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[title] => Palms at the poles: Fossil plants reveal lush southern hemisphere forests in ancient hothouse climate
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:03:53 +0000
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[description] => Journal Reference: Tammo Reichgelt, David R. Greenwood, Sebastian Steinig, John G. Conran, David K. Hutchinson, Daniel J. Lunt, Leonie J. Scriven, Jiang Zhu. Plant Proxy Evidence for High Rainfall and Productivity in the Eocene of Australia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2022; 37 (6) DOI: 10.1029/2022PA004418 The fossils date back 55 to 40 million years ago, during ... Read more
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Tammo Reichgelt, David R. Greenwood, Sebastian Steinig, John G. Conran, David K. Hutchinson, Daniel J. Lunt, Leonie J. Scriven, Jiang Zhu. Plant Proxy Evidence for High Rainfall and Productivity in the Eocene of Australia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2022; 37 (6) DOI: 10.1029/2022PA004418
The fossils date back 55 to 40 million years ago, during the Eocene epoch. At that time, the world was much warmer and wetter, and these hothouse conditions meant there were palms at the North and South Pole and predominantly arid landmasses like Australia were lush and green. Reichgelt and co-authors looked for evidence of differences in precipitation and plant productivity between then and now.
Since different plants thrive under specific conditions, plant fossils can indicate what kinds of environments those plants lived in.
By focusing on the morphology and taxonomic features of 12 different floras, the researchers developed a more detailed view of what the climate and productivity was like in the ancient hothouse world of the Eocene epoch.
Reichgelt explains the morphological method relies on the fact that the leaves of angiosperms ? flowering plants ? in general have a strategy for responding to climate.
?For example, if a plant has large leaves and it is left out in the sun and doesn?t get enough water, it starts to shrivel up and die because of excess evaporation,? Reichgelt says. ?Plants with large leaves also lose heat to its surroundings. Finding a large fossil leaf therefore means that most likely this plant was not growing in an environment that was too dry or too cold for excess evaporation or sensible heat loss to happen. These and other morphological features can be linked to the environment that we can quantify. We can compare fossils to modern floras around the world and find the closest analogy.?
The second approach was taxonomic. ?If you travel up a mountain, the taxonomic composition of the flora changes. Low on the mountain, there may be a deciduous forest that is dominated by maples and beeches and as you go further up the mountain, you see more spruce and fir forest,? says Reichgelt. ?Finding fossils of beech and maple therefore likely means a warmer climate then if we find fossils of spruce and fir.? Such climatic preferences of plant groups can be used to quantitatively reconstruct the ancient climate in which a group of plants in a fossil assemblage was growing.
The results show that the Eocene climate would have been very different to Australia?s modern climate. To sustain a lush green landscape, the continent required a steady supply of precipitation. Warmth means more evaporation, and more rainfall was available to move into Australia?s continental interior. Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at the time, 1500 to 2000 parts per million, also contributed to the lushness via a process called carbon fertilization. Reichgelt explains that with the sheer abundance of CO2, plants were basically stuffing their faces.
?Southern Australia seems to have been largely forested, with primary productivity similar to seasonal forests, not unlike those here in New England today,? Reichgelt says. ?In the Northern Hemisphere summer today, there is a big change in the carbon cycle, because lots of carbon dioxide gets drawn down due to primary productivity in the enormous expanse of forests that exists in a large belt around 40 to 60 degrees north. In the Southern Hemisphere, no such landmass exists at those same latitudes today. But Australia during the Eocene occupied 40 degrees to 60 degrees south. And as a result, there would be a highly productive large landmass during the Southern Hemisphere summer, drawing down carbon, more so than what Australia is doing today since it is largely arid.?
Hutchinson says the geological evidence suggests the climate is highly sensitive to CO2 and that this effect may be larger than what our climate models predict, ?The data also suggests that polar amplification of warming was very strong, and our climate models also tend to under-represent this effect. So, if we can improve our models of the high-CO2 Eocene world, we might improve our predictions of the future.?
Future projects will expand the data set beyond Australia to ask what global productivity does during a hothouse climate on a global scale.
?We have large datasets of plant fossils that have been collected around the world, so we can apply the same methods that we use here to ask what happens to global biosphere productivity,? says Reichgelt.
With increasing carbon emissions, there is more research going into studying what happens in the biosphere with increased photosynthetic activity and water use efficiency in plants. Reichgelt explains that modern plants have not had the time to evolve to changing CO2 conditions. However, by looking to the past, we can glean some of that information.
?It obviously will take a long time for plants to adapt to changing CO2 levels, but fossil floras allow us to peek into the biosphere of ancient hothouse worlds.?
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[summary] => Journal Reference: Tammo Reichgelt, David R. Greenwood, Sebastian Steinig, John G. Conran, David K. Hutchinson, Daniel J. Lunt, Leonie J. Scriven, Jiang Zhu. Plant Proxy Evidence for High Rainfall and Productivity in the Eocene of Australia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2022; 37 (6) DOI: 10.1029/2022PA004418 The fossils date back 55 to 40 million years ago, during ... Read more
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Tammo Reichgelt, David R. Greenwood, Sebastian Steinig, John G. Conran, David K. Hutchinson, Daniel J. Lunt, Leonie J. Scriven, Jiang Zhu. Plant Proxy Evidence for High Rainfall and Productivity in the Eocene of Australia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2022; 37 (6) DOI: 10.1029/2022PA004418
The fossils date back 55 to 40 million years ago, during the Eocene epoch. At that time, the world was much warmer and wetter, and these hothouse conditions meant there were palms at the North and South Pole and predominantly arid landmasses like Australia were lush and green. Reichgelt and co-authors looked for evidence of differences in precipitation and plant productivity between then and now.
Since different plants thrive under specific conditions, plant fossils can indicate what kinds of environments those plants lived in.
By focusing on the morphology and taxonomic features of 12 different floras, the researchers developed a more detailed view of what the climate and productivity was like in the ancient hothouse world of the Eocene epoch.
Reichgelt explains the morphological method relies on the fact that the leaves of angiosperms ? flowering plants ? in general have a strategy for responding to climate.
?For example, if a plant has large leaves and it is left out in the sun and doesn?t get enough water, it starts to shrivel up and die because of excess evaporation,? Reichgelt says. ?Plants with large leaves also lose heat to its surroundings. Finding a large fossil leaf therefore means that most likely this plant was not growing in an environment that was too dry or too cold for excess evaporation or sensible heat loss to happen. These and other morphological features can be linked to the environment that we can quantify. We can compare fossils to modern floras around the world and find the closest analogy.?
The second approach was taxonomic. ?If you travel up a mountain, the taxonomic composition of the flora changes. Low on the mountain, there may be a deciduous forest that is dominated by maples and beeches and as you go further up the mountain, you see more spruce and fir forest,? says Reichgelt. ?Finding fossils of beech and maple therefore likely means a warmer climate then if we find fossils of spruce and fir.? Such climatic preferences of plant groups can be used to quantitatively reconstruct the ancient climate in which a group of plants in a fossil assemblage was growing.
The results show that the Eocene climate would have been very different to Australia?s modern climate. To sustain a lush green landscape, the continent required a steady supply of precipitation. Warmth means more evaporation, and more rainfall was available to move into Australia?s continental interior. Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at the time, 1500 to 2000 parts per million, also contributed to the lushness via a process called carbon fertilization. Reichgelt explains that with the sheer abundance of CO2, plants were basically stuffing their faces.
?Southern Australia seems to have been largely forested, with primary productivity similar to seasonal forests, not unlike those here in New England today,? Reichgelt says. ?In the Northern Hemisphere summer today, there is a big change in the carbon cycle, because lots of carbon dioxide gets drawn down due to primary productivity in the enormous expanse of forests that exists in a large belt around 40 to 60 degrees north. In the Southern Hemisphere, no such landmass exists at those same latitudes today. But Australia during the Eocene occupied 40 degrees to 60 degrees south. And as a result, there would be a highly productive large landmass during the Southern Hemisphere summer, drawing down carbon, more so than what Australia is doing today since it is largely arid.?
Hutchinson says the geological evidence suggests the climate is highly sensitive to CO2 and that this effect may be larger than what our climate models predict, ?The data also suggests that polar amplification of warming was very strong, and our climate models also tend to under-represent this effect. So, if we can improve our models of the high-CO2 Eocene world, we might improve our predictions of the future.?
Future projects will expand the data set beyond Australia to ask what global productivity does during a hothouse climate on a global scale.
?We have large datasets of plant fossils that have been collected around the world, so we can apply the same methods that we use here to ask what happens to global biosphere productivity,? says Reichgelt.
With increasing carbon emissions, there is more research going into studying what happens in the biosphere with increased photosynthetic activity and water use efficiency in plants. Reichgelt explains that modern plants have not had the time to evolve to changing CO2 conditions. However, by looking to the past, we can glean some of that information.
?It obviously will take a long time for plants to adapt to changing CO2 levels, but fossil floras allow us to peek into the biosphere of ancient hothouse worlds.?
We wish to say thanks to the author of this write-up for this remarkable content
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[title] => 10 Great Movies And TV Shows Where The Characters Get Trapped In Video Games
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:40:01 +0000
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[description] => Getting trapped in a video game can be a real hit-or-miss. For some, it’s being teleported into a high-stakes competition, in a perpetual test of wits and strength. For others, it’s a deathmatch, with fatalities on the horizon. And for a lucky few, it’s nothing but a grand, cathartic escape from mundane life. Related: Every ... Read more
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Getting trapped in a video game can be a real hit-or-miss. For some, it’s being teleported into a high-stakes competition, in a perpetual test of wits and strength. For others, it’s a deathmatch, with fatalities on the horizon. And for a lucky few, it’s nothing but a grand, cathartic escape from mundane life.
Related: Every Sims Game, Ranked
The concept of human beings finding themselves in other worlds has been around for decades, so there’s definitely no shortage of movies and televisions shows based on virtual realities. However, if you’re an avid fan of thrilling mind-benders, brain games, fantasy, horror and sci-fi, these are absolutely the ones to put on your watchlist.
THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY
10 Scooby-Doo And The Cyber-Chase
One of the most beloved childhood cartoons took on one of the most beloved concepts and ran with it, with amazing results. While trying to solve the mystery behind the Phantom Virus, the gang find themselves zapped into a videogame based on Mystery Inc. and their adventures.
With the power of magnets and friendships, they travel through virtual worlds to find their way out. The movie is full of fun throwbacks, classic mystery, music, and even doppelgängers of the gang from past franchises. It’s a take on a classic that has become a classic itself, and one that you can totally sit back and enjoy.
9 Tron
Fighting for justice in the grid of a computer system has never been so cool. Gladiatorial combat, high-speed chases, and a classic battle to take-down a big-bad-evil? Count us in.
Tron is a movie that originally came out in the 1980s. It spawned a television series and a short film, before Tron: Legacy was released in 2010. While sequels and remakes tend to get a bad wrap, Tron: Legacy proved the opposite. It’s a fantastic homage to the original, while adapting the overarching plot to fit the present. You’re sure to enjoy it!
8 Stay Alive
This is quite possibly one of the most disturbingly excellent horror films of its kind ? never mind its amazing creativity. Stay Alive blends reality with the virtual in a seemingly-average concept, following a group of close friends who find themselves trying out an obscure video game.
Related: Best Story-Driven Video Games
However, it quickly becomes a terrifying matter of life-or-death, as they realize that dying in the game means dying in real life ? and that the game plays by itself. It’s a genuinely scary movie, and is guaranteed to make your heart race.
7 Die Now
Die Now is a Chinese drama that first aired in 2017. It follows the downright thrilling feats of a highly-intelligent college student, who’s forced to use his smarts to escape the death games of a virtual world.
If you’ve seen Alice in Borderland and liked the premise of Squid Game, this is a show you’ll love. Just like the former, you’ll find yourself trying to solve the challenges presented each episode ? while growing hopelessly attached to characters with ominous fates.
6 Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is a widely-known and super-popular manga, based off a light novel series. It’s since been adapted into an anime, with numerous spin-off movies, six games for consoles and PC, and three mobile apps. The first season followed Asuna and Kirito, two players who found themselves trapped in a virtual world, where dying in-game means dying in real life.
Related: The Best Anime Of All Time
The only way out was to beat their way through 100 floors of Aincrad, a challenging tower, and beat the final boss. Its other seasons explored other aspects of virtual reality, through new technology, dark organizations, fighting for freedom, and the sinister plots of the Underworld. The development of a simple premise into something far greater is totally worth the watch.
5 X Files: First Person Shooter
Solving, debunking and taking on supernatural cases and odd phenomena is just what Fox Mulder and Dana Scully do. An ambitious episode in its seventh season saw the two FBI agents take a dive into the virtual realm to solve a murder, when a game character starts acting like anything but.
It’s an episode that explores and delivers a message on the conflict of ‘women’ and ‘men’, and experiences suffered in videogames based on gender. What was really striking about it, though, was getting to see Scully take the lead ? and witnessing her determination to save Mulder. The ending also gave a bit of a chilling twist!
4 Red Dwarf: Back To Reality
Red Dwarf first aired in the 1980s, but the show still stands the test of time ? and so do its characters. It follows the adventures of the last living human in the universe and his not-so-human companions.
Back to Reality was a mind-bender for the characters and viewers alike, as we discovered that the last four years of the show ? and the lives they lived ? were all part of a virtual reality they had been trapped inside. Then, the episode goes and pulls an Inception, turning the heads of the audience even more. Give it a watch it and see what we mean!
