State puts pause on bear hunting - Sarasota Herald
Facts The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted Wednesday not to have a black bear hunt this year.Here is what led up to that: ■ In 2015, Florida conducted its first hunt of black bears in more than 20 years.■ The hunt was approved after the bear population, which had dropped to 300-500 animals in the 1970s, had recovered and the bears were taken off the state-designated threatened species list in 2012.■ The FWC approved a one-week hunt in four areas of the state last Octob..>> view originalScience Explains How Chameleons Capture Their Prey
(Photo : Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) On January 25, 2011 in London, England. When it comes to catching their prey, there is hardly any animal that is as precise as a chameleon. Even though these creatures have a nonchalant appearance, they do not fail at whipping their tongues out to capture prey that can weight up to 30 percent of their weight. A team of researchers from several different universities recently studied the sticky weapon that chameleons possess. While catching their prey, a cham..>> view originalComputer simulations point to the source of gravitational waves
They arrived at that cause and date by modeling the birth of the universe. The researchers plugged stars and data into the computer simulation Synthetic Universe and ran it until they encountered an event that would possibly have emanated the actual gravitational waves. In this case, the culprit was likely a recent merger of two black holes made soon after the dawn of the universe."We play God," lead study author Chris Belczynski, an astrophysicist at Warsaw Univers..>> view original'Seismic strain': Land around the San Andreas fault is rising and sinking, new earthquake research shows
For the first time, scientists have produced a computer image showing huge sections of California rising and sinking around the San Andreas fault. The vertical movement is the result of seismic strain that will be ultimately released in a large earthquake. The San Andreas fault is California’s longest earthquake fault, and one of the state’s most dangerous. Scientists have long expected that parts of California are rising — and other parts sinking — around the fault in a way that is ongoing, ve..>> view originalArchaeologists Say They Made A 16th-Century Find At The Lost Roanoke Colony Site
Four centuries after the colony of Roanoke vanished, archaeologists say they have unearthed what they believe to be the remnants of the New World's first English settlement. Two small pieces of blue-and-brown pottery, believed to be from an apothecary jar used in the 16th century, were recently uncovered during a dig at North Carolina's Roanoke Island, archaeologists announced. “This is really exciting,” Eric Deetz, an archaeologist with the First Colony Foundation who said he personally identi..>> view originalIt Looks Like Pluto Has a Liquid Water Ocean
Plutonian landscapes in twilight. Image: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI For a frigid little space rock at the ass-end of the solar system, Pluto is full surprises. Ice volcanoes, hazy skies, vast plains of churning nitrogen, what’s next? Just maybe, a subsurface ocean. Perhaps the most incredible discovery of the New Horizons Pluto encounter last summer was that the former ninth planet is geologically active, with widespread evidence of tectonic activity across its icy surface. This pretty much flies in ..>> view originalThis 'Watermelon Snow' Speeds Up Melting Of Arctic Glaciers: Why You Should Care
Blankets of "watermelon snow" located in the Arctic have been found to speed up the melting of the region's glaciers. How can this phenomenon affect our planet? ( EurekAlert | Liane G. Benning/GFZ ) No, it's not ice sherbet. But this blanket of pink snow — which scientists say is actually red-pigmented, snow-dwelling algae — is known in some places as "watermelon snow." Although it is not edible, the presence of watermelon snow is very crucial, and it has been vastly underestima..>> view originalRisky medical flight from South Pole arrives in Chile
From Punta Arenas, the two patients will be taken to a medical facility that can provide a level of care that is not available at Amundsen-Scott, the spokesman, Peter West, said.The Twin Otter flew completed this leg of the trip from the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, where it had arrived 1:15 p.m. ET after a 1,500 mile flight from the South Pole Wednesday, West said.The flight from the South Pole Station was risky because of weather and distance...>> view originalVenus' 'Monster' Electric Winds Stripped Away Its Oceans, Study Says | The Weather Channel
Earth and Venus are remarkably similar, but our sister planet is missing one key element: water. A recent study claims that Venus’ powerful electric wind is the culprit behind the arid planet’s lack of moisture.With surface temperatures topping 860 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s no surprise that Venus has a dry surface. One would think the water simply boiled off, but according to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, that’s too easy an explanation.Lead author and NASA Goddard..>> view original
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