https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/antarctic-ice-shelves-are-shattering-how-fast-will-seas-rise? [click thru for a map] The Thwaites ice shelf in West Antarctica is the floating end of the Thwaites Glacier, where the glacier flows into the sea. Already, about two-thirds of the ice shelf has fallen apart. In December 2021, scientists saw worrisome signs of disintegration in the remaining bit. Ice shelves slow the … Continue reading How fast will seas rise Antarctic ice shelves shatter?
Month: April 2022
Do not click on links from your own phone number
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/03/29/do-not-click-links-in-text-messages-that-come-from-your-own-phone-number? Do not click links in text messages that come from your own phone number Darryl Boxberger | Mar 29, 2022 Users on Verizon's network have reported receiving text messages that appear to be sent from their own phone numbers. Here's why you shouldn't click those links. The messages notified the user that their bill had been … Continue reading Do not click on links from your own phone number
Brandon Sanderson spread his Kickstarter wealth to other literary projects on the website
This story gets more and more odd. http://www.themarysue.com/brandon-sanderson-shares-kickstarter-success/ Author Brandon Sanderson Shares Kickstarter Success by Backing Almost Every Other Literary Project By Alyssa Shotwell, Mar 29th, 2022, 5:40 pm Earlier this month, successful science fiction and fantasy (SFF) writer Brandon Sanderson broke Kickstarter records within a few days with his secret A Year of Sanderson project. Currently sitting at … Continue reading Brandon Sanderson spread his Kickstarter wealth to other literary projects on the website
Groups for World Cup 2022 determined April 1st
World Cup 2022 draw: which teams have qualified and how does it work? Your essential guide to Friday’s draw in Qatar, including when it is happening and how the groups will be decided The official World Cup match ball pictured in Doha, Qatar. Photograph: Mohamed Ali Abdelwahid/Fifa/AFP/Getty Images Guardian sport, Thu 31 Mar 2022 05.44 EDT … Continue reading Groups for World Cup 2022 determined April 1st
Killing wolves to tick off liberals?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/04/killing-wolves-to-own-the-libs-idaho? Killing Wolves to Own the Libs? The predators were reintroduced to the state in the nineties—and have been the object of political controversy ever since. An aggressive new law allows people to hunt or trap as many as they can. By Paige Williams March 28, 2022 (April 4, 2022 issue of New Yorker Magazine) A taxidermied wolf owned by … Continue reading Killing wolves to tick off liberals?
Environmental worries still not the driver for consumer choices
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/27/uk-shoppers-shun-plastic-bags-to-save-pennies-not-the-planet-study-finds UK shoppers shun plastic bags to save pennies not the planet, study finds December 27, 2021 Analysis of 1m loyalty card transactions suggests decline is mostly down to levy on single-use bags Wales introduced the UK’s first levy on single-use plastic bags in 2011, followed by Northern Ireland in 2013, Scotland in 2014 and … Continue reading Environmental worries still not the driver for consumer choices
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