resilience
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Physics
Leaf resilience to raindrops provides insight into energy harvesting potential
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain To a leaf, a falling raindrop has the same mass as a bowling ball falling on a person. So how do leaves survive? A new study sheds light on the physical dynamics that help leaves react to the effects of raindrops, with potential applications in agriculture and renewable energy harvesting. In the paper “Resonance and damping…
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Science
Climate change resilience over the past 5,000 years: How have human societies adapted throughout history?
Navarino, southern Greece. Admire the ruins of the destroyed fortress, overlooking the Bay of Navarino and the Lagoon of Gialova, an important paleoecological archive. Credit: Ingmar Unkel Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Agency shows that average global temperatures in 2024 are almost certain to exceed the Paris Climate Agreement limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial average temperatures for…
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