3 Free Guy
Free Guy is a movie everyone can enjoy, not just for its incredibly fun cast, but for how relatable it all is. This movie doesn’t follow a typical protagonist, but a bunch of NPCs inside a game ? and boy, is it a ride. Ryan Reynolds spearheads this comedy the way he does best ? which is to say is the best.
Related: RPGs That Definitely Do Not Have Cliche Stories
With awesomely developed characters, life lessons, and fun easter eggs gamers and non-gamers can appreciate, it’s absolutely a film you should sit down and see. After all, who’s to say we aren’t all background characters in someone else’s matrix?
2 Jumanji
Jumanji is like the game of all games. Originally a movie about a board game you thought you’d want to play, it was then modernized as a movie about a video game. Jumanji and its sequel boast a star-studded cast, comprised of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and more.
Like the original Jumanji, it’s not just a simple case of ‘beat the levels and win the game’. Once you start playing, you’re not allowed to stop. Those trapped in the game must come to terms with who they are, learning valuable life lessons and growing as individuals, in order to overcome the harrowing challenges inside. There was also a video game released based on the movie, questionable, though it was.
1 Black Mirror
Black Mirror receives high praise for a reason. With stellar writing, gorgeous cinematography, and mind-bending twists on clichéd genres, you can usually expect to be in for a trippy ride. ‘Subvert your expectations’.
While Black Mirror has multiple episodes that deal with technology and virtual worlds, two of the best are Playtestand USS Callister. Playtestis straight-up horror, and perfect if you love standing on the edge of uncertainty and fear. USS Callister, on the other hand, is like an MMO-gone-horribly-wrong. It received seven Emmy nominations for its sheer greatness, winning four.
Next: Video Games Starring A-List Actors
The Owl House’s Collector Is Already The Perfect Villain
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About The Author
Noa Womack (20 Articles Published)
More From Noa Womack
We would love to thank the author of this post for this remarkable content
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[summary] => Getting trapped in a video game can be a real hit-or-miss. For some, it’s being teleported into a high-stakes competition, in a perpetual test of wits and strength. For others, it’s a deathmatch, with fatalities on the horizon. And for a lucky few, it’s nothing but a grand, cathartic escape from mundane life. Related: Every ... Read more
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Getting trapped in a video game can be a real hit-or-miss. For some, it’s being teleported into a high-stakes competition, in a perpetual test of wits and strength. For others, it’s a deathmatch, with fatalities on the horizon. And for a lucky few, it’s nothing but a grand, cathartic escape from mundane life.
Related: Every Sims Game, Ranked
The concept of human beings finding themselves in other worlds has been around for decades, so there’s definitely no shortage of movies and televisions shows based on virtual realities. However, if you’re an avid fan of thrilling mind-benders, brain games, fantasy, horror and sci-fi, these are absolutely the ones to put on your watchlist.
THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY
10 Scooby-Doo And The Cyber-Chase
One of the most beloved childhood cartoons took on one of the most beloved concepts and ran with it, with amazing results. While trying to solve the mystery behind the Phantom Virus, the gang find themselves zapped into a videogame based on Mystery Inc. and their adventures.
With the power of magnets and friendships, they travel through virtual worlds to find their way out. The movie is full of fun throwbacks, classic mystery, music, and even doppelgängers of the gang from past franchises. It’s a take on a classic that has become a classic itself, and one that you can totally sit back and enjoy.
9 Tron
Fighting for justice in the grid of a computer system has never been so cool. Gladiatorial combat, high-speed chases, and a classic battle to take-down a big-bad-evil? Count us in.
Tron is a movie that originally came out in the 1980s. It spawned a television series and a short film, before Tron: Legacy was released in 2010. While sequels and remakes tend to get a bad wrap, Tron: Legacy proved the opposite. It’s a fantastic homage to the original, while adapting the overarching plot to fit the present. You’re sure to enjoy it!
8 Stay Alive
This is quite possibly one of the most disturbingly excellent horror films of its kind ? never mind its amazing creativity. Stay Alive blends reality with the virtual in a seemingly-average concept, following a group of close friends who find themselves trying out an obscure video game.
Related: Best Story-Driven Video Games
However, it quickly becomes a terrifying matter of life-or-death, as they realize that dying in the game means dying in real life ? and that the game plays by itself. It’s a genuinely scary movie, and is guaranteed to make your heart race.
7 Die Now
Die Now is a Chinese drama that first aired in 2017. It follows the downright thrilling feats of a highly-intelligent college student, who’s forced to use his smarts to escape the death games of a virtual world.
If you’ve seen Alice in Borderland and liked the premise of Squid Game, this is a show you’ll love. Just like the former, you’ll find yourself trying to solve the challenges presented each episode ? while growing hopelessly attached to characters with ominous fates.
6 Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is a widely-known and super-popular manga, based off a light novel series. It’s since been adapted into an anime, with numerous spin-off movies, six games for consoles and PC, and three mobile apps. The first season followed Asuna and Kirito, two players who found themselves trapped in a virtual world, where dying in-game means dying in real life.
Related: The Best Anime Of All Time
The only way out was to beat their way through 100 floors of Aincrad, a challenging tower, and beat the final boss. Its other seasons explored other aspects of virtual reality, through new technology, dark organizations, fighting for freedom, and the sinister plots of the Underworld. The development of a simple premise into something far greater is totally worth the watch.
5 X Files: First Person Shooter
Solving, debunking and taking on supernatural cases and odd phenomena is just what Fox Mulder and Dana Scully do. An ambitious episode in its seventh season saw the two FBI agents take a dive into the virtual realm to solve a murder, when a game character starts acting like anything but.
It’s an episode that explores and delivers a message on the conflict of ‘women’ and ‘men’, and experiences suffered in videogames based on gender. What was really striking about it, though, was getting to see Scully take the lead ? and witnessing her determination to save Mulder. The ending also gave a bit of a chilling twist!
4 Red Dwarf: Back To Reality
Red Dwarf first aired in the 1980s, but the show still stands the test of time ? and so do its characters. It follows the adventures of the last living human in the universe and his not-so-human companions.
Back to Reality was a mind-bender for the characters and viewers alike, as we discovered that the last four years of the show ? and the lives they lived ? were all part of a virtual reality they had been trapped inside. Then, the episode goes and pulls an Inception, turning the heads of the audience even more. Give it a watch it and see what we mean!
3 Free Guy
Free Guy is a movie everyone can enjoy, not just for its incredibly fun cast, but for how relatable it all is. This movie doesn’t follow a typical protagonist, but a bunch of NPCs inside a game ? and boy, is it a ride. Ryan Reynolds spearheads this comedy the way he does best ? which is to say is the best.
Related: RPGs That Definitely Do Not Have Cliche Stories
With awesomely developed characters, life lessons, and fun easter eggs gamers and non-gamers can appreciate, it’s absolutely a film you should sit down and see. After all, who’s to say we aren’t all background characters in someone else’s matrix?
2 Jumanji
Jumanji is like the game of all games. Originally a movie about a board game you thought you’d want to play, it was then modernized as a movie about a video game. Jumanji and its sequel boast a star-studded cast, comprised of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and more.
Like the original Jumanji, it’s not just a simple case of ‘beat the levels and win the game’. Once you start playing, you’re not allowed to stop. Those trapped in the game must come to terms with who they are, learning valuable life lessons and growing as individuals, in order to overcome the harrowing challenges inside. There was also a video game released based on the movie, questionable, though it was.
1 Black Mirror
Black Mirror receives high praise for a reason. With stellar writing, gorgeous cinematography, and mind-bending twists on clichéd genres, you can usually expect to be in for a trippy ride. ‘Subvert your expectations’.
While Black Mirror has multiple episodes that deal with technology and virtual worlds, two of the best are Playtestand USS Callister. Playtestis straight-up horror, and perfect if you love standing on the edge of uncertainty and fear. USS Callister, on the other hand, is like an MMO-gone-horribly-wrong. It received seven Emmy nominations for its sheer greatness, winning four.
Next: Video Games Starring A-List Actors
The Owl House’s Collector Is Already The Perfect Villain
Read Next
About The Author
Noa Womack (20 Articles Published)
More From Noa Womack
We would love to thank the author of this post for this remarkable content
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:46:49 +0000
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[description] => Journal Reference: Xiaowei Chi, Ye Zhang, Fang Hao, Steven Kmiec, Hui Dong, Rong Xu, Kejie Zhao, Qing Ai, Tanguy Terlier, Liang Wang, Lihong Zhao, Liqun Guo, Jun Lou, Huolin L. Xin, Steve W. Martin, Yan Yao. An electrochemically stable homogeneous glassy electrolyte formed at room temperature for all-solid-state sodium batteries. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) ... Read more
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Xiaowei Chi, Ye Zhang, Fang Hao, Steven Kmiec, Hui Dong, Rong Xu, Kejie Zhao, Qing Ai, Tanguy Terlier, Liang Wang, Lihong Zhao, Liqun Guo, Jun Lou, Huolin L. Xin, Steve W. Martin, Yan Yao. An electrochemically stable homogeneous glassy electrolyte formed at room temperature for all-solid-state sodium batteries. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30517-y
While lithium does have many advantages ? high energy density and capacity to be combined with renewable energy sources to support grid-level energy storage ? lithium carbonate prices are at an all-time high. Contributing to the rising cost are pandemic-related supply-chain bottlenecks, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and increased demand from businesses. Additionally, many governments are hesitant to green light lithium mines because of the high environmental costs and the potential of human rights violations.
As governments and industries all over the world are eager to find energy storage options to power the clean energy transition, new research conducted at the University of Houston and published in Nature Communications suggests ambient temperature solid-state sodium-sulfur battery technology as a viable alternative to lithium-based battery technology for grid-level energy storage systems.
Yan Yao, Cullen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his colleagues developed a homogeneous glassy electrolyte that enables reversible sodium plating and stripping at a greater current density than previously possible.
?The quest for new solid electrolytes for all-solid sodium batteries must concurrently be low cost, easily fabricated, and have incredible mechanical and chemical stability,? said Yao, who is also principal investigator of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH). ?To date, no single sodium solid electrolyte has been able to achieve all four of these requirements at the same time.?
The researchers found a novel form of oxysulfide glass electrolyte that has the potential to satisfy all of these requirements at the same time. A high-energy ball milling process was used to create the electrolytes at room temperature.
?The oxysulfide glass has a distinct microstructure, resulting in a completely homogeneous glass structure,? said Ye Zhang, who works as a research associate in Yao?s group. ?At the interface between sodium metal and the electrolyte, the solid electrolyte forms a self-passivating interphase that is essential for reversible plating and stripping of sodium.?
It has proven difficult to achieve stable plating and stripping of sodium metal using a sulfide electrolyte.
?Our study overturned this perception by establishing not only the highest critical current density among all Na-ion conducting sulfide-based solid electrolytes, but also enabling high-performance ambient-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries,? Yao explained.
?The new structural and compositional design strategies presented in this work provide a new paradigm in the development of safe, low-cost, energy-dense, and long-lifetime solid-state sodium batteries,? Zhang added.
In addition to Yao and Zhang, co-authors of the study include co-first authors Xiaowei Chi and Fang Hao of UH; and Steven Kmiec and co-corresponding author Steve Martin of Iowa State University. Rice University, Purdue University, and UC Irvine are all collaborators on this project. This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy?s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
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[summary] => Journal Reference: Xiaowei Chi, Ye Zhang, Fang Hao, Steven Kmiec, Hui Dong, Rong Xu, Kejie Zhao, Qing Ai, Tanguy Terlier, Liang Wang, Lihong Zhao, Liqun Guo, Jun Lou, Huolin L. Xin, Steve W. Martin, Yan Yao. An electrochemically stable homogeneous glassy electrolyte formed at room temperature for all-solid-state sodium batteries. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) ... Read more
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Xiaowei Chi, Ye Zhang, Fang Hao, Steven Kmiec, Hui Dong, Rong Xu, Kejie Zhao, Qing Ai, Tanguy Terlier, Liang Wang, Lihong Zhao, Liqun Guo, Jun Lou, Huolin L. Xin, Steve W. Martin, Yan Yao. An electrochemically stable homogeneous glassy electrolyte formed at room temperature for all-solid-state sodium batteries. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30517-y
While lithium does have many advantages ? high energy density and capacity to be combined with renewable energy sources to support grid-level energy storage ? lithium carbonate prices are at an all-time high. Contributing to the rising cost are pandemic-related supply-chain bottlenecks, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and increased demand from businesses. Additionally, many governments are hesitant to green light lithium mines because of the high environmental costs and the potential of human rights violations.
As governments and industries all over the world are eager to find energy storage options to power the clean energy transition, new research conducted at the University of Houston and published in Nature Communications suggests ambient temperature solid-state sodium-sulfur battery technology as a viable alternative to lithium-based battery technology for grid-level energy storage systems.
Yan Yao, Cullen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his colleagues developed a homogeneous glassy electrolyte that enables reversible sodium plating and stripping at a greater current density than previously possible.
?The quest for new solid electrolytes for all-solid sodium batteries must concurrently be low cost, easily fabricated, and have incredible mechanical and chemical stability,? said Yao, who is also principal investigator of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH). ?To date, no single sodium solid electrolyte has been able to achieve all four of these requirements at the same time.?
The researchers found a novel form of oxysulfide glass electrolyte that has the potential to satisfy all of these requirements at the same time. A high-energy ball milling process was used to create the electrolytes at room temperature.
?The oxysulfide glass has a distinct microstructure, resulting in a completely homogeneous glass structure,? said Ye Zhang, who works as a research associate in Yao?s group. ?At the interface between sodium metal and the electrolyte, the solid electrolyte forms a self-passivating interphase that is essential for reversible plating and stripping of sodium.?
