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The Top 5 Science Events to Look Forward to in 2022
Folks, this year’s forecast is (finally) looking bright. After a challenging collection of years behind us, there’s hope just ahead. In the world of science, 2022 is poised to be a riveting year full of life-changing discoveries.
By Olivia L. Dobbs5 years ago in Earth
How to Save Energy As We Might Run Into Energy Scarcity In Future
Green energy changes need not be as difficult as they might seem. Whether you desire to make simple changes or if you decide to do something big, you will be helping our environment. Keep reading to learn more about how to switch to green energy.
By Jennifar Brown5 years ago in Earth
Cataclysm extinction event possible
I have challenged the entire scientific community and my controversial point of view is that I believe some dinosaurs were much more birdlike than previously spoken about. There is no doubt many were reptilian but I believe some species were much more like birds and an evolutionary shift occurred. And science recently discovered and published some evidence of these specific findings. A fossil, well preserved, was found in southern China of a nine inch very birdlike animal with long tail. I am not sure I entirely believe Darwin's theories but there are elements of it that make sense and I do believe his research has value. As far as I can tell at this point, the ice age, the weather shift that happened, stunted some of their growth into the smaller animals we have now. When food was abundant they fed until reaching those enormous sizes. There diet and meal time was uncontrolled as they did not personally regulate it and so competition with human beings in this respect caused an external regulation of their food consumption. They had no mental regulation controlled by their ID or Ego and lacked the complexity of reasoning that human beings have and developed, so whatever dinosaurs felt like doing is what they did especially when unchecked. They ate as often as they felt like and reached those enormous sizes. Man realized this was wicked as witness to the troubles and limits in those animals thinking which helped man emerge with a smarter sense of preservation and understanding of why. When you pluck a chicken of its feathers or any avian, if you will, the skin beneath can look very reptilian. If the heat kept them molted and featherless the skin would become more leathery from what we know are the effects of the sun's radiation. That would cause the differences in skin color and texture as well. When the cold came in food became less abundant also. Meals were limited. The animals had a harder time feeding when it was harder for them to figure out where to find food. There growth was stunted for survival. That is how modern birds like hawks and eagles came to be how they are. Crocodiles and snakes shrank down. We see examples now of when they more closely resemble the time of dinosaurs with Forty foot boa constrictors showing up in the jungle, huge crocodiles lurking in the Nile River as there meals are not limited or regulate so there growth potential is much larger. Now a dark army of bats are actually growing too large and we see this happening in or near Australia. Animal and human life will be effected by this. The bats can travel farther distances and are much larger. These were a fruit bat variety but they will become more vampirous. They will eat anything and have no concerns about killing, no guilt or remorse. They can travel on the thermal air waves farther distances and be a huge disruption and harder to detect. I believe there are real vampire stories out there now that a generation are too afraid to admit the first hand experience, knowing how they could be ostracized for reporting those things. But the large fruit bat that is the flying fox is without doubt a vampire. If human beings turn a blind eye to this as strange as it might sound that animal is poised to takeover. One has already reached about two and a half feet in size and there are one hundred thousand more of them that are 18 inch or so variety in size. In such a large group they could land like locusts and strip and devour a countryside. They would be hard to detect until it was too late and they were right upon you. People are often slow to believe and slow to respond to these things. Right now these animals have shown a distinct behavior of study, in that, they have landed nearby human beings and shown themselves to be learning their prey. They will battle with birds for food source and just to fight the large sized animal in a series of study and attempt for dominance. And birds aren't greatly equipped for that fight as in bats are more vicious and blood thirsty. I believe they have been in a fight with the whooping crane for awhile and these birds need our help. These animals need man's help. We can choose and need to choose the side of the whooping crane. We cannot allow that bird to lose. There is no doubt some dinosaurs were more birdlike rather than only reptilian. If you think about that, how wildly crazy the world was with these animals devoid of reasoning. These large vicious predators that felt nothing as they devoured whatever they felt like chewing on. We have to realize man survived these horrible conditions on the power of his mind more than just the power of his physical strength. In observations of bird behavior now and the way it eats, picks at the ground, picks up a worm I think what it must have been like as early man witnessing these heartless creatures peck and tear these things to pieces without thinking about or showing any sense of caring at all. Reptiles are just as cruel in their handling of life. So imagining the enormity of these animals stomping over the land the way they were, how they turned on each other to fight for fun, territory or aggression and compete for food or eat each other there are frightening aspects. The climate shift had calmed that wild away but it is still man's job to keep dominion over the wild of the world lest it race away out of our control and return to a time it was rampant. It takes an educated approach to achieve this success and even with all of the modern weaponry and advancements on weapons man needs to exhibit a real knowledge of tact. Tact will be man's greatest ally.
