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· 9h ago

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/deadly-wildfires-leave-borneo-wildlife-scrambling-for-fresh-water/ #Borneo #environment #water #freshwater #wildlife

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Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are leaving wildlife without fresh water as ponds turn brackish and forest pools dry up, driving animals into villages and toward the coast. Residents and conservation groups are responding by providing water, rescuing affected animals and treating them as smoke and fires continue to affect their habitat. Preliminary findings by […]

Mikko Tuomi @mustapipa@scicomm.xyz

· 5d ago

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Brine shrimp are about a centimeter long and swim upside down, beating their legs madly and trailing their elongated abdomens behind them like tails. As scientists recently learned, these tiny swimmers can do more than just move themselves. Researchers have long thought that in a turbulent system like a current of #water, #energy flows in only one direction, from larger scales to smaller ones, or vice versa, depending on the system’s dimensions. But in observing the humble brine shrimp, scientists realized that — with just a tiny adjustment — the flow of energy could be reversed. The discovery capitalized on a fundamental, if often unrecognized, mathematical description of how forces interact to push energy through a system. #physics #turbulence https://www.quantamagazine.org/sea-monkeys-show-scientists-how-to-rewrite-a-rule-of-turbulence-20261002/

Quanta Magazine

Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence | Quanta Magazine

Scientists assumed that energy flows in only one direction in a turbulent system. What they didn’t know, until they looked closely at brine shrimp, was that a simple factor can reverse the flow.

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Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence | Quanta Magazine

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