Category: planet earth

Are Whales Really Affected by Wind Turbines? An In-Depth Look at the Impact of Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Life

Are Whales Really Affected by Wind Turbines? An In-Depth Look at the Impact of Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Life

With the rise of renewable energy, offshore wind farms are becoming a common sight along coastlines around the world. Wind turbines provide an alternative to fossil fuels, harnessing the natural power of the wind to generate clean energy. However, questions have arisen regarding the impact of these structures on marine life, particularly on large marine…

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Will Methanol Replace Diesel? Exploring the Future of Fuel

Will Methanol Replace Diesel? Exploring the Future of Fuel

As concerns about climate change and air pollution continue to grow, industries and governments are exploring cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels. One fuel that has recently gained attention is methanol, a simple alcohol-based compound that could offer a more sustainable alternative to diesel. Methanol, already used in a variety of industries, is being promoted as…

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About Space Junk: An Emerging Threat in Space Exploration

About Space Junk: An Emerging Threat in Space Exploration

As humanity’s exploration of space accelerates, a new and growing problem has emerged: space junk, also known as space debris. Space junk refers to the discarded, defunct, or non-operational objects that orbit Earth. These objects range from fragments of old satellites and rocket parts to tiny pieces of metal or paint chips that have broken…

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Earth Cannot Be Flat. And Here Is Why

Earth Cannot Be Flat. And Here Is Why

The idea of a flat Earth, while it has gained some attention in recent years, is a notion that contradicts centuries of scientific evidence and observation. From the way we navigate our world to the very principles of physics that govern celestial bodies, there are compelling reasons why Earth must be a sphere rather than…

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Asteroid 1998 OR2 will Fly by Earth on 29th April

Asteroid 1998 OR2 will Fly by Earth on 29th April

Although it is expected to be a safe flyby, asteroid 1998 OR2 will come within 4 million miles of Earth. Historical Background of Asteroid 1998 OR2 Why is this Asteroid “Potentially Dangerous”? Trajectory and Other Visits of Asteroid 1998 OR2 How Can We See this Huge Asteroid? MuneebComputer Scientist by qualification who loves to read,…

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The Benefits of Coronavirus to the Planet

The Benefits of Coronavirus to the Planet

In contrast to all the chaos and misery, we have found a beneficiary of the Coronavirus, the Earth. Pollution “This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event. I am not surprised because many cities nationwide have taken measures to minimize the spread…

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5 Geographical Misconceptions about the World

5 Geographical Misconceptions about the World

Australia is Quite Empty Only a Small Part of Iran is a Dry and Arid Desert Europe is a Lot Closer to the Arctic than the USA Humans Don’t Really Understand the Size of the Pacific Ocean The Third Route around the World MuneebComputer Scientist by qualification who loves to read, write, eat, and travel

5 Events that could lead to Mass Extinction on Earth

5 Events that could lead to Mass Extinction on Earth

The long-term habitability of Earth is a massive debate these days. More often than not, these discussions are somehow linked to the progress of different space agencies, who are in the quest of sending humans to Mars. Scientists are trying to find other habitable planets (besides Earth) in the universe so that our species should…

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5 Cities that are Running out of Grave Space

5 Cities that are Running out of Grave Space

There is a looming problem in many parts of the world over what to do with dead bodies as pressure on grave space intensifies. Contrary to the common perception, this issue is much more serious in privileged and advanced places. Following is a list of 5 cities that are running out of grave space, rapidly.…

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5 Interesting Facts about the Continents of the World

5 Interesting Facts about the Continents of the World

Generally, it is believed that there are 7 continents in the world but some nations are of the view that there are only 4. This discrepancy is caused by the fact that we don’t have a definite definition for this entity and none of the speculations can be rejected. Although the distribution of continents is…

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Scientists Observed the Great Whirl from Space

Scientists Observed the Great Whirl from Space

Researchers have made some amazing revelations about the Great Whirl by tracking this humongous whirlpool through satellites. Scientists have been trying to study the Great Whirl for many years but most of their efforts have gone in vain as they haven’t been able to find any substantial information about the whirl. A quite obvious difficulty…

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Top 7 Disadvantages of Rising Sea Levels

Top 7 Disadvantages of Rising Sea Levels

The melting of ice in the Polar Regions and glaciers continues to pose a major threat to us all on a global scale, a whopping 3 millimeters a year. Between 1993 and 2014, sea level rose by about 2.6 inches. Fast forward to 2019, the sea level is 4.2 inches above normal. An increment of…

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Tectonics in the Tropics Trigger the Ice Ages on Earth

Tectonics in the Tropics Trigger the Ice Ages on Earth

Scientists have figured out the likely trigger for the three ice ages, which occurred in the last 540 million years. The term ‘Ice Age’ refers to a period during which global temperatures fall drastically to produce extensive glaciers and ice sheets that stretch well beyond their polar caps. According to a recent study, tectonics in…

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Earth’s Magnetic Shield Booms like a Drum

