Daily Field Notes #25
Welcome to the 25th Daily Field Note! Here you find the top post of the day, one covering each scientific field that is included by Geopolis. Since these authors put a lot of effort in writing a good post they surely deserve the extra exposure.
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History: Singapore, Road to success
Singapore is a famous economical hub with its roots long in history. If you want to know more on how this city state gained its high ranking on many global, economical and humanitarian rankings, you should read @unshakeable's post on its road to success.
Throughout World War II, Singapore was ruled and directed by the Japanese Empire . When the war ended in 1945, the British took over the land. In 1965, it was the first time in modern history for the country to declare independency.
Until the 1970s Singapore was facing severe unemployment and a housing crisis. But the picture changed when the country embarked on a modernization program that focused on establishing a manufacturing industry, developing large public housing estates and investing heavily on public education.
Geology: Sixteen Tons Part 1: How Coal is Formed
Coal is one of the most common fossil fuels and has been used by humanity for a very long time, but the resource is even most ancient than humanity itself. To know more about these black pieces of geological history, you should definitely read @mountainwashere's well written post!
Coal has been in the news a lot lately, what with climate change and Donald Trump's promise to restore coal mining jobs. Before we talk about that, though, let's rewind a bit to talk about where coal comes from. More than a bit, really. We're going back almost 360 million years, to the dawn of the Carboniferous. An 1880s German illustration of the Carboniferous era. ] The Carboniferous was a hot, humid period, at least for the first half or so. It featured a thicker atmosphere and much higher oxygen levels than are present on Earth today, which in turn led to much, much windier conditions and far more powerful winds than we see today. Seas ...
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