Posted on September 10th, 2024

Apollo News Snippets – September 2024

The July 2024 NOAA climate anomalies map is a snapshot of a world in flux – record heat waves blazed through Southern Europe and North Africa, while down south, the Antarctic’s sea ice hit rock bottom. It’s a visual reminder that climate change isn’t just knocking on our door – it’s already moved in. (Credit: NOAA’s State of the Climate Reports)
  • The July 2024 NOAA Global Climate Report paints a scorching picture – literally. July 2024 was the hottest July ever, soaring 2.10°F (1.17°C) above the 20th Century average. This marks nearly half a century of July’s that have been hotter than usual. In the Arctic and Antarctic, sea ice continued its downward spiral, with the Antarctic hitting a grim milestone as it recorded its lowest ice extent for July ever. The planet is clearly feeling the heat, and the consequences are becoming impossible to ignore.
  • Batman Day is an annual event organized by DC Entertainment to celebrate and promote Batman. The first Batman Day was held July 23, 2014. This was the year of the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics in 1939. The day was chosen to coincide with San Diego Comic-Con. This year, Batman Day will be celebrated September 21st around the world, the same day as the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con. In fact, Warner Bros. Discovery celebrated Batman’s first appearance in comics and The Caped Crusader’s 85th anniversary with pop-up comic book giveaways in New York City, where they gave-away limited copies of a Batman 85th anniversary printing of the World’s Greatest Detective’s debut in Detective Comics #27. GIS technology was used to create a map of Gotham City using ArcGIS, which was done by Esri, or Environmental Systems Research Institute, a private American company that specializes in geographic information system software, location intelligence and mapping.

Brock Adam McCarty
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