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PTN Interviews the MIT 'Space Bubbles' Geoengineering project

Posted in Interviews, Science on 28th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

Many People are becoming more concerned with the growing issue of climate change, and there are many proposals as to how to deal with climate destabilisation. One of the projects focuses on Using Bubbles in space to reduce light from the sun, with the intention of protecting the Earth from too much warming. Here is our interview:

New chemical could protect honeybee hives from parasites

Posted in Science on 27th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

The compound seems to be very effective protection from mites, and could soon become a key component of beekeepers' arsenals, allowing them to address the "colony colapse disorder".

Evidence Suggests Giant Asteroid Impacts Created Earth's Continents

Posted in Science on 26th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

Researchers looked at zircon grains from one of the oldest surviving pieces of continental crust in the world, the Pilbara Craton in Western Australia, which started forming more than three billion years ago.

Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought

Posted in Science on 6th Aug, 2021
by Alex Muller

“Wild bees are really important, and those are the bees that are doing really badly,”

Record high temperature for Antarctica confirmed by WMO

Posted in Science on 4th Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller

Such readings are important because Antarctica is one of the fastest warming regions on Earth and is a major driver of climate.