A-new-perspective-on-earths-atmosphere
Being a map freak this caught my eye. The more I looked at it, the more it seems not to scale as claimed. There appear to be mixed scales among other issues. It still makes the point, however.
Also, the header comment that atmosphere is holding space access back is false. Gravity rules.
More perspective on the Earth’s critical limits. You would think since air and water are so limited we would take better care of them.
Polish researchers invent anti-smog sound cannon
Nope! Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
It seems beyond the reach of anyone—a huge, pervasive, violent and desperate invading army of thieves.
Swarming the gold mines, a skilled rabble of impoverished men and women siphon off hundreds of millions of dollars a year worth of ore. Abetted by criminal gangs, they occupy vacant mining tunnels, sometimes inside working gold mines. Because South Africa’s leading mines have elaborate security, invaders can’t move in and out easily. Once they penetrate a mine, they may stay down for months. Deprived of sunlight, their skin turns gray. The wives and prostitutes who live with them turn gray. In South Africa they call them ghost miners. They inhabit an underground metropolis that in some goldfields can extend for 40 miles, a suffocating labyrinth in which the only glitter is the dream of gold.
Tell me there is not a book in that!
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