Kaiyo Funaki

2 weeks ago | thecooldown.com | Kaiyo Funaki

Four reservoirs in Andalucía, Spain, have made a dramatic comeback following months of critical drought conditions and water shortages. According to Euro Weekly News, La Concepción, Casasola, and Conde de Guadalhorce reservoirs in the province of Málaga are at or near capacity following the torrential downpour from Storm Jana last month. Data from the Hidrosur Network shows that La Concepción reservoir is 93% full as of March 31, reaching 53.37 cubic hectometers.

2 weeks ago | thecooldown.com | Kaiyo Funaki

Tesla's bid to get a federal judge to recuse himself from a case involving the company on the grounds of a conflict of interest failed after he denied the request. Judge P. Casey Pitts of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the automaker's attempt to get Pitts to disqualify himself from a lawsuit regarding a Tesla with an allegedly faulty braking system.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kaiyo Funaki

A conservation project to revitalize the North Aral Sea in Kazakhstan has delivered encouraging returns, with the lake now nearly twice the size it was in 2008. According to the Astana Times, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced in January that its efforts, in coordination with the World Bank, increased the body of water's volume by 42%. As a result, the North Aral Sea now contains 27 billion cubic meters of water, and its salinity has dropped by a factor of four.

3 weeks ago | thecooldown.com | Kaiyo Funaki

A Redditor's inquiry about native plants that can outcompete invasive and non-native species sparked an insightful conversation in the r/NativePlantGardening community. The user, who lives in Southeast Pennsylvania, explained that their property has a mix of turf grass, fescue, crabgrass, dandelion, Japanese stiltgrass, and lesser celandine. "I would like to convert 2 acres of non-natives to meadow/natives," the OP added, noting that they wanted to make the area pollinator-friendly.

3 weeks ago | thecooldown.com | Kaiyo Funaki

A man recently captured images of an upsetting scene involving litter and a bird at a local park near Norwich in the U.K.The Eastern Daily Press reported that birdwatcher Edmund Mackrill snapped photos of what appeared to be a yogurt cup stuck around the neck of a herring gull at Whitlingham Country Park. The young gull, estimated to be around nine months old, did not display any signs of distress while swimming in the broad, according to Mackrill.