africas lake chad has shrunk by 90 since 1960 now the government is paying 50 billion to redirect wa

Africa’s Lake Chad has shrunk by 90% since 1960, now the government is paying $50 billion to redirect water from the Congo River Basin into the lake

[ad_1] In 1823, British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney were some of the first Europeans to document the lake and the surrounding kingdoms. He was struck at the sight of one of Africa’s largest inland lakes. But two centuries later, about 905 of the lake’s surface area has shrunk, leaving only a…

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scientists finally uncover whats hidden beneath the worlds oldest tree and its alive

Scientists finally uncover what’s hidden beneath the world’s oldest tree, and it’s alive |

[ad_1] In the temperate rainforests of Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park, deep in the ground, is an ancient conifer called ‘Gran Abuelo’ that has been protecting a hidden secret for thousands of years. A recent study published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation has revealed the tree’s greatest value lies in what is hidden beneath…

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Bangladesh Test cricketer alleges police beat him with ‘sticks and pipes’; BCB seeks probe | Cricket News

[ad_1] Bangladesh cricketer Nayeem Hasan has alleged that he was assaulted by police personnel in Chattogram on Friday night while returning home from Dhaka.Nayeem was travelling in an auto-rickshaw near the Lalkhan Bazar area after arriving from Dhaka airport, according to a ESPNCricinfo report. Nayeem said police officers stopped the auto-rickshaw and behaved aggressively towards…

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the observations were made with the daniel k inouye solar telescope dkist a powerful 4 metre class s

The world’s largest solar telescope resolved the Sun at about 19-km scale and revealed ubiquitous plasma vortices that may help explain how magnetic energy moves

[ad_1] The observations were made with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), a powerful 4-metre class solar telescope operated by the US National Science Foundation. The Sun may appear to us on Earth as a glowing ball of plasma, but its surface is far more active and turbulent than it looks, which has been…

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‘Rockets flying around’: Middle East war leaves England cricket short of Dukes balls | Cricket News

[ad_1] Photo/Dukes cricket website The upcoming English domestic cricket season is facing uncertainty over the supply of match balls, with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East affecting logistics, Daily Mail reported.Dukes, a manufacturer that has been in operation since 1760, supplies red balls for Test and first-class cricket in England. Around 4,000 to 5,000…

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