It has proven difficult to achieve stable plating and stripping of sodium metal using a sulfide electrolyte.
?Our study overturned this perception by establishing not only the highest critical current density among all Na-ion conducting sulfide-based solid electrolytes, but also enabling high-performance ambient-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries,? Yao explained.
?The new structural and compositional design strategies presented in this work provide a new paradigm in the development of safe, low-cost, energy-dense, and long-lifetime solid-state sodium batteries,? Zhang added.
In addition to Yao and Zhang, co-authors of the study include co-first authors Xiaowei Chi and Fang Hao of UH; and Steven Kmiec and co-corresponding author Steve Martin of Iowa State University. Rice University, Purdue University, and UC Irvine are all collaborators on this project. This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy?s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
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[description] => Tampa Bay Screams Horror Convention is returning for its seventh year, bringing memorabilia, a film festival and actors from some favorite horror movies for pictures and autographs. The convention, which insists it is a ?kid-friendly event,? celebrates the genre with a huge lineup of vendors selling DVDs, posters, shirts, costumes and horror-related items. It runs ... Read more
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Tampa Bay Screams Horror Convention is returning for its seventh year, bringing memorabilia, a film festival and actors from some favorite horror movies for pictures and autographs.
The convention, which insists it is a ?kid-friendly event,? celebrates the genre with a huge lineup of vendors selling DVDs, posters, shirts, costumes and horror-related items. It runs from noon-5 p.m. June 11-12. Admission is $20 online, $30 at the door, free for kids 10 and younger.
Sean Donohue, a filmmaker who created the convention in 2016, said the actual horror of COVID-19 put a wrinkle in their plans, causing the 2020 convention to be canceled. They then put on two conventions in 2021.
?Obviously it wasn?t good that we had to cancel in 2020 but people were so bottled up and ready to get out that in 2021 we had our most successful year,? Donohue said.
He said the event is family-friendly, though maybe not for every family.
?There are a lot of people that love this kind of thing,? Donohue said. ?The films in the film festival will be clearly labeled so some of them are probably not too kid-friendly, but the cosplay and the merchandise can be a lot of fun for a kid.?
Stephen Geoffreys, shown here in his role as high school misfit turned vampire “Evil Ed” in the 1985 horror film “Fright Night,” will make an appearance at the Tampa Bay Screams Horror Convention June 11-12. [ Tampa Bay Screams ]
Celebrities slated to appear include Stephen Geoffreys, who played the high school misfit-turned-vampire in 1985?s ?Fright Night,? as well as Felissa Rose from the 1983 cult-horror film ?Sleepaway Camp? andDave Sheridan, who played the bumbling serial killer in the Keenen Ivory Wayans comedy ?Scary Movie.?
Local celebrity Grady Stiles III, the son of the famous ?Lobster Boy? who was murdered in Gibsonton in 1992, will also be there. Stiles has retold the harrowing story of a family headed by one of the 20th century?s most famous freak show attractions on shows like AMC?s ?Freak Show? and ?Carnie Killers.? He, like his father, was born with ectrodactyly, a congenital disorder that makes hands and feet resemble claw-like appendages.
In a 2014 interview with the Huffington PostStiles said he may have inherited the family?s disability, but he was happy that he didn?t inherit his father?s temper and alcoholism. In November 1992, his father was murdered in his home in Gibsonton in eastern Hillsborough County by a family friend with gang ties in a case that made international headlines.
Though there won?t be an official costume contest, expect to see lots of attendees in cosplay at Tampa Bay Screams. The film festival will play genre films continuously both days, including movies such as ?Craiglon Incident III Annihilation,? which was shot in the Tampa Bay area.
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Tampa Bay Screams: The horror convention will have a film festival, celebrity appearances and lots of vendors selling horror-related items. $20 online, $30 at the door, free for kids 10 and younger. Noon-5 p.m. June 11-12. Ramada Hotel and Suites, 1200 N West Shore Blvd., Tampa. tampabayscreams.com.
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[summary] => Tampa Bay Screams Horror Convention is returning for its seventh year, bringing memorabilia, a film festival and actors from some favorite horror movies for pictures and autographs. The convention, which insists it is a ?kid-friendly event,? celebrates the genre with a huge lineup of vendors selling DVDs, posters, shirts, costumes and horror-related items. It runs ... Read more
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Tampa Bay Screams Horror Convention is returning for its seventh year, bringing memorabilia, a film festival and actors from some favorite horror movies for pictures and autographs.
The convention, which insists it is a ?kid-friendly event,? celebrates the genre with a huge lineup of vendors selling DVDs, posters, shirts, costumes and horror-related items. It runs from noon-5 p.m. June 11-12. Admission is $20 online, $30 at the door, free for kids 10 and younger.
Sean Donohue, a filmmaker who created the convention in 2016, said the actual horror of COVID-19 put a wrinkle in their plans, causing the 2020 convention to be canceled. They then put on two conventions in 2021.
?Obviously it wasn?t good that we had to cancel in 2020 but people were so bottled up and ready to get out that in 2021 we had our most successful year,? Donohue said.
He said the event is family-friendly, though maybe not for every family.
?There are a lot of people that love this kind of thing,? Donohue said. ?The films in the film festival will be clearly labeled so some of them are probably not too kid-friendly, but the cosplay and the merchandise can be a lot of fun for a kid.?
Stephen Geoffreys, shown here in his role as high school misfit turned vampire “Evil Ed” in the 1985 horror film “Fright Night,” will make an appearance at the Tampa Bay Screams Horror Convention June 11-12. [ Tampa Bay Screams ]
Celebrities slated to appear include Stephen Geoffreys, who played the high school misfit-turned-vampire in 1985?s ?Fright Night,? as well as Felissa Rose from the 1983 cult-horror film ?Sleepaway Camp? andDave Sheridan, who played the bumbling serial killer in the Keenen Ivory Wayans comedy ?Scary Movie.?
Local celebrity Grady Stiles III, the son of the famous ?Lobster Boy? who was murdered in Gibsonton in 1992, will also be there. Stiles has retold the harrowing story of a family headed by one of the 20th century?s most famous freak show attractions on shows like AMC?s ?Freak Show? and ?Carnie Killers.? He, like his father, was born with ectrodactyly, a congenital disorder that makes hands and feet resemble claw-like appendages.
In a 2014 interview with the Huffington PostStiles said he may have inherited the family?s disability, but he was happy that he didn?t inherit his father?s temper and alcoholism. In November 1992, his father was murdered in his home in Gibsonton in eastern Hillsborough County by a family friend with gang ties in a case that made international headlines.
Though there won?t be an official costume contest, expect to see lots of attendees in cosplay at Tampa Bay Screams. The film festival will play genre films continuously both days, including movies such as ?Craiglon Incident III Annihilation,? which was shot in the Tampa Bay area.
If you go
Tampa Bay Screams: The horror convention will have a film festival, celebrity appearances and lots of vendors selling horror-related items. $20 online, $30 at the door, free for kids 10 and younger. Noon-5 p.m. June 11-12. Ramada Hotel and Suites, 1200 N West Shore Blvd., Tampa. tampabayscreams.com.
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[description] => Das 9-Euro-Ticket ist da! Mag man von dem Ansatz, die Bevölkerung genau so zu entlasten, halten, was man will. ? Als brave Bürger wollen wir es jetzt natürlich nutzen. Schließlich geht es auch darum, dass sich der öffentliche Nahverkehr als Alternative zum Auto präsentiert. Wir waren (zumindest vor Corona) leidenschaftliche Zugfahrende. Daher haben wir schon ... Read more
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Das 9-Euro-Ticket ist da! Mag man von dem Ansatz, die Bevölkerung genau so zu entlasten, halten, was man will. ? Als brave Bürger wollen wir es jetzt natürlich nutzen. Schließlich geht es auch darum, dass sich der öffentliche Nahverkehr als Alternative zum Auto präsentiert. Wir waren (zumindest vor Corona) leidenschaftliche Zugfahrende. Daher haben wir schon einiges ausprobiert. So können wir ein paar Tipps weitergeben für alle, die jetzt bahntaugliche Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen suchen.
Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen: Erreichbarkeit mit Bus und Bahn
In diesem Beitrag präsentiere ich Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen, die sich auch gut mit dem Zug erreichen lassen. Alle Orte kenne ich aus eigener Erfahrung. Nicht in allen waren wir selbst mit dem Zug. Als Service für euch habe ich aber überall die jeweilige Entfernung zum Bahnhof recherchiert und geschaut, wie gut man hin und weiter kommt. So könnt ihr abschätzen, wie gut eine Anreise mit Bus und Bahn zum jeweiligen Ausflugsziel funktioniert.
Alle einsteigen, bitte!
Nach kurzem Überlegen habe ich es mir gespart, eine detaillierte Anfahrtsbeschreibung samt Buslinien etc. mitzuliefern. Google Maps zeigt das so schnell für einen ersten Überblick. Mit wenigen Klicks (in der Routenfunktion auf das Bus-Symbol) gibt es ein optisch ansprechendes und sofort umsetzbares Ergebnis. Für Schritt 2 hilft die App der Deutschen Bahn. (Bei Schritt 3 bei den Bussen ist dann allerdings wieder Google Maps hilfreicher, das kriegt die Bahn immer noch nicht hin, glaube ich. Das läuft in anderen Ländern übrigens besser.)
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Familienzeit im Zug sieht zugegebenermaßen bei uns oft so aus. Es lassen sich aber auch prima tiefgründige Gespräche führen und Spiele spielen.
Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen mit dem 9-Euro-Ticket
Hier kommen nun also meine 17 Tipps für Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen, die gut mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln erreichbar sind.
Gemeinsames Hörspiel-Hören war für unsere Jungs auch immer eine schöne Beschäftigung beim Zugfahren.
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Bad Zwischenahn: Im Land der Parks und Gärten
In die kleine Stadt im Ammerland kommen Ausflügler gut mit der Bahn. Zehn Minuten Fußmarsch sind es bis zum Freilichtmuseum Ammerländer Bauernhaus direkt am Zwischenahner Meer. Das ist auch schon mitten im Stadtzentrum. Was es dort sonst noch zu tun gibt, habe ich hier aufgeschrieben: Kurztrip nach Bad Zwischenahn: Unser Familienprogramm.
Durch das Freilichtmuseum Bad Zwischenahn kann man einfach so durchspazieren.
Extratipp: In 17 Minuten geht es vom Bahnhof aus mit dem Bus in den Park der Gärten. Der ist nicht nur, aber auch für Familien ein hervorragendes Ausflugsziel. Warum, steht hier: Park der Gärten ? floraler Familienspaß in Bad Zwischenahn.
Der ?Cottage Garden? im Park der Gärten ist einer von 44 komplett eingerichteten Mustergärten.
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Borkum: Mit der Bahn (fast) auf die Insel
Die Nordseeinsel gehört nun zugegebenermaßen nicht zu den so richtig leicht erreichbaren Ausflugszielen in Niedersachsen. Aber wer ein paar Tage bleiben will, kommt prima mit dem Zug zur Insel! Wir haben das tatsächlich schon genau so gemacht. Zu Hause aufs Fahrrad, zum Bahnhof, dann mit dem Niedersachsenticket nach Emden. Dort samt Rädern auf die Fähre ? und schon im Urlaub! Funktioniert einwandfrei und komplett CO˛-neutral. (Die Borkum-Fähre ist nämlich auch noch besonders umweltfreundlich.) Wie der Insel-Trip mit Kindern und Fahrrädern dann im Detail aussehen kann (und welche Unterkunft wir wärmstens empfehlen können), steht ausführlich hier im Blog: Was muss man auf Borkum gesehen haben?
Der Strand mit ?Milchbude? ist nur eine von vielen schönen Seiten der Insel.
Braunschweig: Kulturprogramm in Niedersachsens zweitgrößter Stadt
Auch Niedersachsens zweitgrößte Stadt ist einen Ausflug wert. Zwei Stationen mit der Straßenbahn vom Bahnhof in die Innenstadt auf Höhe Schloss ? allein das ist für Landeier wie uns ja schon ein Abenteuer! Im Stadtzentrum ist dann alles fußläufig zu erreichen. Tipps für jedes Wetter und jede Jahreszeit habe ich hier parat: Braunschweig im Winter ? mit Baby und großen Kindern und Braunschweig im Sommer ? mit Kleinkind und Teenager.
Ein Haus wie ein Bilderbuch: Das Happy Rizzi Haus beeindruckt in Braunschweig Besuchende aller Generationen.
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Bückeburg: Familienausflug aufs Land
Immer wieder gerne empfehle ich meine Geburtsstadt als Ausflugsziel. ? Nicht nur aus Lokalpatriotismus, sondern aus Überzeugung. Wir haben es so schön hier im Schaumburger Land! Mit einem traumhaft schönen Schloss, der Hofreitschule und dem interessant gemachten Hubschraubermuseum bietet Bückeburg interessante Anlaufstellen für Familien. Vom Bahnhof geht es nur eine kurze Strecke immer geradeaus bis zum Marktplatz (und weiter zum Schloss). Der Clou (für die Zeit nach dem 9-Euro-Ticket): Da Bückeburg fast genau auf der Landesgrenze liegt, gelten hier sowohl das Niedersachsenticket als auch das für Nordrhein-Westfalen. Ausführlich gebloggt über Bückeburgs Reize habe ich hier: Wunderschönes Bückeburg ? Ausflug ins Schaumburger Land.
Das fürstliche Mausoläum in Bückeburg zählt zu den größten nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern in ganz Europa.
Extratipp: Die Outdoor-Escape-Tour ?Drachenprüfung? ist das ideale Familienprogramm, um die kleine Stadt auf eigene Faust zu entdecken.
