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Willem Gielen

Q: When will time end?
A: Current scientific understanding suggests time may end with the heat death of the universe in about 10^100 years. However, this remains theoretical and unproven. As of June 11, 2025, time continues normally.

via SnapFact

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Barry Schwartz 🫖

I saw a "Mayday" yesterday where some guy said icing destroyed lift by making the top of a wing no longer curved.

The top of an iced wing is still curved.

Do people even listen to themselves?

Sure, topside ice might disrupt laminar flow, generate drag, and indirectly interfere with the necessary UNDERSIDE DOWNDRAFT, but the wing is still curved.

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Also, I was curious about droops. These are obviously to make up for the high angle of attack.

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Nicole Sharp

Artificial Reoxygenation

Phytoplankton blooms have blossomed in coastal waters around the world, driven by phosphorus and nitrogen in agricultural run-off. These large algal blooms deplete oxygen in the water, creating dead zones where fish and other marine life cannot survive. Typically, oxygen makes its way into the ocean at the surface, where breaking waves trap air in bubbles that, when tiny enough, dissolve their oxygen into the water. But this process mainly helps surface-level waters, and without means to circulate oxygen-rich water down to the depths, the low-oxygen state persists.

Artificial reoxygenation is a possible countermeasure. Either by bubbling oxygen directly into deeper waters or by pumping surface-level water downward, we could increase oxygen levels in the water column. So far, though, artificial reoxygenation’s success has been limited; tests in a few bays and estuaries show that it’s possible to reoxygenate the water, but the effects only last as long as the artificial mechanism remains active. Stop the pumps and bubblers and the water will revert to its low-oxygen state in just a day. Even so, the measures may be worthwhile on a temporary basis in some places while we adjust agricultural practices and try to mitigate warming. (Image credit: Copernicus Sentinel/ESA; via Eos)

Color-enhanced satellite image showing swirling algal blooms. Phytoplankton blooms like this one thrive on nutrients from agricultural run-off, but they deplete ocean waters of oxygen.
#biology#fluidDynamics#ocean
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