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And perhaps best of all, money — from selling the electricity generated by the wind turbines studding the flat green fields stretching out to the North Sea. A slice of the cash goes to the villagers themselves, with the local buy-in making this windy farming enclave near the border with Denmark a showcase for ways to push ahead with renewable energy projects. The S&P Global Clean Energy Index of shares in companies with clean energy-related businesses has fallen 26% over the past year, even as broader market indexes have surged to records. In sub-Saharan Africa, where half the population lacks access to electricity, renewable projects face even steeper challenges with financing. In Nigeria, where blackouts are an everyday event for about half of the country’s 213 million people, some 14 solar projects have stalled because the finances don’t add up.

Persons: ”, Astrid Nissen, moos, “, Mackenzie, it's, Nissen, Christian Andresen, Andresen, Orsted, Vattenfall, David Shepheard, Edu Okeke, Taiwo Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, University College London, Solar, Energie Andresen GmbH, Energy, logjams, World Bank Locations: SPRAKEBUELL, Germany, Denmark, village's, Spain, Italy, Africa, Flensburg, Sprakebuell's, German, Danish, New Jersey, Swedish, North American, Saharan Africa, Nigeria, Katsina, Abuja

☆ Wind turbines are annoyingly loud. The secrets of owl flight could provide a solution.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Emily Swaim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

To help solve this issue, Biome Renewables has crafted a quieter wind turbine modeled after owl wings. How owls can help make quieter wind turbinesOwls are master hunters in part because of how quietly they spring up on prey. The researchers found that the fringed wing was up to 6.5 dB quieter than the bare wing, depending on the angle of flight. At these frequencies, Church said the FeatherEdge is 3.9 dB quieter than a standard serrated edge blade, and over 5 dB quieter than a completely bare blade. Due to regulations around wind farm noise in the US, wind turbines often run in a noise-reduction mode, which costs a lot of energy.

Persons: —, Ryan Church, Spikes, Anton Frunze, Church, Jonathan Alcorn, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Reinhardt, Getty, Reuters Locations: North America, Europe

☆ Mazaalai International Snow and Ice Festival: Mongolia event sets Guinness World Record
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Karla Cripps | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The inaugural Mazaalai International Snow and Ice Festival, which kicked off on January 14, takes place till January 28 at Sky Resort, a golf and ski resort on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. A further 52 ice Mazaalai statues were erected at the festival to represent the 52 Gobi bears that remain in the wild. Ministry of Culture/Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Government of MongoliaThere’s also a 56.4-meter-long snow and ice sculpture with a large ice skating rink. On January 17, the festival hosted the Mazaalai International Ice Competition, featuring 24 artists from six countries including China, Thailand, France, Russia, the US and Mongolia. Culture Minister Chinbat said the new Mazaalai International Snow and Ice Festival is part of the government’s goal to welcome one million international tourists per year to Mongolia.

Persons: CNN —, Nomin Chinbat, whooshing, Mongolia There’s, Chinbat Organizations: CNN, Sky, Guinness, of Culture, Ministry of Environment, Tourism, Ice, Culture, World Bank Locations: Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Government, China, Thailand, France, Russia, United States

☆ What happens when an airplane cabin suddenly depressurizes?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —A loud bang, a jolt, and cold air whooshing suddenly through the cabin: these were the immediate signs that something was very wrong aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282, according to one passenger report. As investigators work to determine exactly what caused the incident, we look at what happens when an aircraft experiences a sudden loss of cabin pressure and the risks for those on board. “As the aircraft climbs, the cabin pressure will eventually settle to about 8,000 feet. The flight crew will immediately start working to get the aircraft down to about 10,000 feet, where the air will be breathable. There will also be a massive wind blast as all that pressure in the cabin goes out the hole.

Persons: ”, Graham Braithwaite, Braithwaite, ” Braithwaite, there’s, “, Jonathan Clark, that’s, David Gradwell, Clark, Sara Nelson, Patrick Smith, would’ve, wasn’t, ” Smith, it’s, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Alaska Airlines, Cranfield University, “, Boeing, Japan Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Baylor College of Medicine, King’s College London, Helios Airways, US Air Force, Cessna Citation, Association of Flight, National Transportation Locations: Tokyo, Greece, Washington, Virginia, Alaska

☆ CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggest rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Paul P. Murphy Katie Polglase Benjamin Brown Gianluca Mezzofiore Eliza Mackintosh | Paul P. Murphy | Katie Polglase | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

But CNN’s analysis suggests that a rocket launched from within Gaza broke up midair, and that the blast at the hospital was the result of part of the rocket landing at the hospital complex. All agreed that the available evidence of the damage at the site was not consistent with an Israeli airstrike. In the past few days, a number of outlets have published investigations into the Al-Ahli Hospital blast. CNN geolocated the hospital blast by referencing nearby buildings just west of the complex. Marc Garlasco, the former defense intelligence analyst and UN war crimes investigator, says there are signs of a lack of evidence at the Al-Ahli Hospital site.

