Una reciente tragedia en el estado norteño de Uttarakhand en India ha dejado más de 38 personas muertas y 170 desaparecidas.
El domingo 8 de febrero, una gran avalancha se estrelló contra una presa hidroeléctrica. Dejó una inundación calamitosa a su paso que devastó muchas aldeas a lo largo de los ríos Alaknanda y Dhauliganga.
A recent tragedy in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India has left more than 38 people dead and 170 missing.
On Sunday, February 8, a large avalanche came crashing through a hydroelectric dam. It left a calamitous flood in its wake that devastated many villages along the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga Rivers.
Scientists later discovered that the avalanche originated from a ‘hanging’ glacier that broke off from a 5,600 m peak called Raunthi in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand.
El wombat, un marsupial bajo y rechoncho nativo de Australia, ha desconcertado durante mucho tiempo al mundo científico por una razón sorprendente: ¡el misterio de su caca en forma de cubo!
Debido a su estilo de vida de excavación y masticación, los wombats se consideran una molestia para los ganaderos y agricultores. Pero su caca ha capturado la curiosidad de muchos biólogos.
El cambio climático es un problema urgente. A medida que aumentan las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, nuestro mundo se acerca rápidamente al punto sin retorno.
Como resultado, los gobiernos y las empresas están buscando estrategias para eliminar los gases de efecto invernadero de la atmósfera.
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Imagine having to weather a frigid snowstorm without power. This is the reality for nearly 4.3 million residents across the U.S. state of Texas where temperatures have plunged to -12 degrees Fahrenheit!
These record-low temperatures and high snowfall have brought power companies to their knees. As people cranked up the heat in their homes, the sudden demand led to outages. This demand combined with equipment failures and a shortage of fuel has worsened the situation in Texas.
En un día normal en el océano, es posible que escuche los cantos melódicos de migración de las ballenas o quizás el parloteo de los delfines que se comunican mediante la ecolocalización.
El zumbido silencioso del océano proporciona el paisaje sonoro perfecto para una sinfonía de sonidos producidos por los muchos organismos bajo el mar.
Sin embargo, el reciente aumento de la contaminación acústica provocada por el hombre ha amortiguado la banda sonora del mar.
The wombat, a short and stubby marsupial native to Australia, has long puzzled the scientific world for a striking reason: the mystery of its cube-shaped poop!
Because of their lifestyle of burrowing and chewing, wombats are considered nuisances to ranchers and farmers. But their poop has captured the curiosity of many a biologist.
Patricia Yang was one such scientist who along with researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Tasmania has been studying these fascinating animals. Check out some fascinating facts about wombats in the Side Notes.
Climate change is a pressing issue. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, our world rapidly approaches the point of no return.
As a result, governments and companies are looking for strategies to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Exxon Mobil, an international oil and gas company, announced plans to invest $3 billion in green energy projects by 2025. In the past, the company has been criticized for not making enough efforts to lower dependency on fossil fuels.
On a normal day in the ocean, you might hear the melodic migration songs of whales or perhaps the chatter of dolphins communicating using echolocation.
The silent drone of the ocean provides the perfect soundscape for a symphony of sounds produced by the many organisms under the sea.
However, the recent increase in human-made noise pollution has muffled the sea’s soundtrack.