Thursday May 17 | Let's be smart
46 uncovered manholes spotted in 2 weeks
From the end of April to May 16 , people phoned in tips at the behest of the Technical Surveillance Authority and the Rescue Board, identifying 46 manholes all over Estonia that were uncovered or had a broken cover.
The simulated response of lakes to changes in annual and seasonal...
The simulated response of lakes to changes in annual and seasonal precipitation: implication for Holocene lake-level changes in northern Europe Experiments with a coupled lake-catchment model show that lakes in temperate humid climates are highly sensitive to changes in both mean annual and seasonal precipitation.
On a warm summer's day, Viljandi looks like a picture-pretty northern European town, on a wet December day, it looks like a dump, some sort of Dickensian slum of crooked dwellings spewing smog, one-legged tramps hobbling down a busted road, one third puddles, one third cobblestones, one third dirt, little bratty pickpockets without parents rustling ... (more)