Category: Water and Pools

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Friday fined Elon Musk's social media platform 120 million euros ($140 million). The European Commission issued its decision following an investigation it launched two years ago against X under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Services Act. Also known as the DSA, it is a comprehensive set of rules that… Continue reading The EU fines Elon Musks X 120 million euros for violating the bloc's social media law

Pollyea and a team of undergraduate and graduate geology students are breaking new ground every day, trying to find new ways to pump and store large amounts of carbon dioxide, produced primarily by industry, at least two miles below the Earth's surface to reduce its harmful effects on the atmosphere. “As a scientific question, it… Continue reading The Why: In a Family of Water Scientists, Ryan Pollyea Finds His Footing in the Earth | Virginia Tech News

Helldivers 2 game poster. It's no surprise that modern AAA games these days take up hundreds of gigabytes of storage space, especially if you're playing on a PC. But somehow Arrowhead Game Studios, the developers behind the popular co-op shooter, managed to do it Helldivers 2have managed to significantly reduce the size of the game… Continue reading Helldivers 2 developers reduce installation size from 154 GB to…

Lane closures are planned next week on Interstate 25 east of Erie as crews work to build a new pedestrian bridge over the highway. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, northbound I-25 at Colorado 7 is scheduled to close Monday evening. The southbound lanes are scheduled to close on December 9th. Each night, one… Continue reading I-25 will be closed overnight next week for construction

Since March last year, Kigali's approximately 491 hectares of wetlands have been fundamentally transformed as part of the Kigali Wetlands Restoration Project, an initiative aimed at reshaping the city's landscape, promoting environmental protection and improving the quality of life of residents. According to Fred Bugingo, managing director of Real Constructor, the Rwandan construction company is… Continue reading Rwanda: Wetland restoration effort transforms floodplains into eco-parks

Give Caetani green space Photo: file photo On Giving Tuesday, the Caetani Center in Vernon hopes people will donate to the Cultivating Creative Community initiative – a revitalization of the Caetani site as a vibrant, artistic and climate-adaptive green space. On Giving Tuesday, the Caetani Center in Vernon hopes people will donate to the Cultivating… Continue reading The Caetani Center in Vernon is raising funds to revitalize the site

Beavers are among nature's best helpers because the dams they build create wetlands, help control flooding, increase biodiversity, reduce erosion, and more. Researchers at the University of Connecticut have found that beavers' activities also benefit underground ecosystems. UConn Department of Earth Sciences researcher Lijing Wang and her colleagues conducted a study published in Water Resources… Continue reading Researchers Discover Amazing Effects of Structures Built by Wildlife: 'Tradeoffs and Benefits'

The Uspenski Cathedral and SkyWheel in Helsinki. Finland has been named the happiest nation in the world for eight years in a row. (Envato Elements image) HELSINKI: As you stroll through Finland's capital, it's easy to see why the country has been named the happiest nation in the world for eight years in a row.… Continue reading Discover Nordic living and sustainability in Helsinki

The City of Unity, NH solicits bids for replacement of Brown Bridge superstructure over Little Sugar River. This project proposes to replace the existing single-lane timber deck supported on steel beams with a 16-foot-wide, single-sided reinforced concrete slab superstructure (outside-to-outside span of 36 feet). Cold Pond Road will be closed while the work is completed.… Continue reading The City of Unity, NH invites bids for | Legal notices

OCALA, Fla. – JackRabbit surprised local military hero Pasquale Burgese with free air conditioning to honor his service and commitment to our nation. Local technicians selected the deserving veteran to receive $10,000 worth of free air conditioning and installation as part of their Thanksgiving service initiative. Pasquale Burgese, a disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran, served… Continue reading Veteran receives free air conditioning as part of the Thanksgiving Service Initiative