Fontsquirrel reports: [edited]
This is Chomsky, a newspaper masthead font in the style of the New York Times masthead. This font is not an exact copy of the New York Times masthead. Rather, it aims to be suitable for running text as well, so I used a larger stem size.
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Carbon Brief reports: [edited]
The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest electricity in history”.
That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020. The 464-page outlook, published today by the IEA, also outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of coronavirus and the “highly uncertain” future of global energy use over the next two decades.
Reflecting this uncertainty, this year’s version of the highly influential annual outlook offers four “pathways” to 2040, all of which see a major rise in renewables. The IEA’s main scenario has 43% more solar output by 2040 than it expected in 2018, partly due to detailed new analysis showing that solar power is 20-50% cheaper than thought.
Despite a more rapid rise for renewables and a “structural” decline for coal, the IEA says it is too soon to declare a peak in global oil use, unless there is stronger climate action. Similarly, it says demand for gas could rise 30% by 2040, unless the policy response to global warming steps up.
This means that, while global CO2 emissions have effectively peaked, they are “far from the immediate peak and decline” needed to stabilise the climate. The IEA says achieving net-zero emissions will require “unprecedented” efforts from every part of the global economy, not just the power sector.
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Digital Photography Review reports: [edited]
Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' has been transformed into a 10 billion pixel image, enabling viewers to see the masterpiece in unprecedented detail.
The panorama was made possible using the Hirox 3D Digital Microscope RH-2000, which features a CMOS sensor capable of capturing up to 50 frames per second at 1920 x 1200 resolution.
Using this technology, Hirox Europe's Vincent Sabatier and Emilien Leonhardt scanned the painting. One pixel in the new panorama is equal to 4.4 microns.
Available to view here
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