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The recent total solar eclipse Owls Started Hooting During the Solar Eclipse As If They Were About To Hunt Published Apr 24, 2024 at 7:51 AM EDTUpdated Apr 24, 2024 at 9:38 AM EDT

 

    Birds were observed acting strangely during the recent total solar eclipse that stunned much of the United States earlier this month.

    Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology noticed that there was a decrease in the daytime activities of birds during the sudden darkness of the eclipse on April 8. These changes in behavior were similar to those seen during the 2017 eclipse, but much more noticeable.

    Cornell researchers measured the airborne activity of birds, bats, and insects during the totality using U.S. weather radar stations in the path of the eclipse. They saw that the birds' daytime activities, like swooping, decreased as the sun disappeared behind the moon.

    Other animals were seen to act strangely during the most recent solar eclipse.

    The San Antonio Zoo posted videos on X, formerly Twitter, of their animals freaking out as the sun suddenly disappeared that showed "meerkats, during totality, erratically running throughout their habitat as one large group," as well as whooping cranes "dancing" and flamingos "congregating."

    "Meerkats approaching and entering their indoor habitat space in the few minutes prior to totality...supported our working hypothesis that diurnal animals, meaning those awake during the day, would display their typical evening activity patterns during totality," the zoo wrote on X.

    The last total solar eclipse to darken America's skies occurred on August 21, 2017, in Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina. The previous one to that in America was in 1979.

    The next time a total solar eclipse crosses over several states won't be until 2044.

 

Hundreds of Tesla Owners Flood Charging Station

Published Apr 10, 2024 at 11:17 AM EDT.

 

    The total solar eclipse was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for millions of people, but traveling home from the event quickly turned into a challenge for hundreds of Tesla owners.

    The moon was positioned for a few minutes on Monday so that the entire view of the sun was blocked in several states, plunging millions of people into darkness during the early afternoon.

    The path of totality started in Mexico and extended across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine before heading over the North Atlantic.

    The spectacle drew crowds from around the nation as people headed to areas in the path of totality to witness the event. Meanwhile, officials across the country voiced concerns about stretched public safety resources and an "enormous strain" on local hospitals and congested roadways.

    Several organizations, including the New York State Police, warned visitors against traveling in cars that couldn't withstand long delays, such as electric vehicles (EVs).

    Many Tesla owners returning home after the event quickly learned that finding a charging station and topping up their vehicle would add significant time to their trip. The Livesey family from Massachusetts noticed the battery on their Tesla was low after traveling to view the eclipse in Vermont. When they located a station that was open, they found dozens of vehicles already waiting to charge, according to a report by WCVB.

*Tesla, Inc is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. It designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and leases electric vehicles. https://www.newsweek.com/topic/2024-solar-eclipse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.

How was the meerkats’ behavior in the few minutes prior to totality?

The recent total solar eclipse Owls Started Hooting During the Solar Eclipse As If They Were About To Hunt Published Apr 24, 2024 at 7:51 AM EDTUpdated Apr 24, 2024 at 9:38 AM EDT

 

    Birds were observed acting strangely during the recent total solar eclipse that stunned much of the United States earlier this month.

    Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology noticed that there was a decrease in the daytime activities of birds during the sudden darkness of the eclipse on April 8. These changes in behavior were similar to those seen during the 2017 eclipse, but much more noticeable.

    Cornell researchers measured the airborne activity of birds, bats, and insects during the totality using U.S. weather radar stations in the path of the eclipse. They saw that the birds' daytime activities, like swooping, decreased as the sun disappeared behind the moon.

    Other animals were seen to act strangely during the most recent solar eclipse.

    The San Antonio Zoo posted videos on X, formerly Twitter, of their animals freaking out as the sun suddenly disappeared that showed "meerkats, during totality, erratically running throughout their habitat as one large group," as well as whooping cranes "dancing" and flamingos "congregating."

    "Meerkats approaching and entering their indoor habitat space in the few minutes prior to totality...supported our working hypothesis that diurnal animals, meaning those awake during the day, would display their typical evening activity patterns during totality," the zoo wrote on X.

    The last total solar eclipse to darken America's skies occurred on August 21, 2017, in Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina. The previous one to that in America was in 1979.

