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A research team from the University of Calgary has found that a large percentage of bat fatalities at wind turbine sites are caused by a sudden drop in air pressure around the turbine blades, the BBC reports. Reports of bat deaths at wind farms had previously been documented in Europe and the US, but quite why these generally …

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  1. Mark
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    @DAvid Halko

    How much water IS there on earth? A shitload. A huge shitload. Such a massive shitload that 2.5% of that is still a shitload.

    Oh, and put a pan of warm water in the frigde (at -8) and put some ice in it. The ice melts.

    And what temperature is the ocean at the edges of the polar ice caps? Currently +4 C.

    The ice melts.

    It may continue to melt more than it freezes until September is almost gone.

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