Sind hier nicht irgendwo ?Drachenrunen? zu finden?? Die Drachenprüfung ist eine spannende Schnitzeljagd voller Rätsel für jedes Alter. Sie führt quer durch die bildschöne Kleinstadt und lenkt den Blick auch in verborgene Ecken.
Einbeck: Mehr als Bier!
Die wunderschönene Fachwerkstadt im Süden Niedersachsens ist ein absolut empfehlenswertes Ausflugsziel. Wir haben hier einen herrlichen Tag verbracht. Bier und Blaudruck sind die stärksten Argumente für die reiferen Semester. Wer mit Kindern unterwegs ist, sollte einen Blick auf den Bericht von unserer Spielplatz-Safari werfen. Allen ? auch Leuten, denen Autos total wumpe sind ? lege ich einen Besuch im PS-Speicher ans Herz! Unser Erfahrungsbericht: Einbeck mit Kindern ? Oldtimer, Bier und Spielplätze.
In Einbeck bestehen ganze Straßenzüge aus intakten Fachwerkfassaden!
Die Anfahrt mit der Bahn funktioniert prima, aber auf Umwegen. Der Regionalexpress fährt nämlich nur bis ins eingemeindete Salzderhelden. (Das ist mit seiner Burgruine und den Leinepoldern übrigens selbst schon ein nettes Ausflugsziel. Hier habe ich auch darüber gebloggt: Salzderhelden ? Ausflugstipp zu Heldenburg und Leinepoldern.) Von dort geht es mit der Bimmelbahn in weniger als zehn Minuten ins historische Zentrum von Einbeck.
Ein Ausflug nach Salzderhelden und zur Heldenburg lohnt sich für Familien durchaus.
Goslar: Ausflug in den Harz
Rund zehn Minuten Fußmarsch sind es vom Bahnhof Goslar zum Rand der wunderschönen Altstadt. Noch einmal so lange braucht man bis zur Kaiserpfalz an ihrem gegenüberliegenden Ende. ? Zumindest bei einem strammen Marsch. Zu dem wird bei all der Fachwerkpracht, die unterwegs herumsteht, aber wohl niemand Lust haben. Goslar ist eine tolle Stadt für kleine Entdeckungen. Direkt vom Stadtgebiet lassen sich außerdem kleine Wanderungen direkt in die herrliche Natur des Harzes starten. Konkrete Vorschläge liefert mein aktueller Bericht: Goslar mit Kindern ? Kurztrip in den Harz.
Die Kaiserpfalz in Goslar zählt zu den ältesten erhaltenen Bauten, die keine Kirche sind.
Extratipp: Das Besucherbergwerk Rammelsberg ist ein absolutes Abenteuer! Vom Bahnhof aus braucht es allerdings mindestens eine halbe Stunde Fußmarsch oder eine fast ebenso lange Busfahrt durch die Brust ins Auge. Wer sich noch ein bisschen mehr Zeit nimmt, kann das aber auch gleich mit einer schönen kleinen Wanderung verbinden. Tipps dazu stehen hier: Besucherbergwerk Rammelsberg für Familien.
Die jahrhundertealte Bergbautechnik passt kaum auf ein einzelnes Foto?
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Göttingen: Ein Tag in der Universitätsstadt
Knapp zehn Minuten sind es zu Fuß bis in die Altstadt vom Bahnhof aus. Wer schneller sein und die Reichweite erhöhen will, mietet dort einfach Fahrräder (rechtzeitig vorbestellen!). Dann funktioniert auch ein Abstecher zum Dingssee mit seinem schönen Spielplatz. Weitere Tipps bietet dieser Artikel hier im Reiseblog: Göttingen mit Kindern ? Ausflug mit Teenagern und Kleinkind.
Göttingen hat Familien einiges zu bieten?
Hann. Münden: Der Geburtsort der Weser
Wo am Zusammenfluss von Werra und Fulda die Weser entsteht, sollte man sich unbedingt einmal anschauen. 500 Meter immer geradeaus geht es vom Bahnhof ? dann stehen Besuchende schon in der wunderschönen Altstadt. Durch üppige Fachwerkpracht geht es einen weiteren Kilometer bis zum ?Weserkuss?. ? Absolut machbar für Familien. Auch hier lässt sich direkt vom Stadtgebiet aus loswandern. Was die traumhaft schön gelegene Stadt am südlichen Rand von Niedersachsen sonst noch zu bieten hat, berichte ich hier: Hann. Münden mit Kindern ? Städtetrip ins Weserbergland.
Bis zu diesem Aussichtspunkt hoch über dem ?Weserkuss? schaffen es Familien durchaus auch vom Bahnhof aus (mit etwas Wander-Ehrgeiz). Ansonsten ist es auch unten in der Altstadt wunderschön!
Hannover: Ausflug in die ?Hauptstadt?
Die Landeshauptstadt ist mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln perfekt zu bewältigen. Der Hauptbahnhof ist selbst schon fast die erste Sehenswürdigkeit. ?Unterm Schwanz? vorbei oder wahlweise durch die halb unterirdische Ladenstraße Passarelle geht es in wenigen Minuten ins Stadtzentrum. Am Kröpcke fahren Stadtbahnen erst unter-, später überirdisch im Minutentakt Ziele im gesamten Stadtgebiet an. Besonders schönes Ausflugsziel für Familien ist hier der Zoo. Auch schön: Die Herrenhäuser Gärten. Beides ist mit den Öffis bestens zu erreichen.
Die Bootsfahrt auf dem ?Sambesi? im Zoo Hannover ist ein ziemlich immersives Erlebnis.
Unser aktuellster Erfahrungsbericht ist aus dem Sommer 2021: Hannover mit Kleinkind ? Lohnt sich ein Städtetrip? (Weitere mit anderen Schwerpunkten sind dort verlinkt.)
Ein Ausflug in die Großstadt macht auch mit Kleinkind Spaß!
Lingen: Ein Tag im Emsland
Der kurze Spaziergang vom Bahnhof in Lingens Innenstadt führt gleich erst einmal an einem tollen Spielplatz vorbei. Und am Pulverturm, einem der Wahrzeichen der sehenswerten Stadt im Emsland. Wer es schafft, durchzumarschieren, steht keine zehn Minuten später in der gemütlichen Fußgängerzone. Wie sich dort dann ein fantastischer Familienausflug verbringen lässt, seht hier: Lingen mit Kindern ? Erkundungen im Emsland.
Was es mit unserem merkwürdigen Gefährt auf sich hat, mit dem wir vorm Lingener Rathaus vorfahren, steht im oben verlinkten Blogbericht.
Oldenburg: Bummel durch Deutschlands größte Fußgängerzone
Der Bahnhof ist etwa einen Kilometer außerhalb der Innenstadt gelegen. Dafür führt der Spaziergang am Hafen vorbei, wo im Sommer ein Stadtstrand eingerichtet wird. Wer sich die Puste lieber für Deutschlands größte zusammenhängende Fußgängerzone aufheben möchte, nimmt einfach den Bus. Warum sich ein Ausflug nach Oldenburg lohnt, habe ich hier aufgeschrieben: Oldenburg mit Kindern ? Städtetrip mit Kleinkind und Teenagern.
Oldenburg lässt sich auch ganz entspannt vom Wasser aus erkunden.
Verden: Entdeckungstour mit Magie
Keine zehn Minuten Fußweg sind es vom Bahnhof in die Altstadt. Ein Bummel durch die kleine Stadt am Rande der Südheide lohnt sich durchaus. Stärkstes Argument für einen Besuch ist für Familien allerdings der Magic Park Verden. Der sympathische kleine Vergnügungspark liegt am Ortsrand. Direkt am Bahnhof startet ein Bus, der eine Viertelstunde später dort ankommt. Auch zum erstaunlichen geologischen Phänomen der Verdener Wanderdüne fährt ein Bus. Absolute Empfehlung! Unser Erfahrungsbericht: Verden mit Kindern ? Tipps für den Städtetrip.
Hier geht es ins Land der Magie?
Papenburg: Mal ganz was Anderes!
Immer am Hauptkanal lang geht es vom Bahnhof in die Altstadt. Schon nach wenigen Gehminuten wird es hübsch! Großes Manko: Der obligatorische Ausflug zur Meyer-Werft funktioniert mit dem ÖPNV so gar nicht. Wer unbedingt sehen möchte, wie Kreuzfahrtschiffe gebaut werden (interessant ist das schon), kann sich nach einem kurzen Stadtspaziergang an ?Meyers Mühle? Fahrräder leihen. Bis zum empfehlenswerten Freilichtmuseum der Von-Velen-Anlage fährt dagegen ein Bus, der nur knapp zehn Minuten braucht. Unser Erfahrungsbericht: Papenburg mit Kindern ? Städtetrip ins Emsland.
Der Hauptkanal durchzieht Papenburg der Länge nach. Hier liegen etliche Museumsschiffe vor Anker.
Stade: Ausflug ans (und aufs) Wasser
Wer aus Hamburg kommt, kann sogar mit der S-Bahn nach Stade fahren. Besuchende von weiter weg nehmen den Regionalexpress. Vom Bahnhof aus spazieren alle in fünf Minuten am Burggraben entlang bis zur Museumsinsel. (Also, die mit Kindern brauchen dafür natürlich oft länger. Ihr kennt das?) Das kleine und von außen frei zugängliche Freilichtmuseum ist jedenfalls gleich einer der schönsten Orte der Hansestadt (finde ich). Über die Brücke geht es dann mitten hinein in die Stader Altstadt. Besonders toll ist es dort am Fischmarkt an der Schwinge, wo sich Cafés und Restaurants aneinanderreihen. Dass sich vor allem auch ein Ausflug AUFS Wasser lohnt, haben wir bei unserem Städtetrip herausgefunden: Stade mit Kindern ? Ausflug in die Hansestadt.
Diese Brücke führt an der Museumsinsel vorbei Richtung Innenstadt.
Wilhelmshaven: Ein Tag am Meer
In Wilhelmshaven liegt der Bahnhof mitten in der Innenstadt. Am Südstrand locken viele Attraktionen wie Museen und auch das Aquarium. Bis dahin ist es ein Spaziergang von etwa einer guten halben Stunde. Aus eigener Erfahrung empfehlen können wir Wilhelmshaven mit Fahrrädern. Dann ist sind auch das spannende Terminal des Containerhafens und der sehenswerte Störtebeker-Park problemlos in Reichweite. Wir kennen die Stadt am Jadebusen im Frühsommer mit großem Kind (und Baby im Bauch) und mit Teenagern und Kleinkind. Verbloggt sind unsere Erfahrung hier als Städtetrip an die Nordsee und wilhelmshaven mit Kindern.
Wilhelmshaven am Südstrand.
Wolfenbüttel: Perfektes Ausflugsziel für Familien
Kurz vor Schluss habe ich noch einmal eine besonders herzliche Empfehlung. Die kleine Stadt im nordöstlichen Harzvorland ist eine absolute Fachwerk-Perle und mit etlichen familienfreundlichen Sehenswürdigkeiten gesegnet. Vom Fachwerk-Schloss bis zum Mitmach-Museum für Kinder wird so einiges geboten. Besonders cool fanden wir auch den Abenteuer-Spaziergang ?Schatten über Wolfenbüttel? per kostenloser App. Die Anfahrt mit dem Zug klappt wunderbar. Bei einem Wochenend-Trip haben wir das selbst ausprobiert. Knapp zehn Minuten sind es vom Bahnhof bis zum Schloss, ebenso weit ist es bis in die Altstadt. Wir lieben die Stadt so, dass es wieder gleich zwei Erfahrungsberichte gibt: Wolfenbüttel mit Kindern und dann noch einmal Wolfenbüttel im Sommer.
Wolfenbüttels Fachwerkschloss.
Wolfsburg mit Phaeno
Perfekt für einen Ausflug mit dem Zug geeignet ist Wolfsburg! Gleich vorm Hauptbahnhof wird es ? nicht nur ? für Familien interessant. Buchstäblich nebenan liegt nämlich das Phaeno. Das interaktive Museum für Natur und Technik ist ein absoluter Superlativ. Hier lässt sich leicht ein kompletter Tag verbringen. Wer mehr sehen will, findet auch die Autostadt und den Allerpark in Laufreichweite. Unsere Erfahrungsberichte: Wolfsburg mit Kindern ? ein Tag in der Erlebnisstadt und Phaeno mit Kleinkind und Teenager.
Selber machen ist Trumpf im Phaeno.
Mehr Tipps fürs 9-Euro-Ticket
Klar, dass bei so einem Angebot wie dem 9-Euro-Ticket die Tipps in allen Reiseblogs nur so aus dem Boden schießen. Hier habe ich Empfehlungen von Kolleg:innen für andere Regionen gefunden:
Ausflüge ? so wichtig!
Zum Schluss möchte ich noch einmal eine Lanze brechen. Von mancher Seite wird suggeriert, es sei nicht okay, das 9-Euro-Ticket für Vergnügungsfahrten zu nutzen. (Meine sehr geschätzte Reiseblogger-Kollegin Janett von Teilzeitreisender hat sich mit dieser Meinung zum Beispiel in die Brandung gestellt.)
Ich finde: Blödsinn! Gelegenheiten darf man nutzen. Und Ausflüge sind gerade für Familien mit Kindern so eine wichtige Angelegenheit!
Klar: Es gibt Wichtigeres. Krieg, steigende Lebenshaltungskosten, drohender Klimakollaps. ? Die Zeiten sind bitter. Umso wichtiger ist es, sich regelmäßig gezielt eine Auszeit zu nehmen und das Leben zu genießen. Wofür sonst machen wir das alles? Wenn wir bedröppelt auf dem Sofa sitzen bleiben, ist niemandem geholfen. Solange Infektionsstatus, Zeit und Kontostand es erlauben: nichts wie raus!