By James M. Piehl5 years ago in Earth
Floods
Puffin Colony, Maine, USA The wind rushes past, ruffling along the back edges of my feathers and stinging my eyes. My partner flies beside me, her wingstrokes almost in tandem with my own. We dip and glide between the ocean’s updrafts, flying in earnest towards the coastline far ahead, just below the horizon. The breeze shifts into warmer currents as we approach the shore, the one we see every year. Just a slope of green before the larger rocky coastline behind it, this island is where we come to breed; this is the island where I was born. We come back every year on the solstice, nesting before summer starts to come. Other pairs land first and latch their feet onto the land, one in front of the other, as they put their beaks to the ground, wings still outstretched. Some of them bump against one another and they part their beaks in momentary annoyance. Then their wings fold and they duck their heads into their burrows. My partner lands just before me and I follow. As she goes to inspect the outer edges of our burrow, the one we’ve used each year, I dip my head inside it.
By Tessa Markham5 years ago in Earth
Omicron may induce a less severe illness. A laboratory research provides some insight into why this is the case.
Early observations of human cells in a lab dish reveal that the omicron variation of SARS-CoV-2 is less effective at entering the lungs and propagating from cell to cell than other variants of the coronavirus.
By Prasad Madusanka Herath5 years ago in Earth
Global Warming
Introduction: Our world is becoming more and more modern with the passage of time and new problems are constantly being invented. Many of these problems are so serious that they cast doubt on the future of the whole world. In the process of modernizing civilization, people are throwing the existence of civilization in the face of crisis. In today's age of luxurious living, the lustful deeds of human beings have given rise to some inauspicious glimpses which have become a cause of concern to all the scientifically well-informed people of the world. Of all the problems in the modern world, the most frightening and important is global warming and the resulting abnormal and massive climate change. What is global warming? In the words of scientists, global warming is one of the most common causes of climate change in the world. This cycle of global warming appears on Earth at regular intervals. At that time, global warming naturally increased slightly under the influence of some cosmic factors. Over time, the Earth's atmospheric conditions change spontaneously through climate and natural changes. But the global warming that is being talked about so much today is not a normal global geographic process. This is due to the increase in the temperature of the whole earth's water, land and atmosphere as a result of human arbitrariness on earth. Normal geographical global warming process is time or cause neutral but in this case it is not so at all. According to the UNFCCC, the most widely defined definition of global warming today is the abnormal change in climate caused by an increase in global warming due to man-made causes. Environmentalists have identified this unusual change as one of the main problems of the modern world. Global warming in history: We have to go back to the Middle Ages to find the documented evidence of global warming in history. At the beginning of the Middle Ages, from about 950 to 1250 AD, a normal global warming trend was observed from Europe to China. Based on the results obtained from modern research, it is thought that this phenomenon of warming did not extend to the whole world but was confined to a specific region. According to modern environmentalists, the average temperature in the region has been rising sharply since 950 AD. Researchers have identified the possible reasons for this increase in temperature are global geological processes such as increasing sun temperature, decreasing volcanic activity and changing ocean currents. However, current geological research has shown that even before the Middle Ages, normal global warming occurred at different times in different parts of the world. Temperatures have risen or fallen over time, from the surface of the earth to the ocean floor. However, all these global warming events are not synonymous with modern day global warming. This is because the global warming of the ancient and medieval times caused the climate change situation to arise due to various mundane and cosmic reasons and they are considered as normal global warming. That is why it has never been critical of the existence of the earth. Modern situation: The modern global warming situation is completely different from the normal global warming situation that has arisen in history. Temperatures recorded by modern instruments show that between 180 and 1900 the temperature of the earth's surface and sea water rose by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0.75 degrees Celsius. Every decade since 1989, the temperature has risen from 0.14 to 0.22 degrees Celsius. According to scientists, the earth's temperature was in perfect balance until 1850 AD. Since then, the rate of global warming has increased as time has progressed. The World Meteorological Organization has designated 2005 as the warmest year on earth. