greenest battery
Read it here: https://europa.eu/!WtMBcd
Want to receive it in your inbox monthly? Sign up here👇 http://europa.eu/!B8VmDJ
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1643164023477661697
RT @CopernicusECMWF: Our #CopernicusClimate deputy director @OceanTerra will speak today at the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
Register and watch her Pecha Kucha session on 'Solutions for Change' online
🗓️9.45 CEST/13.15 IST
👉register https://icdri.cdri.world/page/4
#ISDR
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1643173059333857281
A #RebelPhysicist has an elegant #solution to a #QuantumMystery
The theories we have to describe the #NatureOfTheUniverse are completely incompatible. Enter an eccentric #PolishPhysicist with a possible solution to the biggest of conundrums
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-theory-speed-light-dragan
Just watched #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging on #Amazon -lovely, delightful #MagicalRealism film with intelligent chemistry between #TildaSwinton & #IdrisElba
The sand of Fraser Island in #Queensland 🇦🇺 is known for its shiny white colour and silky texture 🤍🏖️
When it meets the ocean, it forms underwater dunes that seem to dance over the years 🌊😍
⬇️#Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ images acquired between 2017 and 2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1637056673360609283
Where Is Tulum and Why Was It So Important to the Ancient Maya? https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/where-is-tulum-and-why-was-it-so-important-to-the-ancient-maya
Last year, we showed everyone what Europeans can achieve when we rally around a common mission.
Despite suddenly facing a threat to our security, energy supply, economy and values, we managed to deliver on our ambitious goals.
️We stood firmly with Ukraine against Russia’s brutal war, helped European citizens & businesses facing high energy bills, accelerated the clean energy transition to end our dependency on Russian fossil fuels and more...
Check our General Report: https://europa.eu/!pgRnMr
After the #fires on #RapaNui (Chile)
#UNESCO launches an evaluation and management plan for the island's #WorldHeritage site
Reading the NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds (about Europa, Enceladus, Titan & other solar system bodies with oceans), and struck by the program aims: "and ultimately understand any life we find". It makes it sound the only point is to find life. But that's just not true - investigating our solar system helps us understand our own planet & context. It's entirely worth doing for its own sake! (although, we do have some urgent Earth problems we should probably prioritise). #Ocean #SolarSystem
Teaching lawyer interested in science, law and literature. Stargazer & cloudwatcher. Constant learner in pursuit of excellence. 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