Der Weg ins Abenteuer beginnt am Bahnhof.
Gemeinsame Zeit verbringen, zusammen Neues zu erleben, schweißt Familien zusammen. Ich merke das jetzt, wo meine Jungs langsam groß sind. Die beiden haben inzwischen oft keine Lust mehr, mitzukommen. Umso dankbarer bin ich, dass wir in ihrer Kindheit gemeinsam so viel unterwegs waren. Dabei sind unzählige wertvolle Erinnerungen entstanden. In den gemütlichen Stunden ? die es ja zum Glück nach wie vor gibt ? in denen wir beisammen sitzen und uns unterhalten, geraten wir leicht von einem nostalgischen ?Weißt du noch?? ins nächste.
Und die betreffen fast immer Reisen und Ausflüge. Da ist natürlich zum einen unsere 11-monatige Europareise. (Meine Güte, was bin ich froh, dass wir die gemacht haben!!) Aber auch ganz simple Wanderungen in der direkten Nachbarschaft haben Erinnerungspotenzial. Immer gerne haben wir Kurztrips und Tagesausflüge in kleine und größere Städte in der weiteren Umgebung unternommen. Seit 2013 habe ich über die meisten davon gewissenhaft gebloggt. Deshalb habe ich einen riesengroßen Fundus, aus dem ich jetzt bequem mit der Bahn erreichbare Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen empfehlen kann.
Ob nachher in den Zügen das absolute Chaos ausbricht? Das müssen wir natürlich abwarten? Erfahrungsgemäß wird wenig so heiß gegessen wie gekocht.
Verden, unweit der nächsten Bushaltestelle: Eine Mini-Wüste mitten im Wald ? beeindruckt selbst Teenager nach einem langen Tag.
Transparenz-Hinweis: Dieser Beitrag ist ohne Unterstützung oder Einwirkung entstanden. Die einzelnen Städte und Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen haben wir großteils im Rahmen von Reiseblogger-Kooperationen besucht. (Das steht dann in den verlinkten Detail-Berichten dabei.) Die Aufnahme in diese Liste ist davon völlig unabhängig und beruht vielmehr auf meinen subjektiven Erfahrungen vor Ort.
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Das 9-Euro-Ticket ist da! Mag man von dem Ansatz, die Bevölkerung genau so zu entlasten, halten, was man will. ? Als brave Bürger wollen wir es jetzt natürlich nutzen. Schließlich geht es auch darum, dass sich der öffentliche Nahverkehr als Alternative zum Auto präsentiert. Wir waren (zumindest vor Corona) leidenschaftliche Zugfahrende. Daher haben wir schon einiges ausprobiert. So können wir ein paar Tipps weitergeben für alle, die jetzt bahntaugliche Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen suchen.
Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen: Erreichbarkeit mit Bus und Bahn
In diesem Beitrag präsentiere ich Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen, die sich auch gut mit dem Zug erreichen lassen. Alle Orte kenne ich aus eigener Erfahrung. Nicht in allen waren wir selbst mit dem Zug. Als Service für euch habe ich aber überall die jeweilige Entfernung zum Bahnhof recherchiert und geschaut, wie gut man hin und weiter kommt. So könnt ihr abschätzen, wie gut eine Anreise mit Bus und Bahn zum jeweiligen Ausflugsziel funktioniert.
Alle einsteigen, bitte!
Nach kurzem Überlegen habe ich es mir gespart, eine detaillierte Anfahrtsbeschreibung samt Buslinien etc. mitzuliefern. Google Maps zeigt das so schnell für einen ersten Überblick. Mit wenigen Klicks (in der Routenfunktion auf das Bus-Symbol) gibt es ein optisch ansprechendes und sofort umsetzbares Ergebnis. Für Schritt 2 hilft die App der Deutschen Bahn. (Bei Schritt 3 bei den Bussen ist dann allerdings wieder Google Maps hilfreicher, das kriegt die Bahn immer noch nicht hin, glaube ich. Das läuft in anderen Ländern übrigens besser.)
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Familienzeit im Zug sieht zugegebenermaßen bei uns oft so aus. Es lassen sich aber auch prima tiefgründige Gespräche führen und Spiele spielen.
Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen mit dem 9-Euro-Ticket
Hier kommen nun also meine 17 Tipps für Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen, die gut mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln erreichbar sind.
Gemeinsames Hörspiel-Hören war für unsere Jungs auch immer eine schöne Beschäftigung beim Zugfahren.
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Bad Zwischenahn: Im Land der Parks und Gärten
In die kleine Stadt im Ammerland kommen Ausflügler gut mit der Bahn. Zehn Minuten Fußmarsch sind es bis zum Freilichtmuseum Ammerländer Bauernhaus direkt am Zwischenahner Meer. Das ist auch schon mitten im Stadtzentrum. Was es dort sonst noch zu tun gibt, habe ich hier aufgeschrieben: Kurztrip nach Bad Zwischenahn: Unser Familienprogramm.
Durch das Freilichtmuseum Bad Zwischenahn kann man einfach so durchspazieren.
Extratipp: In 17 Minuten geht es vom Bahnhof aus mit dem Bus in den Park der Gärten. Der ist nicht nur, aber auch für Familien ein hervorragendes Ausflugsziel. Warum, steht hier: Park der Gärten ? floraler Familienspaß in Bad Zwischenahn.
Der ?Cottage Garden? im Park der Gärten ist einer von 44 komplett eingerichteten Mustergärten.
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Borkum: Mit der Bahn (fast) auf die Insel
Die Nordseeinsel gehört nun zugegebenermaßen nicht zu den so richtig leicht erreichbaren Ausflugszielen in Niedersachsen. Aber wer ein paar Tage bleiben will, kommt prima mit dem Zug zur Insel! Wir haben das tatsächlich schon genau so gemacht. Zu Hause aufs Fahrrad, zum Bahnhof, dann mit dem Niedersachsenticket nach Emden. Dort samt Rädern auf die Fähre ? und schon im Urlaub! Funktioniert einwandfrei und komplett CO˛-neutral. (Die Borkum-Fähre ist nämlich auch noch besonders umweltfreundlich.) Wie der Insel-Trip mit Kindern und Fahrrädern dann im Detail aussehen kann (und welche Unterkunft wir wärmstens empfehlen können), steht ausführlich hier im Blog: Was muss man auf Borkum gesehen haben?
Der Strand mit ?Milchbude? ist nur eine von vielen schönen Seiten der Insel.
Braunschweig: Kulturprogramm in Niedersachsens zweitgrößter Stadt
Auch Niedersachsens zweitgrößte Stadt ist einen Ausflug wert. Zwei Stationen mit der Straßenbahn vom Bahnhof in die Innenstadt auf Höhe Schloss ? allein das ist für Landeier wie uns ja schon ein Abenteuer! Im Stadtzentrum ist dann alles fußläufig zu erreichen. Tipps für jedes Wetter und jede Jahreszeit habe ich hier parat: Braunschweig im Winter ? mit Baby und großen Kindern und Braunschweig im Sommer ? mit Kleinkind und Teenager.
Ein Haus wie ein Bilderbuch: Das Happy Rizzi Haus beeindruckt in Braunschweig Besuchende aller Generationen.
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Bückeburg: Familienausflug aufs Land
Immer wieder gerne empfehle ich meine Geburtsstadt als Ausflugsziel. ? Nicht nur aus Lokalpatriotismus, sondern aus Überzeugung. Wir haben es so schön hier im Schaumburger Land! Mit einem traumhaft schönen Schloss, der Hofreitschule und dem interessant gemachten Hubschraubermuseum bietet Bückeburg interessante Anlaufstellen für Familien. Vom Bahnhof geht es nur eine kurze Strecke immer geradeaus bis zum Marktplatz (und weiter zum Schloss). Der Clou (für die Zeit nach dem 9-Euro-Ticket): Da Bückeburg fast genau auf der Landesgrenze liegt, gelten hier sowohl das Niedersachsenticket als auch das für Nordrhein-Westfalen. Ausführlich gebloggt über Bückeburgs Reize habe ich hier: Wunderschönes Bückeburg ? Ausflug ins Schaumburger Land.
Das fürstliche Mausoläum in Bückeburg zählt zu den größten nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern in ganz Europa.
Extratipp: Die Outdoor-Escape-Tour ?Drachenprüfung? ist das ideale Familienprogramm, um die kleine Stadt auf eigene Faust zu entdecken.
Sind hier nicht irgendwo ?Drachenrunen? zu finden?? Die Drachenprüfung ist eine spannende Schnitzeljagd voller Rätsel für jedes Alter. Sie führt quer durch die bildschöne Kleinstadt und lenkt den Blick auch in verborgene Ecken.
Einbeck: Mehr als Bier!
Die wunderschönene Fachwerkstadt im Süden Niedersachsens ist ein absolut empfehlenswertes Ausflugsziel. Wir haben hier einen herrlichen Tag verbracht. Bier und Blaudruck sind die stärksten Argumente für die reiferen Semester. Wer mit Kindern unterwegs ist, sollte einen Blick auf den Bericht von unserer Spielplatz-Safari werfen. Allen ? auch Leuten, denen Autos total wumpe sind ? lege ich einen Besuch im PS-Speicher ans Herz! Unser Erfahrungsbericht: Einbeck mit Kindern ? Oldtimer, Bier und Spielplätze.
In Einbeck bestehen ganze Straßenzüge aus intakten Fachwerkfassaden!
Die Anfahrt mit der Bahn funktioniert prima, aber auf Umwegen. Der Regionalexpress fährt nämlich nur bis ins eingemeindete Salzderhelden. (Das ist mit seiner Burgruine und den Leinepoldern übrigens selbst schon ein nettes Ausflugsziel. Hier habe ich auch darüber gebloggt: Salzderhelden ? Ausflugstipp zu Heldenburg und Leinepoldern.) Von dort geht es mit der Bimmelbahn in weniger als zehn Minuten ins historische Zentrum von Einbeck.
Ein Ausflug nach Salzderhelden und zur Heldenburg lohnt sich für Familien durchaus.
Goslar: Ausflug in den Harz
Rund zehn Minuten Fußmarsch sind es vom Bahnhof Goslar zum Rand der wunderschönen Altstadt. Noch einmal so lange braucht man bis zur Kaiserpfalz an ihrem gegenüberliegenden Ende. ? Zumindest bei einem strammen Marsch. Zu dem wird bei all der Fachwerkpracht, die unterwegs herumsteht, aber wohl niemand Lust haben. Goslar ist eine tolle Stadt für kleine Entdeckungen. Direkt vom Stadtgebiet lassen sich außerdem kleine Wanderungen direkt in die herrliche Natur des Harzes starten. Konkrete Vorschläge liefert mein aktueller Bericht: Goslar mit Kindern ? Kurztrip in den Harz.
Die Kaiserpfalz in Goslar zählt zu den ältesten erhaltenen Bauten, die keine Kirche sind.
Extratipp: Das Besucherbergwerk Rammelsberg ist ein absolutes Abenteuer! Vom Bahnhof aus braucht es allerdings mindestens eine halbe Stunde Fußmarsch oder eine fast ebenso lange Busfahrt durch die Brust ins Auge. Wer sich noch ein bisschen mehr Zeit nimmt, kann das aber auch gleich mit einer schönen kleinen Wanderung verbinden. Tipps dazu stehen hier: Besucherbergwerk Rammelsberg für Familien.
Die jahrhundertealte Bergbautechnik passt kaum auf ein einzelnes Foto?
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Göttingen: Ein Tag in der Universitätsstadt
Knapp zehn Minuten sind es zu Fuß bis in die Altstadt vom Bahnhof aus. Wer schneller sein und die Reichweite erhöhen will, mietet dort einfach Fahrräder (rechtzeitig vorbestellen!). Dann funktioniert auch ein Abstecher zum Dingssee mit seinem schönen Spielplatz. Weitere Tipps bietet dieser Artikel hier im Reiseblog: Göttingen mit Kindern ? Ausflug mit Teenagern und Kleinkind.
Göttingen hat Familien einiges zu bieten?
Hann. Münden: Der Geburtsort der Weser
Wo am Zusammenfluss von Werra und Fulda die Weser entsteht, sollte man sich unbedingt einmal anschauen. 500 Meter immer geradeaus geht es vom Bahnhof ? dann stehen Besuchende schon in der wunderschönen Altstadt. Durch üppige Fachwerkpracht geht es einen weiteren Kilometer bis zum ?Weserkuss?. ? Absolut machbar für Familien. Auch hier lässt sich direkt vom Stadtgebiet aus loswandern. Was die traumhaft schön gelegene Stadt am südlichen Rand von Niedersachsen sonst noch zu bieten hat, berichte ich hier: Hann. Münden mit Kindern ? Städtetrip ins Weserbergland.
Bis zu diesem Aussichtspunkt hoch über dem ?Weserkuss? schaffen es Familien durchaus auch vom Bahnhof aus (mit etwas Wander-Ehrgeiz). Ansonsten ist es auch unten in der Altstadt wunderschön!
Hannover: Ausflug in die ?Hauptstadt?
Die Landeshauptstadt ist mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln perfekt zu bewältigen. Der Hauptbahnhof ist selbst schon fast die erste Sehenswürdigkeit. ?Unterm Schwanz? vorbei oder wahlweise durch die halb unterirdische Ladenstraße Passarelle geht es in wenigen Minuten ins Stadtzentrum. Am Kröpcke fahren Stadtbahnen erst unter-, später überirdisch im Minutentakt Ziele im gesamten Stadtgebiet an. Besonders schönes Ausflugsziel für Familien ist hier der Zoo. Auch schön: Die Herrenhäuser Gärten. Beides ist mit den Öffis bestens zu erreichen.
