Steeply rising energy prices and ecological thinking drove the Czechs to make sustainable improvements to their homes. 85 percent of the owners of single-family houses started replacing windows or doors, buying more energy-efficient appliances, insulating and other renovations. And one in five realized such a reconstruction with their own help. This is shown by a … Read more
Jakarta – The strip of ocean sandwiched between the islands of Florida and the Bahamas is one of the world’s most studied marine environments and an enduring center of geological mystery. Since at least the 1930s, scientists in the region have noticed strange white billowing clouds rising from the surface of seemingly serene turquoise water. … Read more
Wikimedia Commons In association with Omrop Fryslân NOS News•today, 15:39 The hunt for the stone marten in more than twenty meadow bird areas in Friesland has been halted. The judge has decided on an immediate ban because the Marter Foundation, Fauna4Life and the Animal Rights Foundation have filed a lawsuit against the province of Friesland. … Read more
Jakarta – When a new island appeared in the South Pacific in 2015, it opened new horizons not only for geologists and volcanologists, but also for biologists and ecologists. The emergence of new islands offers an opportunity to study how ecosystems began, starting with pioneering microbes that ‘colonized’ new lands like this, before plants or … Read more
The Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble is equipped with a new tomographic atomic probe. Its objective, among other things, is to characterize defects in mixed metals during recycling, with unparalleled precision. Recycling remains essential, but not always without consequences. Some materials, if they are poorly sorted and therefore end up mixing during recycling, are no longer … Read more