ازدهر استخدام بطاريات تخزين الطاقة المتجددة في ألمانيا، مع إضافة حوالي نصف مليون منظومة بطاريات جديدة خلال الأشهر التسعة الأولى من العام الحالي، وفقاً لرابطة صناعة الطاقة الشمسية في ألمانيا.
Crocodilians — today's crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials and their many extinct relatives — have been a roaring success since debuting more than 240 million years ago. And new research identifies one important factor in their success — stubbornly keeping to warm climates throughout their history. In fact, the researchers said, this trait may help explain why crocs as a group survived the asteroid strike 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, along with certain physiological characteristics that make them one tough bunch of reptiles.