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A few hours ago, the Fuego volcano erupted in Guatemala.
An orange alert has been declared.
The eruption resulted in the formation of ash columns over 5 km high.
Lava flows began to descend from the crater.
Abundant volcanic ash fell on nearby villages.
The evacuation of residents and the blocking of roads begins.
It is expected that the activity of the volcano will continue for at least another 24 hours.
Fuego is one of the most active volcanoes in the country.
It is located 40 km from the capital of Guatemala.
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All that glitters isn’t usually gold, and the same is true for 183 million-year-old fossils found in the Posidonia Shale. Moreover, while the researchers used to think the shiny gold coating on the fossils was fool’s gold, new research has revealed a more surprising answer.
The Posidonia Shale in southwest Germany is the source of many of these golden-hued fossils, particularly those of soft-bodied sea life such as squid and ichthyosaur embryos that were around in the early Jurassic. These geological deposits containing soft-bodied preserves are known as Konservat-Lagerstätten and are extremely rare.
Previously it was thought that anoxic conditions helped to fossilize these specimens. While pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, was thought to be the source of this shine, a closer inspection has revealed more about the conditions in which these fossils were formed.
After decades of frustration, researchers have finally determined how an airborne scent molecule links to a human smell receptor.
That’s when major clean energy projects are also due to come online, including the country’s largest offshore wind farm, which comes at a price of $9.8 billion. Once built off the Virginia coast, this project could save the state’s customers as much as $6 billion during its first 10 years in operation.
Focusing on efficiency now will help avoid overbuilding renewable generation and allow such large-scale projects to make great strides toward a greener grid when they finally are welcomed online.
While making energy efficiency improvements isn’t a new idea, AI is enabling real-time data analysis and energy intelligence that can maximize efforts in a variety of ways that are chipping away at carbon emissions now.
Reactors small enough to fit on a truck might sound like something from ’60s science fiction, but they may be here soon.
