Monday is here once more. The time for science talk has arrived. Time to brighten your day with selections from science sites across the globe. New discoveries, new takes on old knowledge, and other bits of news are all available for the perusing in today's information world. Today's tidbits include Himalayan glaciers will shrink even if temperatures hold steady, wax-filled nanoyarn behaves like superstrong muscle, how groundwater pumping affects stream flow, and saving pink salmon from sea lice.
Pull up that comfy chair and grab a spot on the porch. There is always plenty of room for everyone. Another session of Dr. Possum's science education, entertainment, and potluck discussion is set to begin.
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Researchers tell us the Himalayan glaciers will continue to shrink for years to come even if temperatures remain steady.
...even if climate remained steady, almost 10 percent of Bhutan's glaciers would vanish within the next few decades. What's more, the amount of melt water coming off these glaciers could drop by 30 percent.
(Researcher) Rupper says increasing temperatures are just one culprit behind glacier retreat. A number of climate factors such as wind, humidity, precipitation and evaporation can affect how glaciers behave. With some Bhutanese glaciers as long as 13 miles, an imbalance in any of these areas can take them decades to completely respond.
New artificial muscles made from wax-filled nanoyarn are superstrong, able to life 100,000 times their weight.
The artificial muscles are yarns constructed from carbon nanotubes, which are seamless, hollow cylinders made from the same type of graphite layers found in the core of ordinary pencils. Individual nanotubes can be 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, yet pound-for-pound, can be 100 times stronger than steel.
With so many people around the world dependent on surface water for sustenance the relationship between
groundwater and streamflow is an important one.
Groundwater and surface-water systems are connected, and groundwater discharge is often a substantial component of the total flow of a stream. In many areas of the country, pumping wells capture groundwater that would otherwise discharge to connected streams, rivers, and other surface-water bodies. Groundwater pumping can also draw streamflow into connected aquifers where pumping rates are relatively large or where the locations of pumping are relatively close to a stream.
Both the captive and wild populations of pink salmon in British Columbia are threatened by
sea lice infestation.
The researchers found that the fall and winter anti-parasite treatments greatly reduced louse numbers on the penned Atlantic salmon by the time wild juvenile pink salmon passed close to the farming sites on their annual migration from B.C. rivers out to the ocean.
Although changes to the parasite treatment schedule in the Broughton Archipelago show positive results.
Now concerns about the use of pesticides in the ocean must be addressed.
Knucklehead's Photo of the Week
Fire Shrimp & Feather Duster
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Other Worthy Stories of the Week
Hints of life in deepest marine samples ever collected
Kepler telescope's greatest hits
Rare meteorites created in violent celestial collision
Melt water on Mars could sustain life
Instrument will observe spiral galaxy near Big Dipper's handle
How huddling penguins share heat fairly
At least one-third of marine species remain undescribed
Optimizing light sources for vision could save billions
New regulator of the blood coagulation cascade discovered
How 'black swans' and 'perfect storms' become excuses for poor risk management
New nanoparticle halts multiple sclerosis
Is dark energy static or dynamic?
Astronomers find 'homeless' planet wandering through space
For even more science news:
General Science Collectors:
Alpha-Galileo
BBC News Science and Environment
Eureka Science News
LiveScience
New Scientist
PhysOrg.com
SciDev.net
Science/AAAS
Science Alert
Science Centric
Science Daily
Scientific American
Space Daily
Blogs:
A Few Things Ill Considered Techie and Science News
Cantauri Dreams space exploration
Coctail Party Physics Physics with a twist.
Deep Sea News marine biology
List of Geoscience Blogs
Science20.com
ScienceBlogs
Space Review
Science Insider
Scientific Blogging.
Space.com
Techonology Review
Tetrapod Zoologyvertebrate paleontology
Wired News
Science RSS Feed: Medworm
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe--a combination of hard science and debunking crap
At Daily Kos:
This Week in Science by DarkSyde
Overnight News Digest:Science Saturday by Neon Vincent. OND tech Thursday by rfall.
Pique the Geek by Translator Sunday evenings about 9 Eastern time
All diaries with the DK GreenRoots Tag.
All diaries with the eKos Tag
A More Ancient World by matching mole
Astro Kos
SciTech at Dkos.
Sunday Science Videos by palantir
NASA picture of the day. For more see the NASA image gallery or the Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
Supernova Remnant W44, NASA, Public Domain
