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Numlock News: January 12, 2024 • Tectonics, Emmys, Turtles

Numlock News • 628 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24

🔬 Science Geology Language Ecology Cuisine Climate

The Emmy awards had a scandal involving fake nominees to get trophies for ineligible individuals.
The streaming of Hindi music has doubled since 2021.
Climate change is causing a shift in the sex ratio of sea turtles towards more females.

How The Modern World Lost & Found Its Newest Continent

Everything Is Amazing • 1346 implied HN points • 01 Nov 23

🔬 Science Geology Geography History

Zealandia is a potential new continent, mapped in 2023, with its status still debated.
Continents are typically identified by convention rather than strict criteria, leading to inconsistencies in definitions.
There are millions of islands around the world, with many being uninhabited despite significant populations on some continents.

Why It's Great News That The Earth Sucks

Everything Is Amazing • 928 implied HN points • 20 Jun 23

🔬 Science Geology Environment Extraterrestrial Life Technology

The Earth has fascinating and dangerous underwater sinkholes, like the Great Blue Hole and the Yongle Blue Hole.
Exploring the geological impact on our lives can reveal intriguing connections to our world's history and future.
Scientists finding deep-sea features like the Taam ja' Blue Hole may provide insights into life on other planets.

Plastic Rocks And Technofossils: Why New Geology Is Getting Weird

Everything Is Amazing • 457 implied HN points • 01 May 23

🔬 Science Geology Environment Human behavior Discovery Climate

No observed tropical storm has ever crossed the equator.
A newly-mapped underwater mountain, the Pao Pao Seamount in the South Pacific Ocean, is 4,776 meters tall.
The sheer number of underwater mountains recently discovered, totaling 19,000, highlights how much of the ocean remains unexplored.

ground truth

Dan Davies - "Back of Mind" • 334 implied HN points • 24 May 23

🔬 Science Geology Data Analysis Economics Econometrics

Geology relies on \
Ground truth involves validating data points in the field.
Economics could benefit from adopting a similar approach.

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O-Day - New dawn of an old age

Remote View • 314 implied HN points • 03 Mar 23

🔬 Science Geology

We are not the most advanced civilization on Earth.
Some Egyptian granites are more radioactive than the global average.
Radioactive granites have long decay chains with high energy particles.

The Story in the Lake

Field Guide to the Anthropocene • 176 implied HN points • 04 Aug 23

🔬 Science Geology Climate Environmental Conservation Human Impact Biodiversity

A small lake in Ontario has been chosen to represent the Anthropocene epoch in Earth's history due to human activity.
Humans have significantly transformed Earth's systems, leading to a new epoch where human history is now Earth's history.
Geologists have selected Crawford Lake in Ontario as a witness and representative site for the Anthropocene, with its layers of sediment telling the story of human impact.

In search of lithium

Everything is Light • 235 implied HN points • 06 Jun 23

🌞 Climate & Environment Mining Geology Sustainability Renewables

Cornwall has a rich mining history, especially with tin and copper, shaping modern Cornwall.
The global demand for lithium is rising due to electric vehicles and solar panels, potentially leading to shortages by 2025.
Mining lithium in Cornwall is seen as an opportunity for economic growth, jobs, and a sustainable supply of a crucial element for the green transition.

Fifth layer inside the Earth's core has just been found!

Stemble - for the love of STEM! • 39 implied HN points • 28 Feb 23

🔬 Science Geology Discovery Research

A new fifth layer has been discovered in Earth's core by scientists at Australian National University.
The discovery was made by studying seismic waves that traveled five times across the Earth's diameter.
Previous studies on Earth's core only looked at single bounces, but this new finding reveals a different crystalline structure deep inside.