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Space & Cosmos
Kids datasets ultimately do not shake up the cold dark matter model, researchers say
The Omega Cam Camera is located in the heart of the VST. It is built around 32 CCD detectors that create 268 megapixel images together. The camera includes a guide and active optical system, as well as an additional CCD to control many huge color filters. The Omegacam was designed and constructed by a consortium that includes research institutes in…
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Environment
Identifying highly skilled ensemble members could boost extreme cold forecasts in East Asia
Beijing snow and winter jasmine during the cold wave on March 18th, 2022. Credit: su jingzhi Seasonal to seasonal forecasts play an important role in the early warning of extreme weather events and disaster risk prevention, but their predictive capabilities are still limited. Extremely cold events in East Asia cause widespread disasters in the form of cold temperatures and snow,…
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Science
The US military has been worrying about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War, for good reason.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1957, Hollywood released the B-grade monster film, The Deadly Mantis, starring Mantis, a nightmare proportional prayer. Its premise: Melted Arctic ice releases a very hungry million-year-old megabug, and scientists and the US military must stop it. The rampaging insects threaten the front post bases of the US Arctic forces, part of a key line of…
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Environment
A twice as severe winter is about to hit much of the U.S. with snow, ice and biting cold.
People walk nearly half a mile from a grocery store to their homes as steam from underground vents rises behind them in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File Meteorologists predict that strong snow and ice storms and subsequent bitter cold will soon hit two-thirds of the eastern United States as frigid air…
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Earth
Braving the cold: European polar research advances with new polar hub
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2025, the EU will establish a new Polar Research Institute based in Sweden, where scientists will drill deep into polar ice to study the history of Earth’s climate and determine the effects of climate change on this fragile ecosystem. We plan to help reduce this. German scientist Dr. Nicole Bibou is keenly aware of how…
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Other Sciences
Saturday’s quote: Cold dark matter takes a hit. A new paradigm in biology. those fracking earthquakes
This image shows a small portion of the field observed by NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the Cosmic Evolution and Early Emission Science (CEERS) study. It’s full of galaxies. Some galaxies grew so large and so quickly that simulations seem unable to explain them. But new research has found that some of these early…
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Environment
Ocean eddies pour extreme heat and cold into the deep ocean, teeming with life.
The mesopelagic twilight zone is rich in life. Clockwise from the top: mesopelagic jellyfish, pit vipers, lanternfish, larvae, copepods, and squid. Credit: Wikimedia/Drazen et al. CC BY-NC-ND On land, heat waves and cold waves are well known. However, the deep ocean also experiences long periods of high and low temperatures. Marine heat waves and cold waves can seriously damage marine…
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