Auriga the Charioteer and bright Capella on October evenings
Auriga the Charioteer is a north circumpolar constellation best viewed on autumn and winter evenings. Its star Capella is the sixth brightest star in the sky.
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Wading Through 20-Inch Deep Moss Is Like Walking on a Pillow of Green Snow
For all the curious attributes inherent in mosses, height is not among them. But a video of two jolly lads trudging through a field of 20-inch deep moss serves to make us feel like that’s a shame. Like a pillowy green snow that doesn’t fall down the back of your neck if you jump in […]
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Climate change and global challenges – Modern Diplomacy
The whole world has been severely affected by climate change and the Covid-19 epidemic. The natural character of the whole world has also changed due to the rise in global temperature. Given the current situation, all the people of the…
What does a cute space robot know about climate change? A lot, actually. – Mic
One afternoon last summer, as the worst wildfires in Oregon’s history raged outside, my toddler and I sat down to watch Wall-E, the 2008 animated film about the last robot left on Earth, who is trying to clean all the…
First came global warming. Then hurricanes. Then more migratory bird deaths? – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Yellow Warbler photographed at Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. This migrating bird breeds in North America and winters in Central/South America and the Caribbean. Image courtesy of Luis O. Nieves Four-hundred-million birds or more are forecast to be in flight tonight…
A Floating Flower Garden in Tokyo Immerses Visitors With Orchids That Move as You Approach
A three-dimensional mass of floating flowers created by teamLab in Japan has been moving visitors not only with its technological magic, but with its overwhelming natural beauty. In this work called Flowers and I are of the Same Root, the Garden and I are One, people immerse themselves in the flowers, becoming one with the […]
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Letter: Keep or plant more trees to battle global warming – STLtoday.com
{{featured_button_text}} FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2011, file photo, a single leaf has changed color on a red maple in Freeport, Maine. Recent leaf-peeping seasons have been disrupted by weather conditions in New England, New York and elsewhere. Arborists…
Sounds of space: Jingle, pluck and hum
Hear the sounds of space. The videos in this post are what happens when scientists turn astronomical data into sound, via a process called sonification.
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September deep sky: Cygnus Loop and Bodeâs Galaxy
EarthSky readers shared two amazing September deep sky photographs with us: the Cygnus Loop, a nebula that stretches into Vulpecula, and Bode’s Galaxy, aka M81.
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Pablo Neruda, a poet who embraced cosmic beauty
Pablo Neruda was a famous Chilean poet who wrote: “Every day you play with the light of the universe.” Neruda died on this date, September 23, in 1973.
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