Halting Global Warming May Make a Huge Difference in Rising Sea Levels – Nature World News

It’s a good thing that global warming has been ultimately recognized and addressed not just in surface, but also in depth by global leaders. One cannot say that there has not been worldwide effort to protect biodiversity on the nature’s…

EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | Addressing fear of global warming with local opportunities – Ventura County Reporter

Pictured: Young local residents in a Climate Strike March at Ventura City Hall. Sept. 20, 2019. Photo by Kimberly Rivers.  by David Goldstein As Halloween decorations appear this month, few children will fear the goblins, ghosts, and ghouls depicted in…

Chesapeake cleanup partners pledge to fight global warming, but find cool reception – The Chesapeake Bay Journal

The governors of the states in the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin have inked a bipartisan pledge with the federal government to keep climate change from unraveling their 40-year effort to restore the estuary’s health. Some environmental groups, however, are criticizing…

Ancient Martian lake confirmed in rover images

Images from NASA’s Perseverance rover have confirmed that Jezero Crater was once an ancient Martian lake. Moreover, there is also a large delta formed by a river and evidence of flash floods that carried large boulders into the lake.

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Deep-sky objects: Small telescope and binocular targets

Deep-sky objects – including bright and dark nebulae, star clusters and distant galaxies – are favorite targets for amateur stargazers.

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Elderly Black Women Celebrate High Court Victory For Equal Property Rights in Divorces, Averting Homelessness

Four brave women in South Africa have successfully overturned a set of antiquated marriage laws that denied women equal property rights. Around 400,000 elderly black women will now have equal access to matrimonial property, thanks to Elizabeth Gumede, Thokozani Maphumulo, Matodzi Ramuhovhi, and Agnes Sithole, and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in Durban. Land ownership […]

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A Love Letter to America From a Village in Bangladesh on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

America, I am sending you good wishes from a small Bangladeshi village on the 20th anniversary of your great tragedy. I knew nothing about you before 2001, when 9/11 shook you, and turned the world around. Twenty years later, I know much more about you—your people, and history—and want to say thank you. I first […]

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You Can Win a Free Trip to Italy by Posting a Photo With #Salami Hashtags For a Random Drawing

A brand of salami known as Galileo is celebrating 75 years of making the cured meats by welcoming salami fans into their family with a chance to win a unique culinary experience in a seaside region of Italy. But don’t worry, you don’t have to speak Italian. All you have to do is simply share […]

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Wave clouds from 2 sides of Earth

EarthSky readers on opposite sides of Earth took these two photos of wave clouds on the same day. Wave clouds also go by the name of Kelvin Helmholtz clouds.

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Boris And Greta’s Quest For Climate Domination Is Getting Tiresome

Having wasted seven minutes of my life watching Saint Greta address the Youth4Climate – yes, I know what you are thinking – there are only two conclusions to reach. First, she should have stayed at school to achieve a higher…