Tag Archives: Environment

National Geographic Announces Its “Pictures of the Year” | My Modern Met

Posted on December 6, 2024 by agogo22

By Jessica Stewart on December 6, 2024 “This year’s selection is both timeless and timely.”A young emperor penguin jumps off a 50-foot cliff for its first swim. The species normally breeds on low-lying sea ice, but some colonies have been … Continue reading →

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New photos of earth from NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite! #space #astronomy #nasa #shorts #science

Posted on December 6, 2024 by agogo22
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An Ultra High-Resolution ‘Snowflake Camera’ Captures the Extraordinary Details of Snow Crystals | Colossal

Posted on December 6, 2024 by agogo22

November 19, 2020 Photography Grace Ebert All images © Nathan Myhrvold It’s easy to forget that the mounds of snow lining sidewalks each winter actually are comprised of billions of tiny crystals with individual grooves and feathered offshoots. A trio … Continue reading →

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Hallgrímskirkja church in Iceland

Posted on December 4, 2024 by agogo22

Hallgrímskirkja church in Iceland byu/Salamantor inevilbuildings

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Why Pandas Are Impressively Bad at Existing

Posted on December 4, 2024 by agogo22

[…] Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-… Patreon: ( / realscience ) Instagram: ( / stephaniesammann ) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: Eric Ypsilantis Robert Thompson Keith Skipper References: [1]https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/…. [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159… [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science… … Continue reading →

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The Ig Nobel Prizes: Fluid Dynamics of Cats? Can Humans Run on Water?

Posted on December 3, 2024 by agogo22

The Ig Nobel Prizes – awards presented for research that first makes you laugh and then makes you think. 🔗 Social Media 🔗 📸 Instagram: / ellieinstem 🧵Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ellieinstem?… 🦋Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/elliesleight… 🎵 TikTok: / elliesleightholm 🐦 Twitter / X: https://x.com/elsleightholm … Continue reading →

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Another way of obtaining silk that doesnt include boiling them

Posted on December 3, 2024 by agogo22
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Nordic Survival Food #nordic #norway #sweden #finland #food #language #funny

Posted on December 2, 2024 by agogo22
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Tree struck by lightning burning from inside out.

Posted on December 2, 2024 by agogo22
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Ancient Amazonian Cities [3 examples…kind of]

Posted on December 2, 2024 by agogo22

  […] What’s going on with these ancient Amazon cities! Sources: Prümers, Heiko, et al. “Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density urbanism in the Bolivian amazon.” Nature, vol. 606, no. 7913, 25 May 2022, pp. 325–328, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04…. Rostain, Stéphen, et al. “Two … Continue reading →

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The Himawari 8 weather satellite takes a picture of Earth every 10 minutes. This image is from today.

Posted on December 2, 2024 by agogo22
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You’re Probably Wrong About Rainbows

Posted on December 1, 2024 by agogo22

[…] Special thanks to Mats Vermeeren. 00:00 Most people don’t understand rainbows 01:08 Light refraction explained 08:20 How does a rainbow form? 13:10 Circular rainbows 15:14 Why are rainbows curved? 17:30 Why can’t you see a rainbow with sunglasses? 18:43 … Continue reading →

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