Globally we produce A LOT of #energy, but did you know the majority of fossil energy gets wasted? In the US alone, two-thirds of that energy is *wasted* as heat.

As Hannah Ritchie has pointed out, we don’t actually need to produce a low carbon equivalent of all of the coal, oil & gas we currently use.

That means we can decarbonize quickly by being less wasteful & more efficient. #ClimateChange #science

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to attempt a soft landing at the moon's south pole around 8:34 am ET. If successful, they would be the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to do so at the south pole. Follow the livestream here:

#Chandrayaan3 #space #science #scicomm

https://www.youtube.com/live/DLA_64yz8Ss?feature=share

Update: "We have achieved soft landing on the moon. India is on the moon!!" I'm honestly in tears. What an accomplishment, congratulations to ISRO!

#Chandrayaan3 #space #science #scicomm

Massive psychology study offers an unprecedented look into how personality and intelligence intertwine

#science #psychology
https://www.psypost.org/2023/08/massive-psychology-study-offers-an-unprecedented-look-into-how-personality-and-intelligence-intertwine-167881

Physicist Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry without her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://whyy.org/articles/lise-meitner-the-forgotten-woman-of-nuclear-physics-who-deserved-a-nobel-prize/ #science #history

Ynes Mexia was born in 1870 & became one of the most successful botanists in the world.

At a time when most people felt women couldn't travel alone, she did - A woman of color in her 50s & 60s. Mexia traveled the Americas for 13 years, collecting >145,000 #plants & discovering >50 new species.

She was a fierce conservationist & early pioneer fighting to preserve the redwood forests of California. She also advocated for Indigenous rights. https://www.nps.gov/people/ynes-mexia.htm #HistoryRemix #science #history

I made a #map of the inner solar system in blender and really need to show it off. I've only just started working with blender (so this was a doozie) but I thought it turned out great.

#blender #space #science #gischat

Our #JWST rocky exoplanet team is back with a new result:

Water Vapor in the data of warm rocky planet! 💦

But is it from the planet's atmosphere or cool star spots on the star?? 🌎 🤔 🔴

Read the article here and stay tuned for a thread ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-120

#Astronomy #Astrodon #Exoplanets #Astrophysics #Science

Bathymetric Data Viewer [global, NOAA]
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/ <-- spatial open data web portal
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“NCEI and the IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB) archive and share depth data acquired by hydrographic, oceanographic, and industry vessels and platforms during surveys or while on passage. These data, which are used in several national and international mapping bathymetry projects, are free to the public with no restrictions…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #bathmetry #global #opendata #openaccess #download #NCEI #DCBD #NOAA #elevation #sonar #water #hydrography #hydrospatial #webportal #science #spatialanalysis #DEM #data #digital #multibeam #survey #visualisation #BAG #raster #GEBCO #GMRT #IBSCO #GSHHG
@NOAA @NCEI @GEBCO

Did you know a pepper becomes a chile when it is picked & dried?

A green jalapeño or cuaresmeño becomes chipotle. A poblano turns to an ancho.

This infographic from El Jornalero provides a simplified look at some of the most common names of Mexican capsicum peppers & chiles. #food #science