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Planets in Alpha Centauri could be carbon-rich – if they exist

Physics World

Planets orbiting the Sun-like stars of Alpha Centauri could be carbon-rich worlds with diamonds and graphite littered across their surfaces, say astronomers. So far, astronomers have discovered one confirmed exoplanet (and two strong candidates) orbiting Proxima, but a 2012 “discovery” of a planet orbiting Centauri B was later disproven.

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The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Applications For Healing The Planet Grant Program; Customers Can Help Too

PA Environment Daily

On March 2, The GIANT Company , in partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful , announced the return of its Healing the Planet Grant Program. This is the third year The GIANT Company has partnered with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful to offer Healing the Planet grants. Applications are due April 13. Click Here to become a member.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

I don’t know the answer to his question. The irony is that they are no physicists, but many climate researchers, like myself, have a background in physics. One would have to massage the sunspot and temperature curves well so that they can even resemble each other (this has been attempted many times, but not in a convincing way).

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Crafting Scientific Leaders and Community this Summer Through DESLA

Academy of Natural Sciences

Each summer, we gain hands-on experience as we study various habitats all around the Bay and the many fascinating bird, fish and plant species that call this place home. “From frogs and forests to bays, beaches and barrens, the students learn to raise questions and lead the future charge to protect the planet.”

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11 Must-Read Ocean Books in 2022

Ocean Conservancy

I’ve found myself drawn to books that challenge the way I think our blue planet, and stories that indicate just how much more there is yet to uncover and understand about the natural world. Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver by Jill Heinerth. Love ocean content? Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. © Lulu Miller.

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Laughing in the face of danger: how Netflix’s Don’t Look Up captures climate complexity

Physics World

Written and directed by Adam McKay , Don’t Look Up begins with astronomy PhD student Kate Dibiasky ( Jennifer Lawrence ) and her supervisor Randall Mindy ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) discovering a Mount Everest -sized comet – a “planet killer” – set to crash into Earth, causing an “extinction-level event” in six months’ time. 2021 Netflix.

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Amira Fernández – combating ‘tags’ in STEM

Frontiers

Today, I speak with the writer who explains her ambitions to popularize science, to update education on STEM careers, and to promote reflection by wider society of our health, happiness, and the attitudes to our planet. questions Fernández. Dr Amira Fernández. Image Credit: Town Hall Of Benicarló. “I