- Hello to all my fellow technology nerds out there, this month we feature a big list covering a wide range of advancements, enjoy!
Microbes can produce clean hydrogen gas from abandoned oil wells.
Another reason to avoid ultra-processed foods.
There is a new state of matter in our earth’s inner core.
Sunlight converts methane into useable by products.
Could the geometry (and its evolution over time) of multidimensional spacetime explain the creation of mass?
X-rays image metal crystals growing in liquid metal.
Math existed even before we had numbers.
A new way to possibly live longer.
Black holes can literally twist space-time itself.
These viruses can eat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Effective, non-clogging filter for microplastics.
New method to destroy forever chemicals.
Humans also lived alongside wolves.
Breakthrough in next-generation computer chips.
This new material can change its color and texture.
Stormy weather blanketed several areas, including Tropical Storm Barry, which dropped heavy rainfall with strong winds in parts of eastern Mexico and catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas. Hurricane Melissa tied with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record. Cyclone Senyar was an extremely rare tropical storm in November and Typhoon Danas was the first typhoon to make landfall in Chiayi County, Taiwan, in nearly 120 years. Global tropical cyclone activity was above average with 101 named storms in 2025. (Image Credit: NOAA Global Climate Report)- The annual Global Climate Change Report for 2025 has been released by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and reveals further proof that global climate change remains a concern. The year 2025 ranked as the third warmest year since global records began in 1850, finishing 1.17°C (2.11°F) above the 20th Century average of 13.9°C (57.0°F) with much warmer than average temperatures across the majority of the globe. Record high annual temperatures blanketed parts of the Arctic, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean, while some areas experienced near to cooler-than-average conditions and no land or ocean areas experienced record-cold annual temperatures. North America experienced its fourth warmest year on record (+1.99°C / +3.58°F) with every month experiencing an above-average monthly temperature and nine of the 12 months ranked within the top 10 for their respective months. South America recorded its sixth warmest year on record with an annual temperature 1.27°C (2.29°F) above average and all 12 months warmer than average. Europe experienced its second warmest year on record at 2.15°C (3.87°F) above average, falling short of tying the record year of 2024 by 0.34°C (0.61°F). During the year, nine months ranked in the top 10 for their respective months and March set a new record as the warmest March on record. Africa recorded its seventh warmest year on record, finishing at 1.30°C (2.34°F) above average, and Asia’s surface temperature was 2.18°C (3.92°F) above average, the third warmest year on record. The Arctic region recorded its second warmest year on record, at 2.79°C (5.02°F) above average and falling just 0.15°C (0.27°F) short of tying the 2016 record; while its polar opposite, the Antarctic region, experienced its fourth warmest year on record (+0.53°C / +0.95°F).
- February happens to be the month of love and romance, and many people enjoy popping open a bottle of wine paired with their favorite dish to celebrate Valentine’s Day. GIS plays a role in wine production, but also in finding wineries to visit any time of the year, not just in February. The Napa County GIS/ArcGIS Online for wineries in Napa not only pins the locations of wineries to visit, but also the number of gallons produced per year and other details. The Three Rivers Wine Trail offers eight distinctive attractions all within a scenic drive of each other that are mapped out via GIS. Another publicly available GIS identifies the locations of wineries in Los Angeles County, while the state of Maryland maintains a GIS of local wineries for tourists and residents to visit. A more in-depth look at wineries’ use of GIS can be seen at Scheid Vineyards, where the vineyard is constantly monitoring their vines for the presence of harmful insects, diseases, and mildew. Recording pest sightings and their locations in the field and then directly transmitting that information to the GIS team for analysis allows ranch managers to take immediate action to combat a disease or insect invasion and to minimize possible damage to the vines.
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