    The next time a total solar eclipse crosses over several states won't be until 2044.

 

Hundreds of Tesla Owners Flood Charging Station

Published Apr 10, 2024 at 11:17 AM EDT.

 

    The total solar eclipse was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for millions of people, but traveling home from the event quickly turned into a challenge for hundreds of Tesla owners.

    The moon was positioned for a few minutes on Monday so that the entire view of the sun was blocked in several states, plunging millions of people into darkness during the early afternoon.

    The path of totality started in Mexico and extended across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine before heading over the North Atlantic.

    The spectacle drew crowds from around the nation as people headed to areas in the path of totality to witness the event. Meanwhile, officials across the country voiced concerns about stretched public safety resources and an "enormous strain" on local hospitals and congested roadways.

    Several organizations, including the New York State Police, warned visitors against traveling in cars that couldn't withstand long delays, such as electric vehicles (EVs).

    Many Tesla owners returning home after the event quickly learned that finding a charging station and topping up their vehicle would add significant time to their trip. The Livesey family from Massachusetts noticed the battery on their Tesla was low after traveling to view the eclipse in Vermont. When they located a station that was open, they found dozens of vehicles already waiting to charge, according to a report by WCVB.

*Tesla, Inc is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. It designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and leases electric vehicles. https://www.newsweek.com/topic/2024-solar-eclipse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.

How long did the total solar eclipse last?

At Climate Week 2023, It's Optimism Versus Cataclysm

BY JEFF YOUNG ON 9/18/23 AT 12:13 PM EDT

 

    We have just lived through Earth's hottest summer on record, with heat waves baking large parts of our planet. Scientists have also confirmed that our oceans reached the highest recorded surface temperatures this summer, bleaching corals and super-charging storms. Millions of us choked on smoke from unprecedented wildfires, and we watched, horrified, as fire ravaged a Hawaiian Eden.

    It was the sort of summer that could lead those concerned about climate change to a sense of despair. Many factors affect floods, fires and extreme weather, but the science is clear on the ways climate change contributes to them all, and this summer provided ample evidence of the risks we face.

    And yet, as climate scientists, advocates, business leaders and elected officials arrived in New York for the annual gathering called Climate Week, the overwhelming mood is one of—dare we say it—optimism.

    "We have to believe that we can overcome, right? And that optimism drives action," Angela Barranco told Newsweek. Barranco is the North America executive director for Climate Group, the international nonprofit that organizes Climate Week, which is now in its 15th year.

    In that time, Barranco said, Climate Week has grown from a small side-event coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly to a global nexus for policymakers, academics and corporate leaders attending some 400 sessions around New York City, all organized under the theme "We can. We will."

    Climate Week's growth and positive tone match changes in the economics of climate action over the past decade and a half. Sustainability is no longer just a department title within a business, it is creating entirely new businesses."It's the 'green economy' becoming the economy," Barranco said.

    That green growth was accelerated by the Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden's signature legisla tive achievement on clean energy and climate, which stimulated about $110 billion in clean tech manufacturing investments in just its first year. That has spurred other countries to keep pace to remain competitive in thriving sectors.

    All of that, however, is not yet enough to meet the level of reductions in CO₂ emissions that scientists say we need to hit in order to avoid the most dangerous climate change. Many of this year's Climate Week events focus on how to scale up and accelerate the deployment of clean energy and transportation, ways to decarbonize heavy industries like cement and steel, and how to direct financing for those efforts.

    "We have the technologies, we're starting to build the political will," Barranco said. "Really, what we need to do is just move a lot faster."

newsweek.com/climate-week-2023-its-optimism-vs-cataclysm

“All of that, however is not yet enough to meet the level reductions in CO₂ emissions that scientists say we need…”

 

A synonym for however is:

At Climate Week 2023, It's Optimism Versus Cataclysm

BY JEFF YOUNG ON 9/18/23 AT 12:13 PM EDT

 

    We have just lived through Earth's hottest summer on record, with heat waves baking large parts of our planet. Scientists have also confirmed that our oceans reached the highest recorded surface temperatures this summer, bleaching corals and super-charging storms. Millions of us choked on smoke from unprecedented wildfires, and we watched, horrified, as fire ravaged a Hawaiian Eden.

