There was a strange discovery on the ocean floor
Scientists claim to have found evidence of a development of complex life around a billion years ago in the Pacific ocean floor. Researchers found that oxygen levels increased near polymetallic nodules, which they said might have split the ocean into hydrogen and oxygen using its electric charge. However, a seabed-mining company said the results are the result of oxygen contamination from outside sources.
Forests absorb CO2 and also methane
To estimate the impact of continuous CH4 emissions on global surface temperature and stocks of tropical forests, we used a combination of allometric model with global forest cover data. An allometric model was introduced to estimate woody surface areas across the world’s ecosystems, integrating our allometric model with global forest cover data. The new constant source of CH4 equates to 128 tons of CO2 over the course of next 20 years.
Newly undecided voters are crucial for Harris
After Joe Biden endorsed Kamala Harris for US President, the Democratic party said that it will “take full advantage” of his backing. The party added that it wants to “use his endorsement to ensure that we have a nominee who has the courage and the vision to defeat Donald Trump”. Harris will become the first female and the first Indian-American to run for President.
The Bay Area is Coconuts for Harris
US President Donald Trump has called Vice President Kamala Harris a “very good person” and said, “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen someone so good in my life”. This comes after Vice President Joe Biden decided to drop out of the 2020 White House race. Trump added, “It’s a great thing…There are a lot of people who are looking forward to having Kamala as their nominee.”
The Missouri judge overturned the murder conviction of a man for 30 years
Chris Dunn, who was wrongly convicted of murder in the 1990 shooting of a 15-year-old boy in US’ Missouri, wasn’t released after a judge overturned his conviction. The state’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey had appealed the judge’s ruling. “We’re awaiting the outcome of that legal action,” Missouri Department of Corrections spokesperson Karen Pojmann said.
The Senate vote with less than two weeks to recess is important for KOSA
US Senate’s Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is set to bring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) to the Senate floor for a procedural vote this week. KOSA will allow minors to search for what they want and receive “evidence-informed information”. COPPA 2.0 will let children search for what they want and receive “evidence-informed information”.
Delta canceled hundreds of flights in the aftermath of Crowdstrike failures
US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Delta Air Lines that the airline must honour customer service commitments after several flights were cancelled due to Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike’s faulty Windows update. Bastian told the US DOT that the airline gave waivers to customers on flights that had been affected by the outage, allowing them to change itinerary and rebook services free of charge.
What does the historic bid for the US presidency mean for science?
After US President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, reproductive rights organisations have come out in support of US Vice President Kamala Harris. “We’re incredibly excited…we have somebody who has a long track record in fights for abortion access as…potentially being the person who’s at the top of the presidential ticket,” Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, said.
The speaker of the Congress said that the Secret Service chief had failed
US Secret Service Director Julia Cheatle resigned on Wednesday, a day after she was reprimanded by the House Oversight Committee. Cheatle had refused to answer questions about the shooting of US President Donald Trump’s security detail at a rally in May, saying she wasn’t “prepared” to do so. She was accused of denying Trump team requests for additional security.
Predicting long-term climate trends is possible with the help of artificial intelligence
Researchers in the US and UK claim to have trained an atmospheric model, NeuralGCM-2.8, for a mid-latitude wind balance within five years and tested it for over 21 unseen years. It was more accurate in depicting the vertical structure of the winds, compared with GraphCast data. However, ECMWF-HRES still shows a closer alignment to ERA5 data than NeuralGCM does.