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Comment Interesting but common practice (Score 3, Informative) 52

Interesting and important project but such elevators have been built in dams all over the world, perhaps not for eels specifically. I have personally seen one in Brazil and know of others. Some species of fish can't or won't use ladders. Biologists also get to count and measure the species going up the elevator. I guess that accurate measurement of migration of several species is a very difficult process. I have no idea how effective these elevators are.

Comment Re:A photograph? (Score 1) 848

The caption of the first pucture says that it is from Crimea, so totally irrelevant. The second one is a blurry image of one tank somewhere not a column. It could be in Ukraine, it could be anywhere else. I have no idea what is happening but I find it weird that the first and only clear picture is not related.

Comment A photograph? (Score 1) 848

I'm on the other side of the world and I have no idea what is going on. But we have been hearing claims of columns of Russian armored vehicles entering Ukraine every couple days for the past month. I have yet to see a photograph. In this day and age this shouldn't be too difficult. That is the least we should expect from a newspaper that is supposed to be important (and serious?).

Comment Re:The harsh reality (Score 1) 193

Field: Engineering, Fluid Mechanics. uple of people working full time in institutions with thousands of employees? That's nothing considering that these institutions already spend millions. Two employees on each university is nothing compared with what is wasted on subscriptions and that is exactly the point. I have discussed this with several professors and colleagues often and these issues never come up. It always comes down to the impact factor of the journals. Every other is a nuisance at best.

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