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Not sure what to make of this yet, but according to Reuters the Russian Supreme Court just annulled the treason conviction for Valery Golubkin, a Russian physicist in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Aerohydromechanics at the Moscow Institute...
by Irontortoise
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 02:01 AM PDT
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Like a brain-eating zombie that never dies, the Delta Tunnel project keeps rising from the dead, despite massive opposition from the people of California In the latest episode in the revival of this undead project by the Newsom Administration, the...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 09:28 AM PST
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Donald Trump was on a malicious mission in 2017 against biodiversity, the environment, and the fight against climate change. One of his first acts was to gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by removing critically threatened species status from the...
by Pakalolo
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on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 04:24 AM PST
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The Euclid space telescope consortium today released the first set of 5 stunning images of the cosmos take by the dark matter/energy hunter telescope. Euclid will make a 3D-map of the cosmos by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion...
by AKALib
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on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As the salmon fishing closure in California’s ocean waters and rivers continues, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it will hold a quarterly public meeting on Sept. 12, 2023, (today) between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 pm. The meeting is...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 11:14 AM PDT
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The ESA Euclid space telescope is scheduled for launch today at 11:12 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Euclid is a space telescope designed to explore the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the cosmos (with...
by AKALib
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on Sat Jul 01, 2023 at 06:48 AM PDT
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A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could hold buried oceans.
The journey began with a perfect morning liftoff by ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Apr 16, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Press release from the Yurok Tribe: Today, a federal district court reconfirmed that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must comply with the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in operating the Klamath Irrigation Project. Link to the ruling. “Once again,...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Feb 07, 2023 at 04:47 PM PST
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NASA live-streamed the Artemis 1 launch which went off in the early hours of the morning, around 1:47 am ET IIRC. Although there have been some issues along the way getting to the launch, the launch appears to have been flawless. No one is on-board for...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Nov 16, 2022 at 11:09 AM PST
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Sacramento, CA.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on October 6 proposed the listing of the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt as an “endangered” species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The population of the...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Oct 07, 2022 at 11:19 AM PDT
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A record run of wild spring run Chinook salmon on a Sacramento River tributary turned into a disaster when the majority of fish perished before spawning last year. In May, the CDFW published a monitoring report on 2021's spring Chinook salmon run on...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 11:58 AM PDT
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Take a break, my friends, from snow shovels, ice melt, fleece, snow boots, and derrière-freezing dog walks and let’s go snowbirding to the Big Island of Hawaii! The photos and videos herein were taken during my stay in November-December, a trip also...
by giddy thing
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on Sun Feb 06, 2022 at 06:30 AM PST
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Pinnacles National park, in central California, is a breathtaking place, where trails bring you skyward into wonder-filled volcanic columns of rock. And in these skies, you can find a critically endangered bird that was extinct in the wilds: the...
by Username4242
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on Wed Dec 22, 2021 at 06:33 AM PST
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No matter what topic we cover, it’s always important to remember those of us who live with multiple marginalizations and thus may face unique barriers or obstacles in both the short and long term. This mindset is especially true as we navigate ongoing...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Fri Oct 29, 2021 at 09:50 AM PDT
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I know there’s a lot of anger over billionaires with vanity space programs in certain quarters, but nonetheless some things about it are worth taking note. The latest (and second) manned flight of Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin spacecraft is something I had...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Oct 13, 2021 at 10:01 AM PDT
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After a 5,800-mile 16-day ocean journey from California, the NASA James Webb Space Telescope arrived safely yesterday at Port de Pariacabo on the Kourou River in French Guiana. This is a simple photo diary about JWST’s terrestrial journey, en route to...
by AKALib
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on Wed Oct 13, 2021 at 06:09 AM PDT
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Known from transmitter pings and a possible cameo appearance in a trail cam video, highly sought by paparazzi and repugnant ranchers throughout California, this handsome boy may also have set a record for the longest gray wolf journey in 100 years. Now...
by Besame
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on Thu Oct 07, 2021 at 07:44 AM PDT
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The 'Good Lord Bird' is gone ... and so are 22 others as Fish and Wildlife logs official extinctions For a few heady weeks in 2004 and 2005, it seemed a miracle had occurred. The ivory-billed woodpecker—the “Good Lord Bird” known for its startling size, massive white bill, and a call described as being like a “toy trumpet”—had been found living in a...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Sep 29, 2021 at 10:16 AM PDT
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Happy Camp, California – The majority of California farms face water regulations to save dwindling water resources and protect fisheries in an unprecedented drought, but Siskiyou County’s Scott Valley alfalfa growers continue to pump groundwater “with...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Aug 14, 2021 at 01:27 AM PDT
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But teachers and their allies are fighting back in Arizona, Kentucky and elsewhere.
By Rachel Cohen, for� Capital and Main
Three years ago in West Virginia, roughly 20,000 educators went on ...
by Capital and Main
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on Fri May 28, 2021 at 06:29 AM PDT
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