Penguin poo helps keep Antarctica cool

Adelie penguins on sea ice off the Antarctic Peninsula Ashley Cooper pics/Alamy Fumes of ammonia rising from piles of droppings in Antarctica’s crowded penguin colonies help boost the formation of clouds, which have a cooling effect by reflecting sunlight away from the surface. “This demonstrates a deep connection between the ecosystem and atmospheric processes,” says Matthew…

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Score tracker from Thursday’s Round 1

Xander Schauffele ready for Oakmont’s tough test Xander Schauffele calls Oakmont a true test, where hitting fairways and greens is the only way to survive. USGA The beauty of golf’s U.S. Open Championship is that anyone can play their way into this particular major through qualifying, regardless of age. That’s how Mason Howell wound up…

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UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers for ‘inciting violence’ against Palestinians

Thomas Mackintosh BBC News AFP via Getty Images Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich are key members of PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition The UK has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over “repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities” in the occupied West Bank. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both be banned from entering…

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EV battery recycling key to future lithium supplies

Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis from the University of California, Davis, published May 29 in Nature Sustainability, looks at how new mining operations and battery recycling could meet that demand….

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