Persons: Joe Biden, “, Israel, –, Abed Khaled, Jazeera, Al, ” Markus Schiller, Cedric Leighton, Chad Ohlandt, PIJ, Fadel Na’eem, Na’eem, Dr, ‘, ”, Marc Garlasco, Chris Cobb, Smith, I’ve, we’ve, ” Cobb, Patrick Senft, Senft, it’s, There’s, Cobb Organizations: CNN, Palestinian, National Security Council, Shifa, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israel, Al, NATO, European Union, US Air Force, US National Security Agency, Rand Corporation, ’, Brigades, Quds Brigades, IDF, UN, Amnesty International, Armament Research Services, Islamic Locations: Ahli, Gaza City, Gaza, Israel, Islamic, Al, Al Jazeera, Tel Aviv, Europe, Washington , DC, Ashdod, Quds, rummage

☆ I'm a product manager at HP in Israel and a volunteer for the border police. This has been the most emotional week of my life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He works as a product team manager at HP in Israel and volunteers for the border patrol police. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Elad Zmora, a 46-year-old product team manager at HP in Israel. After the siren, we started getting news of what happened at the Supernova trance music festival in the Negev desert. Friends and family started calling us and people were sharing news on WhatsApp. We started getting news last Saturday about Hamas penetrating villages of the Kibbutz and slaughtering people in the streets.

Persons: Elad Zmora, —, I've, that's, who's Organizations: HP, Service, Hamas, Reuters, police, Israel Defence Forces, Management Locations: Israel, Reim, Gaza, It's

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched dozens of rockets toward Israel early Saturday, setting off air-raid sirens across the country. The sound of outgoing rockets whooshing through the air could be heard in Gaza and sirens could be heard as far away as Tel Aviv during the early morning barrage. The sirens sounded as far away as Tel Aviv, Israel's business and cultural capital, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the north. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Organizations: JERUSALEM, Gaza, Associated Press Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Australia is being plagued by vicious and vindictive swooping magpies, and people say they are terrified
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's nesting season in Australia and people are on high alert for vicious swooping Australian magpies. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's springtime in Australia, which means the return of vicious swooping attacks from the Australian magpie. An Australian magpie is shown here. While Australian magpies aren't closely related to their European counterpart, they are also known to be extremely clever. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver 80% of nesting magpies live near humans, which means swooping magpies are much rarer than they could be, Kaplan said in a post in The Conversation in 2017.

Persons: —, …, Mia, Christiaan Nyssen, Gisela Kaplan, Kaplan, gingerly Organizations: Service, BBC, CNN, Canberra Times, SBS Locations: Australia, Australian, Queensland

☆ ‘That First Subway Ride Was Punctuated by a Whooshing Sound’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“How do I find the subway to Flushing?” I asked a young man rushing past me in the terminal. He picked up my light blue suitcase and led me to the subway platform while I carried the matching light blue makeup case. That first subway ride was punctuated by a whooshing sound noisy enough that other riders began to glance in my direction. I realized it was coming from the makeup case on my lap. What could I do on a subway car with an inert can emitting a stream of sticky lacquer on its own?

Organizations: Port Authority, Greyhound Locations: Austin , Texas, Texas, Flushing

☆ Mom takes son to Churchill, Canada, for a week of education no school can match
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

We were in Churchill, a town of roughly 900 people nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” in Canada’s Manitoba province. A male polar bear rests during a Tundra Buggy ride into the Churchill Wildlife Management Area in August. People have to learn to co-exist with polar bears in Churchill, where some of them stay waiting for sea ice to refreeze. Hudson Bay polar bears are among the most vulnerable on Earth because of loss of sea ice, with their numbers in sharp decline. They arrive as soon as the sea ice breaks up to feast on small fish called capelin that spawn here.

Persons: we’re, I’d, Nico, Ursula, Jim Baldwin, Baldwin, Alex Cupeiro, “, Terry Ward, you’re, Terry Ward I’d, we’d, Barba, can’t, Jennifer Diment, “ Churchill, Ward, Chantal Maclean, ”, ” Maclean, ” Nico, Chantal, he’d, John Gunter, Fronters, velcroed, Indiana Jones, Joe, he’d maxed, Sandra Cook, Churchill Organizations: CNN, Polar Bears, Churchill Wildlife Management, Churchill Wildlife Management Area, Frontier North, Zodiac, Helicopters, Bear Holding, “, Churchill Locations: Churchill, Canada’s Manitoba, Florida, Hudson Bay, Hudson, Tampa, Winnipeg, Churchill’s, Svalbard, Norway, Stockholm, Oslo, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver, Washington, Ithaca, SS Ithaca

☆ Watch a Falling-Baby Rescue in ‘The Flash’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Mekado Murphy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

“I’m Andy Muschietti, and I’m the director of ‘The Flash.’ O.K., so this is part of the opening of the movie. He gets a call from Alfred to come to Gotham, because he needs to assist Batman.” “Alfred. But in most scenes that you see Barry, it’s Ezra performing it with, of course, a set extension that is digital. So Ezra was hanging on wires during a lot of days to basically bring this scene to life, with that nurse hanging on wires. And no baby was harmed in the production of this scene, and voila.” [BABIES CRYING] [WOMAN SCREAMING]

Persons: “, Andy Muschietti, ‘, ’ O.K, Barry Allen, Ezra Miller, Alfred, ” “ Alfred, he’s, Ezra, Barry, it’s Ezra Locations: Gotham

☆ This Skort Is the Best Summer Clothing Item I’ve Ever Purchased
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

By Madeline DiamondDressing for the summertime (especially in hot and sticky New York City) has always been a pain for me. For the past two summers, I’ve lived in the brand’s Sport Skort. Instead, I’m full of confidence when I wear it, thanks to the security of built-in bike shorts that have a compressive but not restrictive fit. Plus, the summer heat was no match for the skort’s soft, stretchy blend of RPET (a fabric sourced from recycled plastic bottles) and spandex. Up close, its texture looks like a typical pair of leggings, yet the fabric’s matte finish makes it blend nicely with dressier clothing.

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