Written by Walter Murch?? Like, the guy who is considered maybe the best editor and sound designer of all time, who was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, and won 3??? (Editing perhaps second only to Thelma Schoonmaker.)
This submission is from 4 days ago, so it must've been placed into the second chance pool.
adonovanyesterday at 11:38 PM
The part about coal coming from dead trees during a window of time before bacteria evolved lignin digestion is no longer the scientific consensus. Such bacteria existed earlier; not all coal is high lignin; and coal still formed later. Too bad; it was a lovely story!
dreamcompilertoday at 4:35 AM
> at 43 percent a lightning strike will cause the entire atmosphere to ignite since it is so high in flammable oxygen
Good article except oxygen is not flammable. Oxygen is the stuff that makes other stuff flammable.
saimiamtoday at 1:29 AM
The hero image is titled Murch_HERO. Big publishers get lazy with their titling too!
ordutoday at 2:23 AM
> The difficult thing is that most old folks grew up thinking that oil, coal, and gas were great, and it is hard to teach old dogs new tricks.
Doesn't seem cynical enough to me. Some people make money on oil, coal, and gas, and it doesn't matter what they believe about the climate, they would do anything to continue enriching themselves. It is even worse, really, because they are not just some individuals, it is a big network of organizations. And some states too have their GDP dependent on a fossil fuel trade. You can probably talk a capitalist into surrendering their money-making practices, if they are damaging the Earth, but you can't convince an organization to dissolve or a state to go into a deep recession.
jibalttoday at 2:39 AM
Too much teleology.
shmerlyesterday at 10:57 PM
I was surprised that some birds can fly even higher. There is a record of Rüppell's vulture at 11+ kilometers altitude.
randomImmigranttoday at 12:42 AM
A beautiful article. Thanks for sharing!
Katharina01last Saturday at 1:47 PM
Interesting article and thank you a lot for this education!