Earth’s Magnetic Shield Booms like a Drum

New research shows that the Earth’s magnetic shield booms loudly (when hit by impulses) but we cannot hear it because the frequencies are too low in pitch for human ears to pick up. Earth has a magnetic field around it which collides with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles bombarded at Earth by…

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CAPER-2 Flew Through Northern Lights to Catch Waves

CAPER-2 Flew Through Northern Lights to Catch Waves

The Cusp Alfven and Plasma Electrodynamics Rocket-2 (CAPER-2) flew through active Aurora Borealis to study the waves, which accelerate electrons into our atmosphere. The CAPER-2 mission was launched on 4th January 2019 from the Andoya Space Center in Andenes. A 4-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket was used for this purpose, which climbed to an…

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Hunga Tonga is Teeming with Life although it didn’t even Exist 4 Years Ago

Hunga Tonga is Teeming with Life although it didn’t even Exist 4 Years Ago

An underwater volcano in the South Pacific Ocean spawned an island called Hunga Tonga. This rare volcanic pop-up emerged right in between the two confirmed islands of the Kingdom of Tonga. There has been no official announcement about its name but the locals like to call it Hunga Tonga, on the basis of its location.…

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The Pale Blue Dot [Remake]

The Pale Blue Dot [Remake]

In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The first image from the clip is taken by the Voyager 1 Space Probe on February 14, 1990, at a distance of 6,054,587,000 Kilometers (3,762,146,000 miles). The rest of the clip is part…

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Arctic Summers are Now Hottest in 115,000 Years

Arctic Summers are Now Hottest in 115,000 Years

According to new research, Arctic summers are so hot that everything seems to be melting in the entire region. The Arctic is the northernmost polar region of the Earth which expands across a number of countries including Iceland, Canada, Sweden, Russia, Norway, and the United States of America. In addition to that, it consists of…

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Oceans are Warming Even Faster than Previous Estimates

Oceans are Warming Even Faster than Previous Estimates

Four different studies reveal that greenhouse gases are raising temperatures of oceans at a much rapid rate than previously believed. Ocean Heating is a critical marker of climate change because most of the excessive solar energy absorbed by the greenhouse gases is accumulated in oceans. In addition to that, ocean temperatures don’t experience year-to-year variations…

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Warning! Ice Sheets of Greenland are Releasing Tons of Methane into the Atmosphere

Warning! Ice Sheets of Greenland are Releasing Tons of Methane into the Atmosphere

An international team of researchers discovers that the Greenland Ice Sheet is doing some serious damage to the environment. Methane is the simplest alkane with four atoms of Hydrogen surrounding a central atom of Carbon. It is one of the important greenhouse gases and plays a significant role in causing ‘Global Warming’. According to an…

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The Movement of Earth’s Poles Led to the Current “Ice Age”

The Movement of Earth’s Poles Led to the Current “Ice Age”

Earth shifted away from its spin axis in the last 12 million years. Geophysicists from the Rice University analyzed the evidence from the Pacific Ocean to determine that the Earth has made a slight shift relative to its spin axis within the past 12 million years. The study published in the journal ‘Geophysical Research Letters’…

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Mysterious Mounds in Brazil are Visible from Space

Mysterious Mounds in Brazil are Visible from Space

The termite Syntermes Dirus is the reason behind the strange structures of the Caatinga. Brazil is the 5th largest country of the world both, in terms of population and area. More than 208 million people live in this country which is spread over 8.5 million square kilometers. The vastness of Brazil can be determined by…

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A New Theory about the Earth’s Water is Here

A New Theory about the Earth’s Water is Here

Asteroids are not the only contributor to Earth’s water, a recent study suggests. The source of all the water that we use every day has always been a mystery for the scientists and a number of hypotheses have been made in this regard from time to time. Recently, researchers from the American Geophysical Union proposed…

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School Students Identified Sounds from a Solar Storm in the Earth’s Magnetic Shield

School Students Identified Sounds from a Solar Storm in the Earth’s Magnetic Shield

A researcher of the Queen Mary University of London made some dramatic increments to the speed of the playback of the ultra-low frequencies to make them audible. Earth is under continuous bombardment from charged particles, who travel all the way from the Sun to the atmosphere of our planet. Most of the light seen at…

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The Story of Us

The Story of Us

A new video by Absolute Knowledge is now on! It’s been a long journey until here. Mankind is the result of 13.8 billion years of evolution. This video shows the process of creating, from the big bang, to the future. When we think of 13.8 billion years it may seem an eternity, but in the…

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The QuikSCAT Mission Has Come to its End

The QuikSCAT Mission Has Come to its End

The revolutionary mission which measured speed and direction of winds over global oceans for 10 years has been turned off. The SeaWinds Scatterometer of NASA was an Earth observation satellite which was launched primarily for measuring the speed and direction of surface wind over the ice-free global oceans. The launch of the Quick Scatterometer took…

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