engineering
Water engineers in industry: "KAF, as in kilo acre-feet"
Water engineers in academia, as SI purists: "uggghhh... TAF - thousand acre-feet"
Me as a water engineer turned software person: "is that 1000 or 1024 acre-feet?"
in the #arXiv
A New Strategy for the Exploration of Venus
by the VEXAG Exploration Strategy Study Analysis Workgroup
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830
#Venus #PlanetaryScience #Astrodon #Science #STEM #planet #planets #solarsystem #engineering #news
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In response to our investigation that raised questions about the effectiveness of Boring’s pitch to build tunnels to ease Houston flooding, Musk said tunnels can be added if more floodwater needs to be moved. Engineers said it is not that simple.
#News #ElonMusk #Texas #Houston #Flood #Infrastructure #Engineering
Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of sunlight-reflecting particles into Earth’s #atmosphere is now a matter of serious scientific consideration.
#Environmental #ClimateChange #Engineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10212501.html