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Científicos aseguran que encontraron un lugar que marca un nuevo capítulo en la historia de la Tierra

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

(CNN) —  Un grupo de científicos identificó el yacimiento geológico que, según ellos, mejor refleja una nueva época propuesta denominada Antropoceno, lo que supone un gran paso hacia el cambio de la cronología oficial de la historia de la Tierra.El término Antropoceno, propuesto por primera vez en 2000 para reflejar hasta qué punto la actividad humana ha alterado el mundo, se ha convertido en una palabra de moda en los círculos académicos de distintos campos de estudio.“Cuando 8.000 millones de personas tienen un impacto en el planeta, es inevitable que haya repercusiones”, afirma Colin Waters, profesor honorario de la Facultad de Geografía, Geología y Medio Ambiente de la Universidad de Leicester y presidente del Grupo de Trabajo sobre el Antropoceno (AWG, por sus siglas en inglés).“Hemos pasado a este nuevo estado de la Tierra y eso debería definirse por una nueva época geológica”, añadió Waters.El AWG, un grupo formado actualmente por 35 geólogos, ll...

Sykes scores 26, Mystics top Storm 93-86 but Jewell Loyd ties WNBA record with 9 3-pointers

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brittney Sykes scored 26 points and the short-handed Washington Mystics beat the Seattle Storm 93-86 Tuesday night despite a record-tying nine 3-pointers from Jewell Loyd.The Mystics, who won two games in Seattle by seven and six points, led by 25 late in the third quarter and 84-67 near the midpoint of the fourth.Loyd, who left the Storm’s last game with an ankle injury on Saturday, hit four of her 3-pointers after that. The Storm got it down to a two possession game with less than three minutes to go, but Sykes made back-to-back baskets, converting the second into a three-point play, and the Mystics closed it out.Washington let the shot clock run out on its final possession but Loyd’s attempt at breaking the WNBA 3-point record for a game bounced off the rim as time expired. Kelsey Mitchell hit nine 3s for Indiana in 2019. Loyd finished with 39 points.Shatori Walker-Kimbrough had 16 points off the bench for the Mystics (11-8), helping make up for the ...

Man had restraining order against accused Broomfield restaurant shooter

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KDVR) — A man who has a history with an accused shooter of a burrito spot in Broomfield explained what happened between the two of them in the past. Broomfield resident Pete Elliott said there are bullet holes in his home window. He said he was laying inches away when they came into his home last Saturday. “I dove off the bed, thought someone was so close in the noise, I thought there was like some of the sniper or something that got that close and just missed,” Elliott said. Elliott told FOX31 he instantly had a hunch about who the shooter could be.“I knew immediately,” he said. “I knew because of the stalking and the threats and the harassment for three years.” Sniper-like shots fired at buildings in Broomfield and Denver may be connected While he can’t definitively prove who pulled the trigger last Saturday, Elliott told FOX31 he believes it was Kenneth Fairchild, a man who he got a restraining order against almost two years ago.“We got a restrainin...

Colorado Rockies' Elias Diaz named MLB All-Star Game MVP

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Elias Diaz is the first Colorado Rockies player ever to be named MVP of an MLB All-Star Game. Diaz hit the game-winning home run for the National League in his first-ever All-Star at-bat. He crushed a pinch-hit two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the NL its first ASG win in nine seasons. The 32-year-old catcher got a bit emotional when asked about the significance of his mother's attendance after the game. Broncos safety Justin Simmons learns fire prevention firsthand The 2023 Midsummer Classic was played at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington Tuesday and ended in a final score of 3-2. Diaz was the lone Rockies player chosen for the MLB National League All-Star team. He has a batting average of .977 with nine home runs so far this season.