    It was the sort of summer that could lead those concerned about climate change to a sense of despair. Many factors affect floods, fires and extreme weather, but the science is clear on the ways climate change contributes to them all, and this summer provided ample evidence of the risks we face.

    And yet, as climate scientists, advocates, business leaders and elected officials arrived in New York for the annual gathering called Climate Week, the overwhelming mood is one of—dare we say it—optimism.

    "We have to believe that we can overcome, right? And that optimism drives action," Angela Barranco told Newsweek. Barranco is the North America executive director for Climate Group, the international nonprofit that organizes Climate Week, which is now in its 15th year.

    In that time, Barranco said, Climate Week has grown from a small side-event coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly to a global nexus for policymakers, academics and corporate leaders attending some 400 sessions around New York City, all organized under the theme "We can. We will."

    Climate Week's growth and positive tone match changes in the economics of climate action over the past decade and a half. Sustainability is no longer just a department title within a business, it is creating entirely new businesses."It's the 'green economy' becoming the economy," Barranco said.

    That green growth was accelerated by the Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden's signature legisla tive achievement on clean energy and climate, which stimulated about $110 billion in clean tech manufacturing investments in just its first year. That has spurred other countries to keep pace to remain competitive in thriving sectors.

    All of that, however, is not yet enough to meet the level of reductions in CO₂ emissions that scientists say we need to hit in order to avoid the most dangerous climate change. Many of this year's Climate Week events focus on how to scale up and accelerate the deployment of clean energy and transportation, ways to decarbonize heavy industries like cement and steel, and how to direct financing for those efforts.

    "We have the technologies, we're starting to build the political will," Barranco said. "Really, what we need to do is just move a lot faster."

newsweek.com/climate-week-2023-its-optimism-vs-cataclysm

According to the text, what have we just lived?

According to the text, what is possible to infer?

 

    China looks to limit children to two hours a day on their phones

 

Hong Kong, Aug 2 (Reuters) - China's cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday children under the age of 18 should be limited to a maximum of two hours a day on their smartphones, sending shares in tech companies tumbling.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it wanted providers of smart devices to introduce so-called minor mode programmes that would bar users under 18 from accessing the internet on mobile devices from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Providers would also have to set time limits under the proposed reforms, the CAC said.

Users aged 16 to 18 would be allowed two hours a day, children aged eight to 16 would get one hour while children under eight would be allowed just eight minutes.

But the CAC said service providers should allow parents to opt out of the time limits for their youngsters. Investors were not impressed.

Shares in Chinese tech firms mostly fell in afternoon trade in Hong Kong after the CAC published its draft guidelines, which it said were open to public feedback until Sept. 2.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-issues-draft-guidelines-tighten-limits-use-apps-by-minors-2023-08-02/ Access: August, 2023.

A que se referem os termos destacados nos trechos a seguir?

 

Assinale a alternativa CORRETA, segundo o texto.

 

I. Em “But the evidence, according to archaeologists who study historical violence, says there is no black-and-white answer.”, o termo destacado refere-se a “arqueólogos”.

 

II. Em “To conclude that humans are more violent than ever, you’d need a timeline of all the aggressive actions in human history. Archaeologists have found some artifacts that weave a story of humanity’s violent past from a skeleton that could have been the first murder victim about 430,000 years ago to the ancient Mesopotamian death pits that likely held war casualties or human sacrifices. These pieces of history, though, are still not enough to paint a complete picture.”, o termo destacado refere-se a “humanos mais violentos”.

 

III. Em ““I don’t think prehistory was in an eternal state of warfare and conflict. But with the skeletal evidence and the percentage of individuals with violent trauma, I’m sure most people would have been aware of violence or known somebody who encountered it,” says Fibiger.”, o termo destacado refere-se à “violência”.

 

IV. Em ““We would like to believe that we’re so much more smart, reasonable, and more civilized”, says Dean Falk, an evolutionary anthropologist from Florida State University. “But I don’t think everything’s peachy now.” Falk, in her previous analysis of the evidence Pinker presented, found that he failed to consider the population sizes of the different communities in his calculations.”, os termos destacados referem-se, respectivamente, a “Dean Falk” e “Pinker”.

 

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