Die Bootsfahrt auf dem ?Sambesi? im Zoo Hannover ist ein ziemlich immersives Erlebnis.
Unser aktuellster Erfahrungsbericht ist aus dem Sommer 2021: Hannover mit Kleinkind ? Lohnt sich ein Städtetrip? (Weitere mit anderen Schwerpunkten sind dort verlinkt.)
Ein Ausflug in die Großstadt macht auch mit Kleinkind Spaß!
Lingen: Ein Tag im Emsland
Der kurze Spaziergang vom Bahnhof in Lingens Innenstadt führt gleich erst einmal an einem tollen Spielplatz vorbei. Und am Pulverturm, einem der Wahrzeichen der sehenswerten Stadt im Emsland. Wer es schafft, durchzumarschieren, steht keine zehn Minuten später in der gemütlichen Fußgängerzone. Wie sich dort dann ein fantastischer Familienausflug verbringen lässt, seht hier: Lingen mit Kindern ? Erkundungen im Emsland.
Was es mit unserem merkwürdigen Gefährt auf sich hat, mit dem wir vorm Lingener Rathaus vorfahren, steht im oben verlinkten Blogbericht.
Oldenburg: Bummel durch Deutschlands größte Fußgängerzone
Der Bahnhof ist etwa einen Kilometer außerhalb der Innenstadt gelegen. Dafür führt der Spaziergang am Hafen vorbei, wo im Sommer ein Stadtstrand eingerichtet wird. Wer sich die Puste lieber für Deutschlands größte zusammenhängende Fußgängerzone aufheben möchte, nimmt einfach den Bus. Warum sich ein Ausflug nach Oldenburg lohnt, habe ich hier aufgeschrieben: Oldenburg mit Kindern ? Städtetrip mit Kleinkind und Teenagern.
Oldenburg lässt sich auch ganz entspannt vom Wasser aus erkunden.
Verden: Entdeckungstour mit Magie
Keine zehn Minuten Fußweg sind es vom Bahnhof in die Altstadt. Ein Bummel durch die kleine Stadt am Rande der Südheide lohnt sich durchaus. Stärkstes Argument für einen Besuch ist für Familien allerdings der Magic Park Verden. Der sympathische kleine Vergnügungspark liegt am Ortsrand. Direkt am Bahnhof startet ein Bus, der eine Viertelstunde später dort ankommt. Auch zum erstaunlichen geologischen Phänomen der Verdener Wanderdüne fährt ein Bus. Absolute Empfehlung! Unser Erfahrungsbericht: Verden mit Kindern ? Tipps für den Städtetrip.
Hier geht es ins Land der Magie?
Papenburg: Mal ganz was Anderes!
Immer am Hauptkanal lang geht es vom Bahnhof in die Altstadt. Schon nach wenigen Gehminuten wird es hübsch! Großes Manko: Der obligatorische Ausflug zur Meyer-Werft funktioniert mit dem ÖPNV so gar nicht. Wer unbedingt sehen möchte, wie Kreuzfahrtschiffe gebaut werden (interessant ist das schon), kann sich nach einem kurzen Stadtspaziergang an ?Meyers Mühle? Fahrräder leihen. Bis zum empfehlenswerten Freilichtmuseum der Von-Velen-Anlage fährt dagegen ein Bus, der nur knapp zehn Minuten braucht. Unser Erfahrungsbericht: Papenburg mit Kindern ? Städtetrip ins Emsland.
Der Hauptkanal durchzieht Papenburg der Länge nach. Hier liegen etliche Museumsschiffe vor Anker.
Stade: Ausflug ans (und aufs) Wasser
Wer aus Hamburg kommt, kann sogar mit der S-Bahn nach Stade fahren. Besuchende von weiter weg nehmen den Regionalexpress. Vom Bahnhof aus spazieren alle in fünf Minuten am Burggraben entlang bis zur Museumsinsel. (Also, die mit Kindern brauchen dafür natürlich oft länger. Ihr kennt das?) Das kleine und von außen frei zugängliche Freilichtmuseum ist jedenfalls gleich einer der schönsten Orte der Hansestadt (finde ich). Über die Brücke geht es dann mitten hinein in die Stader Altstadt. Besonders toll ist es dort am Fischmarkt an der Schwinge, wo sich Cafés und Restaurants aneinanderreihen. Dass sich vor allem auch ein Ausflug AUFS Wasser lohnt, haben wir bei unserem Städtetrip herausgefunden: Stade mit Kindern ? Ausflug in die Hansestadt.
Diese Brücke führt an der Museumsinsel vorbei Richtung Innenstadt.
Wilhelmshaven: Ein Tag am Meer
In Wilhelmshaven liegt der Bahnhof mitten in der Innenstadt. Am Südstrand locken viele Attraktionen wie Museen und auch das Aquarium. Bis dahin ist es ein Spaziergang von etwa einer guten halben Stunde. Aus eigener Erfahrung empfehlen können wir Wilhelmshaven mit Fahrrädern. Dann ist sind auch das spannende Terminal des Containerhafens und der sehenswerte Störtebeker-Park problemlos in Reichweite. Wir kennen die Stadt am Jadebusen im Frühsommer mit großem Kind (und Baby im Bauch) und mit Teenagern und Kleinkind. Verbloggt sind unsere Erfahrung hier als Städtetrip an die Nordsee und wilhelmshaven mit Kindern.
Wilhelmshaven am Südstrand.
Wolfenbüttel: Perfektes Ausflugsziel für Familien
Kurz vor Schluss habe ich noch einmal eine besonders herzliche Empfehlung. Die kleine Stadt im nordöstlichen Harzvorland ist eine absolute Fachwerk-Perle und mit etlichen familienfreundlichen Sehenswürdigkeiten gesegnet. Vom Fachwerk-Schloss bis zum Mitmach-Museum für Kinder wird so einiges geboten. Besonders cool fanden wir auch den Abenteuer-Spaziergang ?Schatten über Wolfenbüttel? per kostenloser App. Die Anfahrt mit dem Zug klappt wunderbar. Bei einem Wochenend-Trip haben wir das selbst ausprobiert. Knapp zehn Minuten sind es vom Bahnhof bis zum Schloss, ebenso weit ist es bis in die Altstadt. Wir lieben die Stadt so, dass es wieder gleich zwei Erfahrungsberichte gibt: Wolfenbüttel mit Kindern und dann noch einmal Wolfenbüttel im Sommer.
Wolfenbüttels Fachwerkschloss.
Wolfsburg mit Phaeno
Perfekt für einen Ausflug mit dem Zug geeignet ist Wolfsburg! Gleich vorm Hauptbahnhof wird es ? nicht nur ? für Familien interessant. Buchstäblich nebenan liegt nämlich das Phaeno. Das interaktive Museum für Natur und Technik ist ein absoluter Superlativ. Hier lässt sich leicht ein kompletter Tag verbringen. Wer mehr sehen will, findet auch die Autostadt und den Allerpark in Laufreichweite. Unsere Erfahrungsberichte: Wolfsburg mit Kindern ? ein Tag in der Erlebnisstadt und Phaeno mit Kleinkind und Teenager.
Selber machen ist Trumpf im Phaeno.
Mehr Tipps fürs 9-Euro-Ticket
Klar, dass bei so einem Angebot wie dem 9-Euro-Ticket die Tipps in allen Reiseblogs nur so aus dem Boden schießen. Hier habe ich Empfehlungen von Kolleg:innen für andere Regionen gefunden:
Ausflüge ? so wichtig!
Zum Schluss möchte ich noch einmal eine Lanze brechen. Von mancher Seite wird suggeriert, es sei nicht okay, das 9-Euro-Ticket für Vergnügungsfahrten zu nutzen. (Meine sehr geschätzte Reiseblogger-Kollegin Janett von Teilzeitreisender hat sich mit dieser Meinung zum Beispiel in die Brandung gestellt.)
Ich finde: Blödsinn! Gelegenheiten darf man nutzen. Und Ausflüge sind gerade für Familien mit Kindern so eine wichtige Angelegenheit!
Klar: Es gibt Wichtigeres. Krieg, steigende Lebenshaltungskosten, drohender Klimakollaps. ? Die Zeiten sind bitter. Umso wichtiger ist es, sich regelmäßig gezielt eine Auszeit zu nehmen und das Leben zu genießen. Wofür sonst machen wir das alles? Wenn wir bedröppelt auf dem Sofa sitzen bleiben, ist niemandem geholfen. Solange Infektionsstatus, Zeit und Kontostand es erlauben: nichts wie raus!
Der Weg ins Abenteuer beginnt am Bahnhof.
Gemeinsame Zeit verbringen, zusammen Neues zu erleben, schweißt Familien zusammen. Ich merke das jetzt, wo meine Jungs langsam groß sind. Die beiden haben inzwischen oft keine Lust mehr, mitzukommen. Umso dankbarer bin ich, dass wir in ihrer Kindheit gemeinsam so viel unterwegs waren. Dabei sind unzählige wertvolle Erinnerungen entstanden. In den gemütlichen Stunden ? die es ja zum Glück nach wie vor gibt ? in denen wir beisammen sitzen und uns unterhalten, geraten wir leicht von einem nostalgischen ?Weißt du noch?? ins nächste.
Und die betreffen fast immer Reisen und Ausflüge. Da ist natürlich zum einen unsere 11-monatige Europareise. (Meine Güte, was bin ich froh, dass wir die gemacht haben!!) Aber auch ganz simple Wanderungen in der direkten Nachbarschaft haben Erinnerungspotenzial. Immer gerne haben wir Kurztrips und Tagesausflüge in kleine und größere Städte in der weiteren Umgebung unternommen. Seit 2013 habe ich über die meisten davon gewissenhaft gebloggt. Deshalb habe ich einen riesengroßen Fundus, aus dem ich jetzt bequem mit der Bahn erreichbare Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen empfehlen kann.
Ob nachher in den Zügen das absolute Chaos ausbricht? Das müssen wir natürlich abwarten? Erfahrungsgemäß wird wenig so heiß gegessen wie gekocht.
Verden, unweit der nächsten Bushaltestelle: Eine Mini-Wüste mitten im Wald ? beeindruckt selbst Teenager nach einem langen Tag.
Transparenz-Hinweis: Dieser Beitrag ist ohne Unterstützung oder Einwirkung entstanden. Die einzelnen Städte und Ausflugsziele in Niedersachsen haben wir großteils im Rahmen von Reiseblogger-Kooperationen besucht. (Das steht dann in den verlinkten Detail-Berichten dabei.) Die Aufnahme in diese Liste ist davon völlig unabhängig und beruht vielmehr auf meinen subjektiven Erfahrungen vor Ort.
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[description] => «This has never happened to me before, I’m still shakingWith these words, Karen Casiraghi, alias Karen Kokeshi, recounts the fright she has taken. Fabio Rovazzi’s girlfriend was the victim of a nasty assault on the street. The story arrived last night on the Instagram pages of the influencer who shared with her followers a photo ... Read more
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«This has never happened to me before, I’m still shakingWith these words, Karen Casiraghi, alias Karen Kokeshi, recounts the fright she has taken. Fabio Rovazzi’s girlfriend was the victim of a nasty assault on the street. The story arrived last night on the Instagram pages of the influencer who shared with her followers a photo of her that portrays her sitting on the ground with skinned knees. The shot is enriched by the details of what happened.
Karen Casiraghi, attacked in the street: the story
“Twenty minutes ago on my way home after a medical examination, two men attacked me.” The story goes into detail. “They threw me to the ground and snatched the phone from my hands (I was using it to orient myself).” Karen was afraid. ?I was terrified. When they got into the car I didn’t look at the license plate, they were staring at me and I was afraid they would notice and get out again, this time maybe to hurt me ». The post ends with the still frightened words of the influencer: «Such a thing had never happened to me. I’m still shaking. ‘
Love at the terminus with Fabio Rovazzi?
The girl is known to the public above all for her love story with Fabio Rovazzi. But rumors of a break between the two have been running for some time. The first was Today to declare it:?people close to the couple would have confirmed that the two have stopped being together?. The two still follow each other on social media and the photos together are still there, but the gossip does not subside so Diva and Donna also return to the question, who in these days has hypothesized that Karen would have started looking for a house in Milan to live in. alone. No confirmation and no denial for now from the protagonists who lately no longer appear together.
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[summary] => «This has never happened to me before, I’m still shakingWith these words, Karen Casiraghi, alias Karen Kokeshi, recounts the fright she has taken. Fabio Rovazzi’s girlfriend was the victim of a nasty assault on the street. The story arrived last night on the Instagram pages of the influencer who shared with her followers a photo ... Read more
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«This has never happened to me before, I’m still shakingWith these words, Karen Casiraghi, alias Karen Kokeshi, recounts the fright she has taken. Fabio Rovazzi’s girlfriend was the victim of a nasty assault on the street. The story arrived last night on the Instagram pages of the influencer who shared with her followers a photo of her that portrays her sitting on the ground with skinned knees. The shot is enriched by the details of what happened.
Karen Casiraghi, attacked in the street: the story
“Twenty minutes ago on my way home after a medical examination, two men attacked me.” The story goes into detail. “They threw me to the ground and snatched the phone from my hands (I was using it to orient myself).” Karen was afraid. ?I was terrified. When they got into the car I didn’t look at the license plate, they were staring at me and I was afraid they would notice and get out again, this time maybe to hurt me ». The post ends with the still frightened words of the influencer: «Such a thing had never happened to me. I’m still shaking. ‘
Love at the terminus with Fabio Rovazzi?