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, environmentalists have repeatedly called for immediate action, considering the far-reaching consequences of this situation. Reasons for warming: No one can be blamed for the current state of global warming. From the post-Industrial Revolution period onwards, the ecclesiastical sweetness of machinery and factories has been the primary cause of modern abnormal global warming in the world. Moreover, due to human greed and greed, people have been deforested all over the world. As a result, the respiratory system of the world is naturally facing crisis and the inevitable result of which is a crisis like global warming. The process of global warming: The main cause of global warming, scientifically speaking, is the large number of harmful gases, such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide, emitted from modern laboratories and factories. On the one hand, just as the Earth's surface absorbs these gases and heats itself up, on the other hand, all these greenhouse gases mix with the atmosphere, radiating from the sun to the earth and radiating from the atmosphere into space. This process is called the greenhouse effect. On the other hand, all these harmful gases damage the essential ozone layer in the atmosphere of the drug house. Global warming results: It is extremely difficult to have a long discussion about the consequences of global warming. Because the results are so wide and extensive that it is almost impossible to record them in one part of the report. One of the direct and alarming consequences of global warming is the abnormal rise in sea level. In fact, huge amounts of ice at the two poles of the earth have begun to melt, little by little, as temperatures around the world have risen abnormally. As a result of this abnormal melting of ice, the sea level is also rising slightly. On the other hand, the various harmful greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, which are causing global warming, are simultaneously causing massive damage to the ozone layer, causing ozone depletion, which is essential for sustaining life on Earth. All these tendencies are throwing the very existence of life on earth in the face of crisis. Massive adverse effects: The effects of global warming on global warming, and the consequent other catastrophic problems, are far-reaching and far-reaching. As global warming causes global temperatures to rise more than normal, many tiny animals and essential bacteria are on the verge of extinction. On the other hand, due to the continuous rise in sea level, various areas along the sea and river banks are inundated. In addition, ozone depletion of greenhouse gases or the penetration of highly harmful ultraviolet rays into the earth through ozone holes has led to the spread of deadly diseases such as skin cancer. Above all, there is a huge change in the overall climate of the world, which is pushing the world towards an uncertain future. Solution: It is not possible to save the world from the crisis of existence without finding a way to solve this terrible problem. Thus, if global warming continues at the same rate, the existence of life on Earth will be nothing more than a matter of time. That is why we must simultaneously seek remedies from global warming. Environmentalists have suggested a number of ways to overcome this burning problem. To defeat global warming, greenhouse gas emissions must first be controlled as much as possible. In this case, first of all people have to be aware of their lifestyle. Use of cars, factory fumes, etc. should be minimized or controlled as much as possible. Use of equipment that emits harmful toxic gases such as chloro-fluoro-carbon should be minimized as much as possible. The use of fossil fuels needs to be controlled. Emphasis should be placed on the use of unconventional sources of energy. Above all, a large amount of forest has to be created. Initiatives: At present, various organizations have been formed in the national and international arena for the purpose of overcoming global warming. Various non-profit organizations, government and corporate organizations are constantly working in this regard. These organizations carry out public works such as deforestation, raising awareness at the regional level, and controlling pollution. At the international level, the United Nations has declared global warming as an international crisis and called for its response at all levels. Various initiatives are being taken at the local level to make people aware of global warming and climate change. Conclusion: There is no doubt that global warming is the most important international issue in the world today. This problem has challenged the existence of all irrespective of space, time, vessel, country and continent. Therefore, if we do not realize the real importance of this problem today and do not jump into the task of tackling it with all our might, there is still a doubt about how long our future generations will be able to see the light of day. The hope, however, is that as global awareness of global warming grows over time, so does the massive emission of greenhouse gases. As a result, the ozone layer is slowly healing. So one day we will be able to breathe in a healthy environment in a completely normal climate of the world - it is imperative that we move forward into the future with the firm conviction of overcoming global warming with this hope.
By Bijan Mondal5 years ago in Earth
