Notices by David Whittle (davewhittle@mastodon.social), page 3

‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/03/california-hydrogen-powered-train-air-quality-solution?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Five seabirds added to UK red list of most concern:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78ljx5lez1o

Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9lexplel5o

‘It’s just black sky up there’: 50 years on, the transatlantic flight speed record remains unbroken
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/01/transatlantic-flight-speed-of-sound-record-blackbird-sr-71?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The race to save fossils exposed by Brazil’s record-setting floods: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02794-8

The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/astrobiology/our-alien-earth-episode3-bts/

40°C in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now:
https://theconversation.com/40-c-in-august-a-climate-expert-explains-why-australia-is-ridiculously-hot-right-now-237398

‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing
https://theconversation.com/humanity-is-failing-official-report-warns-our-chance-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef-is-fast-closing-237441

UK’s new science minister on budget battles, Brexit and AI leadership: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02628-7

Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface | Scientific American
https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/enormous-hidden-ocean-discovered-under-mars-could-contain-life

Greek officials evacuate residents as wildfire moves ‘like lightning’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/12/greek-officials-evacuate-residents-as-wildfire-moves-like-lightning?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ClimateDiary

Australian fossil fuel exports ranked second only to Russia for climate damage with ‘no plan’ for reduction:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/12/australian-fossil-fuel-exports-ranked-second-globally-for-climate-damage-with-no-plan-for-reduction

Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/11/scientists-hail-smart-insulin-responds-changing-blood-sugar-levels-real-time-diabetes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

How EELS could change the future of robotic exploration: https://www.planetary.org/articles/how-eels-could-change-the-future-of-robotic-exploration

Fresh hope for bird with bizarre 'crex crex' call:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy332e4lyno

Down into the ocean's 'twilight zone' with Boaty McBoatface:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy849kzep98o

How Extreme Heat Harms Planes, Trains, Water Mains and Other Crucial Infrastructure | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-extreme-heat-harms-planes-trains-water-mains-and-other-crucial/

Thunderstorms Have Caused $45 Billion in Damages in the U.S. in Just Six Months | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/thunderstorms-have-caused-usd45-billion-in-damages-in-the-u-s-in-just-six/

From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt
https://theconversation.com/from-microbes-to-mammals-we-tracked-the-rapid-rise-of-new-ecosystems-as-glaciers-retreat-and-ice-sheets-melt-235687

Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/21/gordon-brown-launches-londons-first-multibank-amid-uk-child-poverty-fears?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other