Day: August 8, 2019💾

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Stone crusher draws crowds | News | fltimes.com

Stone crusher draws crowds | News | fltimes.com

SENECA FALLS — Anyone who has ever picked up large rocks by hand knows how menial — and physically demanding — that task can be, especially on a hot and muggy day like Tuesday.

People who want to make that job easier, or eliminate it completely, got a look at the machinery that makes it possible at Empire Farm Days.

Stone-crushing demonstrations by Bugnot, a French company, drew dozens of people who saw rocks the size of flat footballs reduced to stones that would easily fit in the palm of your hand. Smaller stones were pulverized, turned to powder that went into the churned-up soil.

July was the hottest month on record – CNN

July was the hottest month on record – CNN

July 2019 has replaced July 2016 as the hottest month on record, with meteorologists saying that global temperatures marginally exceeded the previous record.

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Programme, which analyzes temperature data from around the planet, said that July was around 0.56 °C warmer than the global average temperature between 1981-2010.

That's slightly hotter than July 2016, when the world was in the throes of one of the strongest El Niño events on record.

Map: Wakely Mountain Firetower Views

Golden Rods

In the back is the swamp that between the boat launch and Camp Red Cloud Road.

Sunday August 15, 2010 — Point Au Roche
Thematic Map: Percent of Land Forested – New York State Counties in 2021

Sorry, scooters aren’t so climate-friendly after all – MIT Technology Review

Sorry, scooters aren’t so climate-friendly after all – MIT Technology Review

Bird boasts that its dockless electric scooters allow customers to “cruise past traffic and cut back on CO2 emissions—one ride at a time. Its rival Lime claims the vehicles “reduce dependence on personal automobiles for short distance transportation and leave future generations with a cleaner, healthier planet.”

But the mere fact that battery-powered scooters don’t belch pollution out of a tailpipe doesn’t mean they’re “emissions free,” or as “eco-friendly” as some have assumed. The actual climate impact of the vehicles depends heavily on how they’re made, what they’re replacing, and how long they last.