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Spain and Portugal top Europe's negative electricity price hours. That ranking is less a map of sunshine than a map of the Pyrenees

In the first half of this year Spain logged 596 hours of negative wholesale electricity prices, Portugal 462 and France 370. European solar generation reached 129 TWh in the second quarter, close to 20 percent above any previous second quarter. The usual reading is that the continent now makes more sun power than it can absorb. Portugal is the part that does not fit that reading. Its solar fleet…

Some projections show the Sahel becoming much wetter if temperatures rise. Why is this the case?

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Interstates that follow a pre-1956 US highway vs the ones built on new terrain. 70 years later the new ones still have mostly empty exits

made this from my database of whats at every US interstate exit, 700k+ places. i classified the big 2 digit interstates by whether they follow a pre 1956 US highway or got drawn on fresh alignment. east of the mississippi the route followers run 8.7% empty exits and the new terrain ones run 19.9%. empty exit means 4 or fewer places within a mile of the ramp. favorite example is I-70. its 9% empty…

What has happened or happening in this region?

Coordinates: 28.366249715999516, 29.95284552126043 Maps Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/CSQAvmNKctKt1XWJA Not sure if this post fits here or no but, I was casually browsing Egypt country on maps and saw this South of Cairo and wondered how those circular patches formed. Is it something intentionally redacted? I noticed this on both Apple maps and Google maps. submitted by /u/another_rich_dev [link]…

Were these seamount features south of the Azores above water during the Last Glacial Maximum?

They're very noticeable on Google Earth, and would be some of the largest islands in the open Atlantic if sea levels were much lower. Do we know if they were indeed exposed during the Last Glacial Maximum, or in any recent geological era? submitted by /u/Odd-Promotion2743 [link] [comments]

Is Maryland the US state much smaller and divided because it was a catholic colony?

I know Delaware, CT, RI, New Jersey are also very small or even tiner colonies but Maryland was a prestigious colony meant to bring back lots of resources and wealth being it is centered around the Chesapeake bays. Nesteled in between the two biggest colonies PA and Virigina. I am admittedly not well versed or aware of facts surrounding this. I know of the Mason-Dixon line and the battles between…

applying for the international geo bee from egypt.

hello i wanted to ask regarding the international geography bee for my 13 year old nephew. since we are in egypt it seems that there is less options or maybe im not sure of the qualifications. i did read that the qualification exam will start in September, so im looking forward for that .how ever if there are more details to know on the applications or if there are more local competitions would be…

Unlike most other mountains that look like coherent ranges, why do the southern Rockies look so random?

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Sayaboury mountains, Laos

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What are these lines?

These lines seems to go trough lakes, cities and roads. Its like they were drawn with a ruler, as i saw these lines were 10+km long. More pictures in comment This was photographed in hungary, somogy county. It cannot be seen from satelites for some reason. submitted by /u/IndependentEgg8000 [link] [comments]