Meters

In Fortnite, you'll want to carry a full stack of ammo 10 meters in order to unlock everything related to Purradise Meowscles, Chapter 4 Season 3's midseason bonus skin. The beloved cat himself will already be unlocked by the time you get this challenge in your quest log, but you'll need to complete it in order to unlock his related player emblem. The wording of the challenge--"full stack"--isn't often used in Fortnite, so it's maybe a bit confusing, but don't worry, as we have your answer here.How to…

In the 10 months since producing a world-record time that redefined what was possible in the 400-meter hurdles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone had raced outdoors just once, and not since August. The void was filled by projections about what the sprinter, only 23, could run — particularly if she added a new event.The wait ended Friday in Paris. McLaughlin-Levrone, the New Jersey native who has trained primarily in Los Angeles under coach Bobby Kersee for two years, ran the 400 meters in 49.17 seconds.During the Paris stop of…

Maerdang hydropower station in China, the “highest-altitude facility of its kind,” is expected to begin operations in March 2024. Massive hydropower station… The state-run China Daily reports that Maerdang, which is currently under construction in Qinghai province, is at 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) above sea level, on the upper reaches of the Yellow River. For perspective, the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania stands at 5,895 meters (19,341 feet) above sea level. Maerdang’s…

Ice core storing at Little Dome C. Credit: PNRA/IPEV In Antarctica, the second drilling campaign of the Beyond EPICA—Oldest Ice project, at the remote field site Little Dome C, has been successfully completed. This project is an unprecedented challenge for paleoclimatology studies and its goal is to go back 1.5 million years in time to reconstruct past temperatures and greenhouse gas concentrations through the analysis of an…

International Energy Agency top official Fatih Birol warns EU is not yet out of the danger zone in 2023 despite progress in reducing reliance on Russian natural gas. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol launched the report on Monday at a news conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in…

A report from the Asian Development Bank recommends raising imaginary waterline demarcation for projects in the Asia Pacific region by two metres instead of one metre to improve resilience against sea-level rise. Credit: Neil Andrew/WorldFish (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommends raising the imaginary waterline demarcation for projects in the Asia Pacific region to two meters, instead of the existing…

State-run Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has delayed the last date of its tender to install one crore smart electricity meters from August 30 to September 9, after it was reported that the 'Maharatna' PSU is pushing dated, obsolete technology that can put Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 5G dream and electricity sector reforms in jeopardy.According to reliable industry sources, Power Grid has postponed the tender date by 10 days, as the technology in focus is the latest platform and connectivity solution called…

The world's biggest ice sheet could cause "several meters" of sea-level rise over centuries if the global temperature rises more than 2 °C, according to a British study published Wednesday.  Researchers at Durham University concluded that if global greenhouse emissions remain high, the melting East Antarctica Ice Sheet (EAIS) could cause nearly half a meter of sea-level rise by 2100.Their analysis was published in the scientific journal Nature.If emissions remain high beyond that, the EAIS could contribute around 1 to 3…

In the permanent twilight of the mesopelagic, a silent predator hunts.The enigmatic giant squid is rarely observed in its natural habitat. In the first videos of their kind, unveiled in 2021, marine scientists caught its hunting behavior in the wild – revealing for the first time how these monsters of the deep stalk and attack their prey.  Although the crushing pressures and darkness of the oceanic depths are hostile to us air-breathing humans, we've slowly but surely been learning more about them, thanks to the wonders…

A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) – or about 23 percent of the average distance between Earth and the Moon. And just a few days ago, no one knew it was coming  The asteroid, named 2022 NF, is expected to pass safely by our planet, according to calculations by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.Astronomers discovered the sneaky asteroid using data from the Panoramic Survey…