The girl is known to the public above all for her love story with Fabio Rovazzi. But rumors of a break between the two have been running for some time. The first was Today to declare it:?people close to the couple would have confirmed that the two have stopped being together?. The two still follow each other on social media and the photos together are still there, but the gossip does not subside so Diva and Donna also return to the question, who in these days has hypothesized that Karen would have started looking for a house in Milan to live in. alone. No confirmation and no denial for now from the protagonists who lately no longer appear together.
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[title] => Music and plum festival Trnkobrává returns and announces a complete line-up with the bands Chinaski, Rybi?ky 48, T?i sestry and other performers
[link] => https://themovies.packagingnewsonline.com/music/music-and-plum-festival-trnkobrava-returns-and-announces-a-complete-line-up-with-the-bands-chinaski-rybicky-48-tri-sestry-and-other-performers/
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:35:07 +0000
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[description] => The complete line-up of this year’s 53rd year is announced by the music and plum festival Vizovické Trnk Vintage, which takes place on Friday and Saturday 19 and 20 in the Rudolf Jelínek liqueur complex in Vizovice near Zlín. Visitors to this biggest music event of the summer festival season in the Zlín Region can ... Read more
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The complete line-up of this year’s 53rd year is announced by the music and plum festival Vizovické Trnk Vintage, which takes place on Friday and Saturday 19 and 20 in the Rudolf Jelínek liqueur complex in Vizovice near Zlín. Visitors to this biggest music event of the summer festival season in the Zlín Region can look forward to the top Czech and Slovak music scene, such as Chinaski, Rybi?ky 48, T?i sestry, Harlej, No Name or Mirai or singers Tomá? Klus, Katarína Knechtová and other performers and bands. There will be a traditional competition in eating plum dumplings. Fans of Trnkobrá will also see concerts by rock bands and groups such as Argema, Alkehol and BSP, but also groups such as Visací zámek or M?ága and ??orp. The program will also offer traditional stars such as Fleret and Kosovci. The festival will also include a popular competition in eating plum or sloe dumplings, open to the general public, which, thanks to its regional originality, regularly arouses the interest of foreign media. This year it will take place on Saturday from 1.20 pm. Performing bands, which have their own competition throughout the festival, will once again be involved in eating plum dumplings.
“We are looking forward to once again serving the best of the Czech and Slovak music scene, but also of what the Vizovicko microregion offers – local plum specialties and, last but not least, the famous drink from the largest fruit distillery in the world. full strength, “ says festival organizer Michal ?esták. In the festival area, it will be possible to taste fruit dumplings made from various types of fruit, from which liqueur Rudolf Jelínek produces its spirits, or to visit the distillery or slivovice museum as part of special excursions. On Friday, the festival grounds will open at 3 pm and visitors will be able to continue listening to concerts by K?ídla and Doktor PP. On Saturday, the complex will be open from 10 a.m. and the band Desmod, singers Debbi, Annabelle and Street 69 will also perform. It will be possible to stay again in a paid VIP camp, safe, fenced, guarded and lighted area with non-stop reception and storage room, the possibility of recharging telephones, showers with hot water, washrooms and bathrooms with regular cleaning service, or in a tent town for free. Tickets for Trnkobrania will be available on site for the following prices: season ticket 1,500 crowns, with VIP camp 2,100 crowns, Friday entry 800 crowns, Saturday 900 crowns and VIP camp for two days 700 crowns. Currently, pre-sale prices are several hundred crowns lower. Discounts are prepared for children of various ages, seniors and disabled. Tickets are possible buy here.
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[summary] => The complete line-up of this year’s 53rd year is announced by the music and plum festival Vizovické Trnk Vintage, which takes place on Friday and Saturday 19 and 20 in the Rudolf Jelínek liqueur complex in Vizovice near Zlín. Visitors to this biggest music event of the summer festival season in the Zlín Region can ... Read more
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The complete line-up of this year’s 53rd year is announced by the music and plum festival Vizovické Trnk Vintage, which takes place on Friday and Saturday 19 and 20 in the Rudolf Jelínek liqueur complex in Vizovice near Zlín. Visitors to this biggest music event of the summer festival season in the Zlín Region can look forward to the top Czech and Slovak music scene, such as Chinaski, Rybi?ky 48, T?i sestry, Harlej, No Name or Mirai or singers Tomá? Klus, Katarína Knechtová and other performers and bands. There will be a traditional competition in eating plum dumplings. Fans of Trnkobrá will also see concerts by rock bands and groups such as Argema, Alkehol and BSP, but also groups such as Visací zámek or M?ága and ??orp. The program will also offer traditional stars such as Fleret and Kosovci. The festival will also include a popular competition in eating plum or sloe dumplings, open to the general public, which, thanks to its regional originality, regularly arouses the interest of foreign media. This year it will take place on Saturday from 1.20 pm. Performing bands, which have their own competition throughout the festival, will once again be involved in eating plum dumplings.
“We are looking forward to once again serving the best of the Czech and Slovak music scene, but also of what the Vizovicko microregion offers – local plum specialties and, last but not least, the famous drink from the largest fruit distillery in the world. full strength, “ says festival organizer Michal ?esták. In the festival area, it will be possible to taste fruit dumplings made from various types of fruit, from which liqueur Rudolf Jelínek produces its spirits, or to visit the distillery or slivovice museum as part of special excursions. On Friday, the festival grounds will open at 3 pm and visitors will be able to continue listening to concerts by K?ídla and Doktor PP. On Saturday, the complex will be open from 10 a.m. and the band Desmod, singers Debbi, Annabelle and Street 69 will also perform. It will be possible to stay again in a paid VIP camp, safe, fenced, guarded and lighted area with non-stop reception and storage room, the possibility of recharging telephones, showers with hot water, washrooms and bathrooms with regular cleaning service, or in a tent town for free. Tickets for Trnkobrania will be available on site for the following prices: season ticket 1,500 crowns, with VIP camp 2,100 crowns, Friday entry 800 crowns, Saturday 900 crowns and VIP camp for two days 700 crowns. Currently, pre-sale prices are several hundred crowns lower. Discounts are prepared for children of various ages, seniors and disabled. Tickets are possible buy here.
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[title] => Great white sharks may have contributed to megalodon extinction
[link] => https://themovies.packagingnewsonline.com/healthandscience/great-white-sharks-may-have-contributed-to-megalodon-extinction/
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:30:12 +0000
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[description] => Journal Reference: Jeremy McCormack, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, Molly Karnes, Harry Maisch, Sarah Pederzani, Nicolas Bourgon, Klervia Jaouen, Martin A. Becker, Niels Jöns, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Nicolas Straube, Jürgen Pollerspöck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Robert A. Eagle, Thomas Tütken. Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. ... Read more
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Journal Reference:
Jeremy McCormack, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, Molly Karnes, Harry Maisch, Sarah Pederzani, Nicolas Bourgon, Klervia Jaouen, Martin A. Becker, Niels Jöns, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Nicolas Straube, Jürgen Pollerspöck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Robert A. Eagle, Thomas Tütken. Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9
Megatooth sharks like, Otodus megalodon, more commonly known as megalodon, lived between 23 and 3.6 million years ago in oceans around the globe and possibly reached as large as 20 metres in length. For comparison, the largest great white sharks today reach a total length of only six metres. Many factors have been discussed to explain the gigantism and extinction of megalodon, with its diet and dietary competition often being thought of as key factors.
In this study, researchers analysed zinc stable isotope ratios in modern and fossil shark teeth from around the globe, including teeth of megalodon and modern and fossil great white sharks. This new method allows scientists to investigate an animal?s trophic level, which indicates how far up the food chain an animal feeds. Zinc stable isotope analysis of tooth enameloid, the highly mineralised part of teeth, is comparable to much more established nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth collagen, the organic tissue in tooth dentine, which is used to assess the degree of animal matter consumption. However, ?on the timescales we investigate, collagen is not preserved, and traditional nitrogen isotope analysis is therefore not possible,? explains lead author Jeremy McCormack, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Goethe-University Frankfurt. ?Here, we demonstrate, for the first time, that diet-related zinc isotope signatures are preserved in the highly mineralised enameloid crown of fossil shark teeth,? adds Thomas Tütken, professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University?s Institute of Geosciences.
Comparison of zinc isotope signals in fossil and modern sharks
Using this new method, the team compared the tooth zinc isotope signature of multiple extinct Early Miocene (20.4 to 16.0 million years ago) and Early Pliocene (5.3 to 3.6 million years ago) species with those of modern sharks. ?We noticed a coherence of zinc isotope signals in fossil and modern analogue taxa, which boosts our confidence in the method and suggests that there may be minimal differences in zinc isotope values at the base of marine food webs, a confounding factor for nitrogen isotope studies,? explains Sora Kim, a professor from the University of California Merced.
Subsequently, the researchers analysed the zinc isotope ratios in megalodon teeth from the Early Pliocene and those in earlier megatooth sharks, Otodus chubutensis, from the Early Miocene as well as contemporaneous and modern great white sharks to investigate the impact these iconic species had on past ecosystems and each other. ?Our results show, that both megalodon and its ancestor were indeed apex predators, feeding high up their respective food chains,? says Michael Griffiths, professor at the William Paterson University. ?But what was truly remarkable is that zinc isotope values from Early Pliocene shark teeth from North Carolina, suggest largely overlapping trophic levels of early great white sharks with the much larger megalodon.?
Dietary competition of megalodon with great white sharks
?These results likely imply at least some overlap in prey hunted by both shark species,? notes Kenshu Shimada, professor at DePaul University, Chicago. ?While additional research is needed, our results appear to support the possibility for dietary competition of megalodon with Early Pliocene great white sharks.?
New isotope methods such as zinc provide a unique window into the past. ?Our research illustrates the feasibility of using zinc isotopes to investigate the diet and trophic ecology of extinct animals over millions of years, a method that can also be applied to other groups of fossil animals including our own ancestors,? concludes McCormack.
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[summary] => Journal Reference: Jeremy McCormack, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, Molly Karnes, Harry Maisch, Sarah Pederzani, Nicolas Bourgon, Klervia Jaouen, Martin A. Becker, Niels Jöns, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Nicolas Straube, Jürgen Pollerspöck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Robert A. Eagle, Thomas Tütken. Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. ... Read more
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Journal Reference:
Jeremy McCormack, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, Molly Karnes, Harry Maisch, Sarah Pederzani, Nicolas Bourgon, Klervia Jaouen, Martin A. Becker, Niels Jöns, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Nicolas Straube, Jürgen Pollerspöck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Robert A. Eagle, Thomas Tütken. Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9
Megatooth sharks like, Otodus megalodon, more commonly known as megalodon, lived between 23 and 3.6 million years ago in oceans around the globe and possibly reached as large as 20 metres in length. For comparison, the largest great white sharks today reach a total length of only six metres. Many factors have been discussed to explain the gigantism and extinction of megalodon, with its diet and dietary competition often being thought of as key factors.
In this study, researchers analysed zinc stable isotope ratios in modern and fossil shark teeth from around the globe, including teeth of megalodon and modern and fossil great white sharks. This new method allows scientists to investigate an animal?s trophic level, which indicates how far up the food chain an animal feeds. Zinc stable isotope analysis of tooth enameloid, the highly mineralised part of teeth, is comparable to much more established nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth collagen, the organic tissue in tooth dentine, which is used to assess the degree of animal matter consumption. However, ?on the timescales we investigate, collagen is not preserved, and traditional nitrogen isotope analysis is therefore not possible,? explains lead author Jeremy McCormack, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Goethe-University Frankfurt. ?Here, we demonstrate, for the first time, that diet-related zinc isotope signatures are preserved in the highly mineralised enameloid crown of fossil shark teeth,? adds Thomas Tütken, professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University?s Institute of Geosciences.
Comparison of zinc isotope signals in fossil and modern sharks
Using this new method, the team compared the tooth zinc isotope signature of multiple extinct Early Miocene (20.4 to 16.0 million years ago) and Early Pliocene (5.3 to 3.6 million years ago) species with those of modern sharks. ?We noticed a coherence of zinc isotope signals in fossil and modern analogue taxa, which boosts our confidence in the method and suggests that there may be minimal differences in zinc isotope values at the base of marine food webs, a confounding factor for nitrogen isotope studies,? explains Sora Kim, a professor from the University of California Merced.
Subsequently, the researchers analysed the zinc isotope ratios in megalodon teeth from the Early Pliocene and those in earlier megatooth sharks, Otodus chubutensis, from the Early Miocene as well as contemporaneous and modern great white sharks to investigate the impact these iconic species had on past ecosystems and each other. ?Our results show, that both megalodon and its ancestor were indeed apex predators, feeding high up their respective food chains,? says Michael Griffiths, professor at the William Paterson University. ?But what was truly remarkable is that zinc isotope values from Early Pliocene shark teeth from North Carolina, suggest largely overlapping trophic levels of early great white sharks with the much larger megalodon.?
Dietary competition of megalodon with great white sharks
?These results likely imply at least some overlap in prey hunted by both shark species,? notes Kenshu Shimada, professor at DePaul University, Chicago. ?While additional research is needed, our results appear to support the possibility for dietary competition of megalodon with Early Pliocene great white sharks.?
New isotope methods such as zinc provide a unique window into the past. ?Our research illustrates the feasibility of using zinc isotopes to investigate the diet and trophic ecology of extinct animals over millions of years, a method that can also be applied to other groups of fossil animals including our own ancestors,? concludes McCormack.
