@US_Stormwatch ... January 16, 1889
Hottest Temperature on Record in Australia:
Queensland = 53.1 °C = (127.58 °F)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics / Bureau of Meteorology
https://t.co/3BRs24WuuQ
Today could be the hottest day in Australia's history, with temperatures up to 125°F (51.7°C) possible in Western Australia and potentially the highest temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.
Just brutal extreme heat.
"The science is crystal-clear: unless we choose to live within the biophysical and resource limits of the planet, then we face near to medium-term obliteration as a species."
@think_or_swim
JOHN GIBBONS
in the Irish Examiner
https://t.co/md1O4uXAFh
#ClimateEmergency
Aluminium oxynitride is a ceramic composed of aluminium, oxygen & nitrogen. It's optically transparent & four times harder than fused silica glass, 85% as hard as sapphire. ALON-based armor can stop multiple armor-piercing projectiles of up to .50 BMG cal https://t.co/9jOiHoIOpZ
Jerry Glover shows a perennial wheatgrass plant's long roots which grow deeper than annual plants' roots. Using perennials, crops that can be harvested more than once without replanting, may be the key for feeding more people while conserving farmland soil https://t.co/FG3ribo5uM
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