The Winds That Doomed Lahaina
Gusts primed the Maui landscape to burn, then drove an out-of-control blaze. It’s a worst-case scenario that’s growing increasingly common around the world......»»
Helping baby toads is their labor of love
As baby toad season winds down in the Roxborough area of Philadelphia, volunteers are still busy helping the frenetic little critters make it alive across Port Royal Avenue......»»
Parent-teacher relations were both strained and strengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic
As school winds down for the summer, it is worth considering the past 16 months of pandemic schooling. As difficult as this time has been for schools and families, it provided an opportunity to ask: What insights into parent-teacher relations has the.....»»
Marine sediments explain how part of Brazil"s Northeast region became semi-arid
Rainfall associated with the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the belt of converging trade winds and rising air that encircles the Earth near the Equator, affects the food and water security of approximately 1 billion people worldwide. They inc.....»»
California Defies Expectations of Doom, Promises Massive Tax Rebate
As California approaches the biggest state tax rebate in U.S. history, Bloomberg News co-founder Matthew A. Winkler questions its reputation as a state doomed by over-regulation and high taxes. In fact, California "has no peers among developed econ.....»»
Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain
High winds and heavy rains buffeted coastal Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday as a disorganized and unpredictable tropical weather system churned through the Gulf of Mexico, forcing cancellation of Juneteenth celebrations in Mississippi and Alabama.....»»
Tropical weather buffets Gulf coast with brisk winds, rain
A disorganized storm system carrying tropical storm-force winds churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Southern U.S. on Friday, lashing coastal communities with bands of rain, threatening Father's Day tourism business and forcing the postponem.....»»
An act of God, or just bad management? Why trees fall and how to prevent it
The savage storms that swept Victoria last week sent trees crashing down, destroying homes and blocking roads. Under climate change, stronger winds and extreme storms will be more frequent. This will cause more trees to fall and, sadly, people may di.....»»
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Every year, the southwesterly winds of the summer monsoon sweep down the Arabian Peninsula, pushing the surface waters of the Arabian Sea away from the coast and driving an upwelling of deep waters to the surface. This rising seawater is colder and l.....»»
How This Zombie Fungus Turns Cicadas into Horror-Movie Sex Bots
Researchers explore how an amphetamine and a psychedelic help parasitic fungi spread their spores through insects’ doomed mating attempts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Cyclone"s winds, rain lash India coast after 1.1M evacuated
Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of India's eastern coast as a cyclone pushed ashore Wednesday in an area where more than 1.1 million people have evacuated amid a devastating coronavirus surge......»»
400-year-old sunken warships aren’t the sisters of doomed Vasa after all
Wood analysis shows the wrecks discovered in 2019 are the warships Apollo and Maria Enlarge / Two shipwrecks discovered in 2019 have been identified as 17th-century Swedish warships Apollo and Maria. (credit: Vrak Museum of Wrecks) Back in 20.....»»
400-year old sunken warships aren’t the sisters of doomed Vasa after all
Wood analysis shows the wrecks discovered in 2019 are the warships Apollo and Maria Enlarge / Two shipwrecks discovered in 2019 have been identified as 17th century Swedish war ships Apollo and Maria. (credit: Vrak Museum of Wrecks) Back in 2.....»»
Monster cyclone batters COVID-stricken India"s west coast
A monster cyclone was lashing India Tuesday, with powerful winds and driving rain leaving at least 20 people dead, and interrupting the vaccine programme the country urgently needs to get its spiralling COVID-19 outbreak under control......»»
Monster cyclone makes landfall in Covid-stricken India
A deadly cyclone blasted ashore in western India late Monday with fierce winds and drenching rains that turned streets into rivers, disrupting the country's response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak......»»
Winds lift Japan"s automakers, but not Nissan
In releasing forecasts for the new fiscal year, most of them are plotting a big bounce back as they put the pandemic and microchip shortage behind them......»»
Image: Hubble views a dazzling cosmic necklace
The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas—a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly known as the "Necklace Nebula," this planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away fro.....»»
"Dead clades walking": Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions
Mass extinctions are known as times of global upheaval, causing rapid losses in biodiversity that wipe out entire animal groups. Some of the doomed groups linger on before going extinct, and a team of scientists found these "dead clades walking" (DCW.....»»
NASA study predicts less Saharan dust in future winds
During 2020, global average surface temperatures were the hottest on record, tying with 2016 as the warmest recorded year. Last year was also the most active hurricane season to date, with many storms quickly intensifying. Temperature and weather sys.....»»
Ocean currents modulate oxygen content at the equator
Due to global warming, not only the temperatures in the atmosphere and in the ocean are rising, but also winds and ocean currents as well as the oxygen distribution in the ocean are changing. For example, the oxygen content in the ocean has decreased.....»»
Scientists more confident projecting ENSO changes under global warming
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. It may lead to extreme weather events across the globe due to its ability to change glob.....»»