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Huge Oil Drilling Plan Threatens Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/huge-oil-drilling-plan-threatens-alabamas-conecuh-national-forest-2026-02-02/

Huge Oil Drilling Plan Threatens Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest
MONTGOMERY, Ala.— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Alabama Ornithological Society filed an objection today to the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to allow oil and gas drilling across the entire 83,000-acre Conecuh National Forest in southern Alabama.

💧 Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
#water

Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forests' least recognized services as a source of rainfall to surrounding regions, finding that each hectare generates 2.4 million liters of rain each year—enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

FIRST LAUNCH OF FP7! Will the new Ukrainian ballistics reach the Urals?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/01/first-launch-of-fp-will.html

Good lord.
Throwing it away... because a few of the worst people in the world have said horrible things.
#FirstNations #BCPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-tells-first-nations-it-wants-to-suspend-dripa/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

It is thought that the first stars to form in our universe were made from almost entirely from hydrogen and helium,
with no heavier elements.
They were also enormous and blazingly hot, hundreds of times more massive and tens of thousands degrees hotter than the sun
⭐️We may have just glimpsed the universe's first stars
A galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, known as Hebe,
that existed just 400 million years after the big bang
appears to c…

We may have just glimpsed the universe's first stars
A galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, known as Hebe, that existed just 400 million years after the big bang appears to contain extremely pure and young stars

Erster Touchscreen-Mac: Apple plant kein „Touch-first“
Glaubwürdigen Berichten zufolge wird Apple erstmals einen berührungsempfindlichen Bildschirm in MacBooks einpflanzen. Es wird aber kein iPad-macOS-Hybrid.
https://w…

On the Electra C1845W freestanding slimline dishwasher: Review - New brand, some improvements! - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-Electra-C1845W-freestanding-slimline-dishwasher-REVIEW.html

On the Electra C1845W freestanding slimline dishwasher: Review
New brand, some improvements!

Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests! #Mexico

Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our partner organization, Otros Mundos Chiapas, to stop the destruction by signing our petition.

NASA's SPHEREx has completed its first multispectral map of the infrared sky.
It sees the sky in 102 infrared "colors," which lets it do things like this: One image highlights mature stars; the other focuses on carbon soot & gas clouds where new stars form. 🧪🔭
https://www.jpl.…

SPHEREx’s First All-Sky Map
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

🕹️ The Very First Video Game Was Just a Box in the Corner of a Bar
#games

The Very First Video Game Was Just a Box in the Corner of a Bar
A revolution was televised in 1972. It cost beer drinkers 25¢ a play. After work, thirsty folks rambled into Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, CA to knock back frothy, cool mugs and test their skill…