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[title] => Marlon Wayans May Have Played Will Smith?s Dad, but He?s Also Got an Hour of Stand-Up on the Slap
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:55:47 +0000
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[description] => The first season of Peacock?s Fresh Prince reboot, Bel Air, was building to this moment. The dramatic, present-day take on Will Smith?s iconic 1990s sitcom had been teasing the arrival of Lou, the absentee father of Will (Jabari Banks). With Tony Award?winner Ben Vereen having famously played Lou for one episode on Fresh Prince, expectations ... Read more
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The first season of Peacock?s Fresh Prince reboot, Bel Air, was building to this moment. The dramatic, present-day take on Will Smith?s iconic 1990s sitcom had been teasing the arrival of Lou, the absentee father of Will (Jabari Banks). With Tony Award?winner Ben Vereen having famously played Lou for one episode on Fresh Prince, expectations were high for who would be tapped for the role on Bel Air. And finally in the season finale the ?volatile and unpredictable? Lou, first introduced from behind, walked into the Banks mansion, looked around, and then turned to face the camera?revealing comedy superstar Marlon Wayans.
Wayans and Bel-Air were immediate trending topics on social media, with viral tweets about Wayans?s underrated range and some even calling for him to win an Oscar (?They shoot right past the Emmys and go, ?It?s time to give him his EGOT,?? cracks Wayans). It?s likely the only other person who could have generated that kind of response is the actual Will Smith, who Wayans says was going to play Lou before scheduling conflicts got in the way. It might have been a blessing?the finale episode ?Where To? aired March 31, a.k.a. four days after The Slap.
As Smith was dealing with the fallout from the Oscars, Wayans was receiving some of the best reviews of his 30-year career for just two scenes of work, which found the White Chicks and Scary Movie star displaying a vulnerability and fire that he rarely gets to showcase. One second, Lou is wiping away tears, saying Will ?deserved better,? only to shortly thereafter explode, grabbing his son by the throat and yelling that he ?didn?t come here to be disrespected.? Believing that Will has made his choice and must live with the consequences, Lou once again leaves his family, and leaves us wondering if Wayans will be back, or if, like Vereen, he?ll make the one-time indelible impact and never return to the Fresh Prince universe.
On the heels of his celebrated Bel-Air guest spot as well as HBO Max comedy specials, we talked with Wayans about getting the call from executive producer Will Smith, putting together a stand-up set exclusively about the Slap, and wanting to ?save the world and get the girl? in whatever role might come next.
Vanity Fair:Let me start by congratulating you on being able to say you played Will Smith?s dad. That?s a pretty big thing to have on the résumé. Considering the success of this, are you now seeking out any other famous dad roles?
Marlon Wayans: [Laughs.] That’s going to my new thing, playing all the famous dads. Like some people go for biopics, I’m just the famous dad dude. Will already did King Richardmaybe I’ll do my dad?s story, the Howell Wayans story. It’s just him having a bunch of kids.
I?ll admit that I was behind onBel-Airwhen the finale dropped, but it was impossible not to be spoiled that you showed up as Will?s dad since the internet was going nuts and you were trending. How surprised were you by the response, and what was it like seeing this kind of support and appreciation for you and your work? There was literallya story with the headline?Marlon Wayans Has Fans Calling for His Oscar After His SurprisingBel-AirPerformance.?
I was like, um, I think it’s an Emmy! [Laughs.] They shoot right past the Emmys and go, “It’s time to give him his EGOT!” Like, yo, let me get nominated first. But it felt great. And I knew it was a great part. Will had called me?pre-slap?and he was like, “I’m busy, I’m supposed to play it, but it’d be really cool if you played it.” I was like, “Yeah, send it to me.” I got the script and casting director Vicky Thomaswho I’ve known for a long time, was like, “He’d be great for this.” And I think they needed somebody that… you know, it’s crazy that the Wayans Bros. is on Fresh Prince. I think the only one else that could’ve done it and made the same impact is if Martin [Lawrence] would’ve played the father. It’d be like, “Oh, Martin’s on Fresh Prince?!”
So I just felt like the part had so much substance. I don’t know that part because I’m a father and I love my kids. I just wrote my daughter a post on Instagram for her birthday that’s like three pages long. I couldn’t imagine the pain and the turmoil that somebody removed from his child would have, especially if he thinks in his head that he did it for the right reasons. Then, I didn?t know…it?s two scenes. Like I didn’t know they were going to blow up like that because it’s literally two scenes. I had to go look at the show. I was like, “What’s going on? What did Marlon do?” [Laughs.]
You mentionedWayans Bros.which began airing towards the end of theFresh Princerun in 1995. At the time, what was your relationship to bothFresh Princeand Will?
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[summary] => The first season of Peacock?s Fresh Prince reboot, Bel Air, was building to this moment. The dramatic, present-day take on Will Smith?s iconic 1990s sitcom had been teasing the arrival of Lou, the absentee father of Will (Jabari Banks). With Tony Award?winner Ben Vereen having famously played Lou for one episode on Fresh Prince, expectations ... Read more
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The first season of Peacock?s Fresh Prince reboot, Bel Air, was building to this moment. The dramatic, present-day take on Will Smith?s iconic 1990s sitcom had been teasing the arrival of Lou, the absentee father of Will (Jabari Banks). With Tony Award?winner Ben Vereen having famously played Lou for one episode on Fresh Prince, expectations were high for who would be tapped for the role on Bel Air. And finally in the season finale the ?volatile and unpredictable? Lou, first introduced from behind, walked into the Banks mansion, looked around, and then turned to face the camera?revealing comedy superstar Marlon Wayans.
Wayans and Bel-Air were immediate trending topics on social media, with viral tweets about Wayans?s underrated range and some even calling for him to win an Oscar (?They shoot right past the Emmys and go, ?It?s time to give him his EGOT,?? cracks Wayans). It?s likely the only other person who could have generated that kind of response is the actual Will Smith, who Wayans says was going to play Lou before scheduling conflicts got in the way. It might have been a blessing?the finale episode ?Where To? aired March 31, a.k.a. four days after The Slap.
As Smith was dealing with the fallout from the Oscars, Wayans was receiving some of the best reviews of his 30-year career for just two scenes of work, which found the White Chicks and Scary Movie star displaying a vulnerability and fire that he rarely gets to showcase. One second, Lou is wiping away tears, saying Will ?deserved better,? only to shortly thereafter explode, grabbing his son by the throat and yelling that he ?didn?t come here to be disrespected.? Believing that Will has made his choice and must live with the consequences, Lou once again leaves his family, and leaves us wondering if Wayans will be back, or if, like Vereen, he?ll make the one-time indelible impact and never return to the Fresh Prince universe.
On the heels of his celebrated Bel-Air guest spot as well as HBO Max comedy specials, we talked with Wayans about getting the call from executive producer Will Smith, putting together a stand-up set exclusively about the Slap, and wanting to ?save the world and get the girl? in whatever role might come next.
Vanity Fair:Let me start by congratulating you on being able to say you played Will Smith?s dad. That?s a pretty big thing to have on the résumé. Considering the success of this, are you now seeking out any other famous dad roles?
Marlon Wayans: [Laughs.] That’s going to my new thing, playing all the famous dads. Like some people go for biopics, I’m just the famous dad dude. Will already did King Richardmaybe I’ll do my dad?s story, the Howell Wayans story. It’s just him having a bunch of kids.
I?ll admit that I was behind onBel-Airwhen the finale dropped, but it was impossible not to be spoiled that you showed up as Will?s dad since the internet was going nuts and you were trending. How surprised were you by the response, and what was it like seeing this kind of support and appreciation for you and your work? There was literallya story with the headline?Marlon Wayans Has Fans Calling for His Oscar After His SurprisingBel-AirPerformance.?
I was like, um, I think it’s an Emmy! [Laughs.] They shoot right past the Emmys and go, “It’s time to give him his EGOT!” Like, yo, let me get nominated first. But it felt great. And I knew it was a great part. Will had called me?pre-slap?and he was like, “I’m busy, I’m supposed to play it, but it’d be really cool if you played it.” I was like, “Yeah, send it to me.” I got the script and casting director Vicky Thomaswho I’ve known for a long time, was like, “He’d be great for this.” And I think they needed somebody that… you know, it’s crazy that the Wayans Bros. is on Fresh Prince. I think the only one else that could’ve done it and made the same impact is if Martin [Lawrence] would’ve played the father. It’d be like, “Oh, Martin’s on Fresh Prince?!”
So I just felt like the part had so much substance. I don’t know that part because I’m a father and I love my kids. I just wrote my daughter a post on Instagram for her birthday that’s like three pages long. I couldn’t imagine the pain and the turmoil that somebody removed from his child would have, especially if he thinks in his head that he did it for the right reasons. Then, I didn?t know…it?s two scenes. Like I didn’t know they were going to blow up like that because it’s literally two scenes. I had to go look at the show. I was like, “What’s going on? What did Marlon do?” [Laughs.]
You mentionedWayans Bros.which began airing towards the end of theFresh Princerun in 1995. At the time, what was your relationship to bothFresh Princeand Will?
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[title] => You also sang the last song with me, Shantanu Moitra
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[pubdate] => Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:40:49 +0000
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[description] => Both were sons of Delhi. Yes, KK and Shantanu Moitra. Both were best friends. In fact, KK-Shantanu was involved in work as well as personal life. The music director is very much broken by the death of the music director. Went back to the Facebook post deep in memory. Shantanu Moitra wrote passionately, “You took ... Read more
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Both were sons of Delhi. Yes, KK and Shantanu Moitra. Both were best friends. In fact, KK-Shantanu was involved in work as well as personal life. The music director is very much broken by the death of the music director. Went back to the Facebook post deep in memory. Shantanu Moitra wrote passionately, “You took me to the first recording studio. You sang the first jingle I made. For the first time in my life, I ate deep night parota with you. We shared laughter, jokes and joy together. And maybe you sang your last song with me. I will miss your smile … I will miss you so much KK. ” This is not the end. Shantanu Maitra further wrote, ?Thank you very much for everything. Rest in peace. ? At the end of it all, Shantanu Moitra added, ?We never thought of taking pictures when we were together. So there is no other picture with you without it. In fact, you always say, I don’t need your picture anymore! ?
Another music director Jeet Gannguli can’t accept the fact that KK is not there. Renowned music director Jeet Gannguli gave a last-minute account in an exclusive interview with the Times of India. KK Death: ‘Looks like I should wake up now’, Jeet Gannguli Jit Gangopadhyay has a long relationship with KK. He said, ?I was having dinner with my wife at a restaurant. I got a call from a colleague. I immediately called KK’s manager. He was equally crying. I went to the hospital on leave. ? What happened then? He won openly. “By the time I arrived, it was all over. At night when I grabbed his hand, it seemed as if he was sleeping peacefully. Even then the clothes of the concert were worn. I think Hutchil is reciting between the two songs. Get up now. ? KK Death: Actor R Madhavan, who lost his voice, mourns the loss of KK Srijit Mukherjee shared last minute photos with KK Meanwhile, KK’s body was taken to SSKM Hospital for autopsy. After the postmortem, the body of the late artist will be taken to Rabindra Sadan. There will be a song salute on behalf of the West Bengal government. This was stated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. From there, at 5.15 pm, KK’s family will leave for Mumbai with his body. KK’s funeral will be held there tomorrow (KK Funeral).
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[summary] => Both were sons of Delhi. Yes, KK and Shantanu Moitra. Both were best friends. In fact, KK-Shantanu was involved in work as well as personal life. The music director is very much broken by the death of the music director. Went back to the Facebook post deep in memory. Shantanu Moitra wrote passionately, “You took ... Read more
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Both were sons of Delhi. Yes, KK and Shantanu Moitra. Both were best friends. In fact, KK-Shantanu was involved in work as well as personal life. The music director is very much broken by the death of the music director. Went back to the Facebook post deep in memory. Shantanu Moitra wrote passionately, “You took me to the first recording studio. You sang the first jingle I made. For the first time in my life, I ate deep night parota with you. We shared laughter, jokes and joy together. And maybe you sang your last song with me. I will miss your smile … I will miss you so much KK. ” This is not the end. Shantanu Maitra further wrote, ?Thank you very much for everything. Rest in peace. ? At the end of it all, Shantanu Moitra added, ?We never thought of taking pictures when we were together. So there is no other picture with you without it. In fact, you always say, I don’t need your picture anymore! ?
Another music director Jeet Gannguli can’t accept the fact that KK is not there. Renowned music director Jeet Gannguli gave a last-minute account in an exclusive interview with the Times of India. KK Death: ‘Looks like I should wake up now’, Jeet Gannguli Jit Gangopadhyay has a long relationship with KK. He said, ?I was having dinner with my wife at a restaurant. I got a call from a colleague. I immediately called KK’s manager. He was equally crying. I went to the hospital on leave. ? What happened then? He won openly. “By the time I arrived, it was all over. At night when I grabbed his hand, it seemed as if he was sleeping peacefully. Even then the clothes of the concert were worn. I think Hutchil is reciting between the two songs. Get up now. ? KK Death: Actor R Madhavan, who lost his voice, mourns the loss of KK Srijit Mukherjee shared last minute photos with KK Meanwhile, KK’s body was taken to SSKM Hospital for autopsy. After the postmortem, the body of the late artist will be taken to Rabindra Sadan. There will be a song salute on behalf of the West Bengal government. This was stated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. From there, at 5.15 pm, KK’s family will leave for Mumbai with his body. KK’s funeral will be held there tomorrow (KK Funeral).
We wish to thank the author of this write-up for this outstanding web content
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KK Death: Actor R Madhavan, who lost his voice, mourns the loss of KK
Srijit Mukherjee shared last minute photos with KK