An ancient lake Bad Water Basin naturally restored to Death Valley thanks to rain in California

Good news! Thanks to climate change Death Valley is no more! Caution: irony! 😊

I can confirm that this year's rainy season in Arizona happened to be very heavy, long lasting and unusual!

"... after record rainfall flooded Badwater Basin, briefly reviving Lake Manly, an Ice Age body of water absent for thousands of years."

"Recent storms have transformed Badwater Basin — which lies 282 feet below sea level and marks the lowest point on the continent — into a shallow lake, according to a Dec. 4 news release from the National Park Service. ...

The basin, widely known as 'Lake Manly,' was once a vast Ice Age lake that stretched 100 miles and plunged 600 feet deep more than 100,000 years ago. ..."

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Ancient lake returns to California's Death Valley after vanishing thousands of years ago

Lake Manly (Source)

Ginkgo biloba trees in Fall changing colors

As seen in Beijing.

Earth's oldest living organisms survive in Europe's last wild forest between Poland and Belarus

Amazing stuff!

Google Earth turns 20: A look back on major moments

Happy birthday! I have used Google Earth frequently and found it very useful. It started with Street View.

"For 20 years, Google Earth has helped us explore and understand the world. With billions of images across aerial photography, satellite imagery, Street View and 3D visuals, Google Earth offers a stunning view of our world. ...

2005: Google Earth went viral at launch and was downloaded 100 million times in just its first week. Two months later, Hurricane Katrina hit, and we quickly worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to make updated imagery available to first responders on the ground — a preview of our future impact. ..."

Google Earth turns 20: A look back on major moments "We’re taking a look back at the major launches, moments and milestones that made Google Earth what it is today."

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone.

Peacock spiders

 

Credits: Das merkwürdige Verhalten der schönsten Spinnen der Welt

Baby Flying Squirrel Takes Flight for the First Time

Very recommendable! Amazing stuff!

Busy Beavers Build Dam Ahead of Winter

Very recommendable! Amazing stuff!

The Fascinating Plant That Lives For 300+ Years on Svalbard archipelago of Norway

Very recommendable! Wonders of nature! Svalbard "located between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It's the world's northernmost inhabited area".

Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long?

Very recommendable! Amazing stuff!

Fish eggs can hatch after being eaten and pooped out by ducks

Amazing stuff!

"Mallard ducks that were fed fish eggs in the lab pooped out a few viable eggs. If fish eggs survive similarly in nature, this mechanism may contribute to the spread of invasive fish. ... It’s been an “open question for centuries how these isolated water bodies can be populated by fish ...This study shows one way that water birds may disperse fish"

Fish eggs can hatch after being eaten and pooped out by ducks | Science News In the lab, only a few carp eggs survived the dangerous trip through birds’ innards

The Enduring Mystery & Wonder Of Water

Posted: 1/21/2020

It appears that in the 20th year of the 21st century, plain old water, probably the most important substance in the universe, is still, after centuries of intense research, a largely unknown chemical compound. Water is hiding its true properties from our prying eyes, like the secret life of a closed oyster.

Just check out these few examples referenced below in the Sources. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to go deeper into it. And I have read many more articles describing recent scientific discoveries about water.

Sources:

1. https://physicsworld.com/a/thin-ice-reveals-its-secrets/
2. http://phys.org/news/2016-04-ion-impacts-million-molecules.html
3. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/evidence-mounts-that-water-has-two-liquid-forms/3008766.article
4. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-liquids.html

Some Whales Live More Than 200 Years

Posted: 1/6/2015

Trigger

Just read “How some whales live more than 200 years”. Humans only recently discovered that there is a whale species in our oceans that lives up to 200 years.

Longevity Extended

Before that were it not turtles to be known to be the longest living animals on earth at about 100 years or more?

A salient quote from the above article (emphasis added): “This is the first time that the genome of a large cetacean [marine mammal] has been sequenced. The researchers compared the whale’s genome with that of nine mammals, including other cetaceans, cows, rats, and humans, they report online today in Cell Reports. Their comparative analysis uncovered mutations in two genes, one that is thought to confer resistance to cancer and is also linked to aging and DNA repair; the other is involved with DNA repair only.”