Renters form metro area group to fight mistreatment by landlords

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A one-bedroom apartment in the metro area is now renting for more than $1,700 a month on average. At those rates, renters have little patience for maintenance issues and other problems.With more than 225,000 rental units in the metro area, organizers of a new tenants’ rights group say it is time for renters to band together to stand up for acceptable living conditions.“Tenants have come together, created a list of their demands, a list of grievances and collected evidence and told their landlords that hey, we’re tired of this we’re fed up,” said Denver Aurora Tenants United organizer Nate Kossa. Denver one of the best cities for renters The group’s members are based in Denver and Aurora and include volunteers who have testified at the Colorado State Capitol in support of renters’ rights, including Trudy Carra-Desalero."Together we have strength, coming together as a group lets them know that we are serious we are going to hold them accountable,“ said Carra-Desale...

Truesdell Fire contained west of Evergreen

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- UPDATE (8:02 p.m.): Crews have knocked down the fire and will continue to monitor the area overnight. A small wildfire was burning west of Evergreen in the Mount Evans Wilderness.According to the Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest Service, the fire was only about a quarter of an acre, but smoke was visible.The fire was named the Trusedell Fire.The forest service said a helicopter and ground resources worked the fire.

Lord of the Supercomputers! Britain’s AI minister is a hereditary peer

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

LONDON — Nobody disputes artificial intelligence is the technology of the future — which makes Rishi Sunak’s pick for AI minister in the U.K. government a little unorthodox.Jonathan Berry, 53, is better known in Westminster as the 5th Viscount Camrose — a hereditary peer in the House of Lords whose title has been passed down the generations from father to son.There were “no castles,” Berry jokes of his upbringing, but as a child he would visit the family’s Hackwood Park estate, then owned by his great uncle Seymour Berry (the 2nd Viscount Camrose).The estate — a 17th-century mansion complete with 24 bedrooms, a Tudor-style banqueting hall, library, and riding stables — was sold off in the late 1990s. But the viscountcy, the fourth rank in the British peerage system — standing directly below an earl and above a baron — survives to this day. It was that title that allowed Berry to take his seat in the House of Lords last year, one of 92 hereditary peers who continue to sit in the...

Orioles savor first All-Star Game experience: ‘Everything I ever imagined’

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

Adley Rutschman lowered himself into a squat, just as he was bound to do within a handful of hours to catch his Baltimore teammates. But he wore no catcher’s gear. In his left hand, he did not don a mitt but instead held a pen.Before taking batting practice ahead of Tuesday night’s All-Star Game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, a game the American League lost to the National League, 3-2, the Orioles’ catcher took a moment to speak with a pair of young fans, dropping down as he would in a game to meet them at eye level before signing autographs. In the nearest major league city to his hometown of Sherwood, Oregon, Rutschman was a popular figure throughout two days of events in which he and three teammates, outfielder Austin Hays and relievers Félix Bautista and Yennier Cano, savored their first All-Star experience.Typically Baltimore’s left fielder, Hays drew the start in center field for the American League, placed between the Texas Rangers’ Adoli...

Historic LaFayette Hotel to reopen its doors after renovation

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The iconic LaFayette Hotel is reopening its doors Wednesday in the University Heights neighborhood.The $31 million hotel project, which was purchased by CH Projects for $25.8 million in 2021, was under renovation for 10 months, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. It will feature eight new dining and drinking venues, the paper reported. Some of those amenities include a 24/7 diner, Oaxacan Mezcal bar and restaurant, upgraded pool area and bowling alley, among others.Former car dealer and developer Larry Imig built the hotel in 1946, originally calling it Imig Manor. But that name changed to The Manor three years later when the hotel was taken over by Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels, and then was re-christened as the Lafayette in 1952."This is not merely a hotel. This is a living piece of history that we are all now a part of, and we’re working tirelessly to honor this institution by making our iteration the best it can possibly be," the hotel said in an...

NL beats AL in MLB All-Star Game

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:43 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The National League All-Stars on Tuesday defeated the American League All-Stars 3-2 in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Seattle's T-Mobile Park.Full story coming soon.