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ScienceDesk

@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social

Flipboard's page for news about science including space, climate change and more — from trusted sources. All posts written by human editors, especially for Mastodon.

For more science coverage, follow Flipboard's federated Science Desk (@science).

Header photo: Students observe a solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, in London. Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images.

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TwraSun, to random German
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InsideClimate, to random
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Coastal Communities’ Living Barriers—Mangroves and Coral Reefs—Could Soon Collapse Due to Climate Change
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28052024/todays-climate-mangroves-coral-reefs-collapse-coastal-protection/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest News @latest

jeffjarvis, to random
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Polls are poison to public discourse. Rasmussen is worse than them all and should never be quoted.
Leading pollster spreads Dominion voting machine misinformation https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/28/leading-pollster-spreads-dominion-voting-machine-misinformation/

AnthropoceneMag, to random
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The future holds many, many more EV batteries. And therein lies a solution to grid storage.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/05/the-future-holds-many-many-more-ev-batteries-solution-to-grid-storage/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Environmental Solutions @environmental

CultureDesk, (edited ) to books
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What's better for the environment: A paper book, or an e-reader? NPR spoke to industry experts about the rise of digital reading, how the publishing industry is reducing waste, and whether using a fossil-fuel-derived plastic e-reader is a better option than a paper book. The short answer, according to professor Mike Berners-Lee (yes, he is Tim's brother): It depends.

https://flip.it/h5yJmA

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Snoro, to conservative
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While recent reports have stated that more than half the world's largest lakes, including lakes in the Tibetan plateau, are drying up, a paper published in Nature Geoscience today (May 27) suggests that, by the end of this century, land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are set to increase exponentially, resulting in major land loss and related economic, environmental and climatic impacts

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-warmer-wetter-climate-societal-ecological.html

ScienceAlert, to random
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Venus Appears to Be a Churning Hotbed of Volcanic Activity
https://www.sciencealert.com/venus-appears-to-be-a-churning-hotbed-of-volcanic-activity?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Space @space

bjkingape, to Plants
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A hopeful story from botany, about rosy saxifrage: "A plant that went extinct in the wild has been re-introduced to the UK mainland. We can’t tell you the exact location - it’s a secret, to keep it safe." #botany #plants #nature #extinction #UK https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjkkm4re518o

InsideClimate, to random
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Q&A: Should We Be Having Babies In a Warming World?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27052024/jade-sasser-eco-anxiety-and-reproduction-decisions/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest News @latest

pvonhellermannn, to random
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Kidney disease is high and rapidly worsening in coastal Bangladesh due to rising sea levels increasing water salinity as well as extreme heat. For many, like 65yo Khatun, dialysis is too expensive.

The whole of Khulna, once a thriving city, is affected by saline intrusion due to frequent floods, cyclones and tidal surge.

“The global climate crisis is essentially a water crisis,” says Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha at UCL.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/24/its-in-our-rivers-and-in-our-cups-theres-no-escape-the-deadly-spread-of-salt-water-in-bangladesh?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

AxiosNews, to random
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First Black astronaut candidate in U.S. finally goes to space at 90
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/24/ed-dwight-black-astronaut-space-90-blue-origin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Axios @axios

mongabay, to random
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Electric vehicles are often presented as a key technology for drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thus helping curb climate change.

But manufacturing electric cars requires the mining of critical minerals for batteries, like lithium and cobalt, that are largely sourced in developing countries. Local traditional and Indigenous communities say the mining is already harming their way of life, damaging biodiversity, and polluting.

by Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/green-credentials-of-electric-vehicles-come-under-fire/

AxiosNews, to random
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AI uncovers how plant science evolved
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/24/ai-plant-science-china?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Science @science

HeatmapNews, to random
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Biden’s Long Game on Climate
https://heatmap.news/politics/biden-climate-policy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Climate Politics @climate

AnthropoceneMag, to random
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Could this be the world’s first waste-free chocolate?
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/05/could-this-be-the-worlds-first-waste-free-chocolate-2/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Climate Change @climate

hakaimagazine, to random

In Graphic Detail: Avian Flu around the World
https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-avian-flu-around-the-world/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Hakai Magazine @hakai

TheCoolDown, to random
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Scientists raise concerns about underestimating spread of bird flu due to lack of testing: 'Has caught people tremendously by surprise'
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/avian-flu-human-transmission-cattle-dairy-worker/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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ScienceAlert, to random
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A Spectacular, Rare Alignment of 6 Planets Is About to Happen in The Sky
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-spectacular-rare-alignment-of-6-planets-is-about-to-happen-in-the-sky?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Space @space

FlipboardMagazines, to climate
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Meet Anna Schulz, Flipboard curator and head of global climate law, policy and governance at the International Institute for Environment and Development (@rivertravel).

Follow Anna's Water Magazine where she tracks stories about water issues around the world.
@water

droughtcenter, to science
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USDM Climate Clip May 23, 2024

The total percentage of drought coverage across the U.S. is at its lowest since March 2020. This U.S. Drought Monitor week saw widespread improvement in drought-related conditions on the map across areas of the South, the Plains, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic, and the West.

Subscribe to the NDMC YouTube channel for weekly updates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eto-Rk4EZSI

Climate247, to random
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Category 4 And Category 5 Hurricane Count May Rise
https://climatecrisis247.com/weather/category-4-and-category-5-hurricane-count-may-rise/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Weather @weather

fleemanator, to random
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“He’d only been keeping bees since March … but he knew enough to know that something wasn’t right.”

The dreaded yellow-legged hornet has arrived in North America. Learn more in a new @KnowableMag report, republished by @USATODAY

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/23/fight-spread-of-yellow-legged-hornet-in-us/73800102007/

arstechnica, to random
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Physicists find a possible way to get warped space, but no drive

While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/physicists-find-a-possible-way-to-get-warped-space-but-no-drive/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

BloombergGreen, to random
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Hydrogen-Powered Private Jets Can Cut Emissions — If They Can Get Off the Ground
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-23/private-jets-startups-offer-a-hydrogen-powered-upgrade?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Stories @all

DaveWhittle, to random
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The Great Solar Storm of 2024 May Have Made the Strongest Auroras in Centuries | Scientific American
https://www.space.com/solar-storms-may-2024-strongest-auroras-500-years

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