China – Kettinki

2024-04-26 @ 16.25.43 ∈ In English

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Carbon Offsets Don’t Work. Here’s Why

Individuals, companies and governments “offset” carbon emissions by paying to plant trees or fund solar panels in one place, so they can emit them elsewhere. Carbon credits are exchanged in the open market with the idea that carbon prices will go up – forcing companies to emit less. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at why carbon offsets may not solve the climate crisis.

2024-04-02 @ 11.07.11 ∈ In English

Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary | Hakai Magazine

If Great Salt Lake were to disappear, an annual five million tonnes of farmed fish and shrimp could disappear with it. That’s roughly equal to the wild seafood the United States and Canada combined manage to catch in a year.

2024-03-25 @ 18.21.54 ∈ In English

More people care about climate change than you think

The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.

2024-02-05 @ 20.10.31 ∈ In English

Getting rid of bed bugs: Trickier than ever

[Tropical] bed bugs have turned up in the United States, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Finland, China, Japan, France, Central Europe, Spain — “even in Russia, which would have once been unthinkable,” says [Chow-Yang] Lee, of the University of California, Riverside.

2024-01-26 @ 18.47.21 ∈ In English

Four cold-causing coronaviruses may provide clues to COVID’s future

Four largely ignored coronaviruses circulate in humans without causing great harm and may portend the future for SARS-CoV-2

2023-12-15 @ 12.22.35 ∈ In English

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown

Experts have speculated that the migratory fish in both areas had become stranded after being chased to the point of exhaustion by amberjack and other predatory fish. Mass mortality events can also occur when there are sudden drops in the water temperature, causing the fish to go into shock, they added.

2023-11-20 @ 18.46.12 ∈ In English

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

[Electric bikes and mopeds are] displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport.

2023-10-23 @ 19.06.51 ∈ Suomeksi

(Julkaistu aiemmin Skeptikko-lehdessä 2020-2)

Mystiset kyvyt taottiin tatamiin Kiinassa

Huuhaan monipuolinen maailma tunkeutuu moneen harrastukseen. Yliluonnollisilta väitteiltä ei vältytä kamppailulajien parissa. Ilmiö tuntuu toistuvan samassa muodossa eri kulttuureissa. Muinaisten taistelulajien mestarit tietävät salaisuuksia, joilla he pystyvät kaatamaan hyökkääjiä ilman fyysistä kosketusta.

2021-05-20 @ 22.16.27 ∈ In English

The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told

In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened.

2020-02-28 @ 15.41.37 ∈ Suomeksi

Kiinan ilmastopäästöt romahtivat ennennäkemättömällä tavalla, kun koronavirus pysäytti tehtaat – Analyytikko: "En muista mitään vastaavaa"

[Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air] laskee, että Kiinan hiilidioksidipäästöt ovat nyt jopa neljänneksen alemmat kuin normaalisti helmikuussa. [...] Pelkästään muutaman viikon kuoppa päästöissä voi painaa globaaleja vuosipäästöjä arviolta prosentin alaspäin.