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☆ Why Is It So Darn Hot?
  + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It’s been hard to escape the feeling this summer that, after years of warnings, climate change is starting to make itself felt in everyday life: Floods, wildfires and deadly heat waves have all made headlines for months, and it looks as if July will be the hottest month ever recorded. In that sense Jeff Goodell’s book “The Heat Will Kill You First” — about the real-world costs and consequences of a warming planet — feels particularly urgent at the moment. On this week’s podcast, Goodell talks with Gilbert Cruz about air conditioning, urban heat traps and the effects of extreme heat on the human body, among other things. “I’ve been working on this book for four years,” Goodell says, “and for it to be out now. It sometimes feels like I’m living in my own Stephen King novel.
Persons: It’s, Jeff Goodell’s, Goodell, Gilbert Cruz, “ I’ve, ” Goodell, Stephen King, ”, Jennifer Szalai, Jeff Goodell “, Jennifer Ackerman “, Emily Monosson
☆ A Book About Owls, in Which Each Species Is a Marvel
  + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
Owls can also carry more negative connotations, depending on the context. In “What an Owl Knows,” Ackerman explains that the “new science” she refers to in her subtitle has required technological innovations: cameras, drones, DNA analysis, satellite transmitters. “Finding owls is hard,” a naturalist and photographer tells Ackerman, stating a simple truth from which many complications follow. Another researcher, who has encountered hundreds of owls, says, “It was still magic to me every time we found one, because they’re so well camouflaged and so shy.” There are some 260 species of owls spread across every continent except Antarctica. But it turns out that the owl’s closest relatives are a group of birds that are active in the daytime, including toucans and woodpeckers.
Persons: Jennifer Ackerman, Athena, Ackerman, ” Ackerman Locations: Serbian, Kikinda, Great
☆ How to See an Owl Like Flaco - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jennifer Ackerman | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
The ear tufts of some species disrupt the round identifiable shape of an owl head, so it blends better with its woody surroundings. The quiet flight of owls is an act of biomechanical stealth that still challenges science. I once experienced the stealth of a great gray owl up close. I could barely make him out against the tree bark, and even in this enclosed space, his partner was invisible. Google “owl silent flight,” and you’ll find a dramatic video of an experiment by BBC Earth some years ago comparing the flight noise of a pigeon, a peregrine falcon and a barn owl.
Persons: Percy, soundlessly Organizations: grays, Google, BBC Locations: Skansen, Stockholm
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