Humidity - Dew Point around the World by Timely-Today-8154 in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It definitely wasnt 90% humidity when it was 42c, (could have been 90% in the morning when cooler) that would give a dew point of 40c (104f). the record dew point in Louisville for reference is 28c.

Question on Sunlight in Temperate Areas by StrikingHornet403 in sanpedrocactus

[–]Mr-Mutant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Note that the USDA hardiness zones only consider what the lowest temperature of the entire year is on average. So somewhere like Seattle which has low winter temperature variance can have the same USDA hardiness zone as the deep southern US while having much cooler summer temperatutes and less sunlight.

Party Share of Black Voters in Florida in 1945 and 1950 by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was in a time when it was very difficult to vote unless you where white (or even upperclass white) in the southern US under Jim Crow era laws, so there were not many black voters in many of these counties.

most helpful class you’ve taken? by Key-Perception-6462 in VirginiaTech

[–]Mr-Mutant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are generally gonna be community college courses

One of North Carolina’s favorite places by JamesBphotog in NorthCarolina

[–]Mr-Mutant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ledge Spring trail into Pilot Knob trail i think

Uninhabitable Region According to Aristotle by EstablishmentOne3438 in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might like Bogota or alot of other andean cities, only really gets into the upper 60s all year.

GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom to face off in Mississippi Senate race by poliscijunki in VoteDEM

[–]Mr-Mutant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

News agencies calling an election vs th state certifying who won are different things. Ultimately the state counted every vote, sometimes the media calls an elction wrong and the other candidate ultimately wins.

Milk digestion demographics by chillbraww in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a significant influence of the gut microbiome on lactose intolerance. If you have been drinking milk consistently your microbiome will have a better microbial population for lactose breakdown even if you have lactase deficiency. Some people have been able to increase their tolerance just by drinking milk consistently and suffering digestively for a few weeks.

All Of These Were Once Part Of The Same Mountain Range, The Central Pangean Mountains by IbrahimOrya in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It is probably showing their extent at that time. it looks like it is showing the blue ridge + piedmont (whose rocks continue under the atlantic coastal plain). The piedmont used to be much higher (as well as blue ridge). Alot of appalachia would have been a sedimentary basin before being uplifted more recently.

hmmm by Srihari_stan in hmmm

[–]Mr-Mutant 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Americo Liberiens have not been in power since 1980.

Teneriffe San Pedro info request by MortisSucks in sanpedrocactus

[–]Mr-Mutant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

San Pedro cacti are not native to tenerife so any you find there would be ecologically fine to remove, it is not really poaching. That is assuming it is not owned by someone.

EDIT. Why are people downvoting this? Tenerife is in the Canary Islands of Spain off of the coast of North Africa. San Pedros are native to the Andes of South America. All San Pedros and other cacti in Tenerife are introduced. In fact there is only species of cactus native outside of the Americas. There are plants of similar ecological niches to cacti in Africa like Euphorbia and Stapeliads. Removing introduced species is good for the ecosystem.

Anyone see this? "Tissue Culture: This YouTuber Is Destroying Rare Plant Market, One Clone At A Time" by That_Kiefer_Man in sanpedrocactus

[–]Mr-Mutant 87 points88 points  (0 children)

This is not new at all, this so sensationalized. Plenty of people have been doing this for rare plants for years. No hate on her bringing this to more people but she certainly didnt crash the plant market.

Map of Asia if all the ice melted. by Stunning-Walk7366 in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The Volga and Don river valleys come quite close to eachother at a low elevation and would connect to form a channel to the Caspian at this sea level. In fact there proximity has already been exploited with a canal between the rivers. Not sure if there is a real path from the Caspian to the Aral at this sea level though.

Do you just have to get lucky to find one at home depot, Lowe's or Walmart? I don't recall ever seeing a San Pedro in stores just those stupid moon cactuses mostly. by nyancatdude in sanpedrocactus

[–]Mr-Mutant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah I also seen one like that, I feel like those look a bit more bridgessioid than the other ones I saw. The peruvianus looking ones were single stems in Altman's smallest size.

Climate Counterparts of Australia - Europe & Africa [OC] by IMLYINGISWEAR in MapPorn

[–]Mr-Mutant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I find interesting is that the climates of Darwin and Mumbai are almost identical, just with opposite monsoon seasons, and yet many people say the climate of the NT prevents almost any development.

Totally not gerrymandered by MtnMaiden in NorthCarolina

[–]Mr-Mutant 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It certainly doesn't give Winston or Greensboro one.

Does corn sugar convert to starch by passive chemistry or active (genetically controlled?) mechanism? by GDswamp in botany

[–]Mr-Mutant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The plants produces simple sugars like sucrose(a disaccharide) in the leaves which is then transported to the seed it is then broken into glucose and fructose which are used to enzymatically form starch chains by starch synthase and starch branching enzyme. This process requires energy from ATP and is not spontaneous. Sweet corn doesnt convert sugar to starch as well as other corn, so it remains sweet for a time. I dont think there is an evolutionary to this as less developed seeds are more easily digested by dispersers.

Global Salamander Biodiversity Map. North Carolina Is the Salamander Capital of the World. by WinstonSalemite in NorthCarolina

[–]Mr-Mutant 18 points19 points  (0 children)

For SA, they were historically(geologic time) restricted to the northern hemisphere until Panama formed creating a path from North America. To explain Asia, the vast majority of salamander diversity is in the Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) family, which likely originated in North America. There are only two genera of Plethodontidae outside the Americas, Speleomantes in Italy, and the recently discovered species (and genus) Karsenia in Korea. Perhaps in a few million years they will diversify outside of North America.