Carbon dioxide was the first gas to be described as a discrete substance. In about 1640, the Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont observed that when he burned charcoal in a closed vessel, the mass of the resulting ash was much less than that of the original charcoal. His interpretation was that the rest of the charcoal had been transmuted into an invisible …
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view moreThis extraordinary and tragic incident of the death of hundreds of manatees — like the canary in the coal mine, could be a harbinger of a larger ecological disaster underway in the Sunshine State. The legal landscape in place to …
view moreThe carbon dioxide, methane, soot, and other pollutants we release into the atmosphere act like a blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm.
view moreThat community buy-in is vital for Navajo Nation members who've lived through decades of environmental degradation from mining of copper, nickel, uranium and, as Coalmine Canyon Chapter's name evokes, coal. The Black Mesa coal mine, operated from the mid-1960 s to 2005 by Peabody Coal, drained aquifers vital to sheepherders to feed some of ...
view moreHalf of habitable land is used for agriculture and agriculture uses 70% of the freshwater supply. Most farmland is used to produce meat and diary and a 2019 Greenpeace analysis found over 71% of EU farmland to be dedicated to meat and dairy. Much of the land used for agriculture is used in unsustainable ways, resulting in huge emissions, addiction to pesticides and chemical …
view moreCoal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is …
view moreThe North Bay Battalion didn't look like a team playing their third game in as many nights. ... and for good reason. If a canary-in-the-coal-mine example is required, then Burgundy serves as a pretty good case study. The 2020 and 2021 vintages were plagued by hail and frost, not unheard of but unquestionably happening with far more regularity ...
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view moreTwitter workers flee after Elon Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum Latest departures come after billionaire had already cut half of company's workforce and fired employees for voicing dissent.
view moreBotswana (/ b ɒ t ˈ s w ɑː n ə / (), also UK: / b ʊ t-, b ʊ ˈ tʃ w-/), officially the Republic of Botswana (Setswana: Lefatshe la Botswana, [lɪˈfatsʰɪ la bʊˈtswana]), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert.It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast ...
view moreRep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, spoke with Fox News Digital about her election defeat, how the media covers Latino Republicans, and her future in an exclusive interview.
view moreMicrosoft's Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company's mobile gaming efforts. Microsoft is quietly building a mobile Xbox store that will rely on Activision and King games.
view moreSingle-dose gene therapy, betibeglogene autotemcel, may represent a cure for most with beta-thalassemia, but it costs a record-high $2.8 million. Details on how coverage will work remain murky
view moreOn this day in 1986, a mining tradition dating back to 1911 ended: the use of canaries in coal mines to detect carbon monoxide and …
view moreHe's like a canary in a coal mine. The melting glacier is a canary in the coal mine for global warming. State Department/Doug …
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view moreHowever, we never realised, or expected, that this would lead us to become the canaries in our own coal mine. We've had to sound the alarm and take action against our own toxic work environment ...
view moreEmployee feedback is critical, and awareness of employee frustrations and stresses can serve as a canary in a coal mine in pointing to organizational problems. Giving employees a voice about how ...
view moreWhile the shock was British-specific, the violent reaction has caused economists around the world to wonder if the situation was a canary in a coal mine as signs of financial stress surface around ...
view moreAs a result of our criminalization and the concurrent stigma that makes our work "illicit," workers often refer to ourselves as the "canaries in the coal mine" when it comes to matters ...
view more"Our findings serve as a canary in a coal mine," said Hagai Levine, lead researcher on the project. "We have a serious problem on our hands that, if not mitigated, could threaten humankind's survival.
view moreCrafty folks that (obviously) wanted to stay alive, coal miners would bring canaries with them into the mines to help sniff out the dangerous fumes. Canaries, apparently, are …
view moreColor, creativity, and fun are three things that go along with being a kid, so what better way to illustrate World Children's Day than with this huge (we're talking more than 100,000 square feet!) piece of 'land art' in New York City, painted by the French-Swiss artist known as Saype.
view moreWhen the house was out of sight, I sat, with my -cage in the straw at my feet, forward on the low seat to look out of the high window, watching the frosty trees, that were like beautiful pieces of spar, and the fields all smooth and white with last night's snow, and the sun, so red but yielding so little heat, and the ice, dark like metal ...
view moreThe Washington, D.C.-based Union Veterans Council filed to intervene in the case. Executive director Will Attig said he is afraid the suit is "a canary in the coal mine" of similar suits to come ...
view moreMicrosoft pleaded for its deal on the day of the Phase 2 decision last month, but now the gloves are well and truly off. Microsoft describes the CMA's concerns as "misplaced" and says that ...
view moreReproductive Rights: The Canary In The Coal Mine The actions taken by the Trump Administration on abortion rights, sexuality education, and contraception will provide …
view morecanary in a/the coal mine. Something or someone who, due to sensitivity to his, her, or its surroundings, acts as an indicator and early warning of possible adverse conditions or danger. …
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