East vs. West: Antarctica’s ice tells two very different stories

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By means of Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research July 7, 2024 Rendered image of the landing of the MARUM-MeBo70 on the seabed of the Amundsen Sea. Credit: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen / Martin Künsting New findings indicate that East Antarctica began to ice out … Read more

The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II is coming to the West in early 2025

NIS America will release The Legend of Heroes: Paths Through Daybreak II for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG in early 2025 in the West, the publisher announced. The Legend of Heroes: Paths Through Daybreak II is currently available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch in … Read more

West Antarctica was ice-free 34 million years ago, new samples show

Today, few deny the impact of global warming. Now that the term has become slang for everything that is wrong with the planet, experts have been conducting empirical studies of its impact on the Antarctic ice sheets. What used to be called “forever” is now melting rapidly, at a rate that was previously unimaginable. This … Read more

Moray West wind farm connected to grid for first time – BBC News

Image caption, The turbines have three blades, each about 108 meters (354 feet) long July 3, 2024 One of Scotland’s most powerful offshore wind farms has been connected to the grid for the first time and is on track to produce enough electricity to power half of Scotland’s homes. Moray West is located 14 miles … Read more

AI drive brings Microsoft’s ‘green moonshot’ to Earth in West London

If you want proof of Microsoft’s progress toward its environmental goals, look closer to Earth: to a construction site on an industrial estate in west London. The company’s Park Royal data center is part of its drive to drive the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), but that ambition runs counter to its goal of being … Read more

End of an era as the last coal load has been delivered to Ratcliffe Power Station | West Bridgford Wire

In a historic moment that marks the end of an era, GB Railfreight has delivered what is likely its final load of coal to Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in preparation for its closure on September 30. The 1,650-ton delivery, expected to be the last in the station’s history, will carry enough coal to generate electricity … Read more

HMRC publishes a full list of West Midlands companies owing thousands in tax

Tax evaders in the Midlands have been named and shamed in an updated list published by HMRC. The list, published quarterly, is designed to deter tax avoiders, with anyone who doesn’t pay risking having their name made public. The updated list includes a number of businesses and people in the Midlands who collectively owe thousands … Read more

Fraudulent builder who built ‘the worst extension ever seen’ convicted at Nottingham Crown Court | West Bridgeford Wire

A fraudulent builder who left work unfinished or of poor quality and built one of the worst extensions any surveyor had ever seen has been found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison. Barrie Parkin, aged 73, of no fixed address, was found guilty of participating in a fraudulent business operated by a sole … Read more

Underwater fault line could cause a major earthquake on the West Coast

By Nikki Main Science Reporter for Dailymail.Com 8:57 PM June 10, 2024, updated 9:04 PM June 10, 2024 An underwater fault line along America’s west coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California’s ‘Big One’, a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques, scientists have mapped the Cascadia Subduction Zone – … Read more

Major fault line off the west coast could trigger a catastrophic magnitude 9 earthquake, research shows – and it’s due to a blow

The Cascadia Subduction Zone extends along a 600-mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of southern Canada, Washington, Oregon and northern California.  If it erupts, it could cause a magnitude 9 earthquake to hit the region.  The darker areas mark the region that would suffer the most damage and extend inland where the devastation would be more moderate

An underwater fault line along America’s west coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California’s ‘Big One’, a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques, scientists have mapped the Cascadia Subduction Zone – a 600-mile-long fault line stretching from southern Canada to Northern California – in unprecedented detail. It has been … Read more