News tagged with cold weather
Elusive matter found to be abundant far above Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cold plasma has been well-hidden. Space physicists have long lacked clues to how much of this electrically charged gas exists tens of thousands of miles above Earth and how the stuff may impact our planet's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Clear link between solar activity and winter weather revealed
Scientists have demonstrated a clear link between the 11-year sun cycle and winter weather over the northern hemisphere for the first time.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Loss of planetary tilt could doom alien life
Although winter now grips much of the Northern Hemisphere, those who dislike the cold weather can rest assured that warmer months shall return. This familiar pattern of spring, summer, fall and winter does ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Cold winters caused by warmer summers, research suggests
Scientists have offered up a convincing explanation for the harsh winters recently experienced in the Northern Hemisphere; increasing temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic regions creating more snowfall in the autumn ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2012 |
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'Peking Man' older than thought; somehow adapted to cold
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dating method has found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting he somehow adapted to the cold of a mild glacial period.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Climate phenomenon La Nina to blame for global extreme weather events
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent extreme weather events as far as Australia and Africa are being fueled by a climate phenomenon known as La Nina -- or "the girl" in Spanish. La Nina has also played a minor role in ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Killing crop-eating pests: Compounds work by disrupting bugs' winter sleep
(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of compounds that disrupt a worldwide pest's winter sleep hints at the potential to develop natural and targeted controls against crop-eating insects, new research suggests.
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Dramatic ocean circulation changes revealed
The unusually cold weather this winter has been caused by a change in the winds. Instead of the typical westerly winds warmed by Atlantic surface ocean currents, cold northerly Arctic winds are influencing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Cities affect storms, but downwind areas can get the worst of it
(PhysOrg.com) -- Urban areas modify thunderstorms that can eventually get stronger and more violent as they leave the cities and move to downwind areas, according to a Purdue University study.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 27, 2011 |
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Biting winters driven by global warming: scientists
Counter-intuitive but true, say scientists: a string of freezing European winters scattered over the last decade has been driven in large part by global warming.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Are winters in Europe becoming colder?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite the trend towards global warming, people in Great Britain and Central Europe will possibly experience cold winters more often in the next few years. This is the findings of a study ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Florida's cold snap disaster for tropical wildlife
Iguanas dropping from trees, manatees huddling around waters warmed by power plants and marine turtles being whisked away to shelters -- Florida's unusual cold snap is a deadly one for tropical wildlife.
Jan 09, 2010 |
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Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska: Scientists now know why
Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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NASA satellite movie shows movement of tornadic weather system
A satellite animation of NOAA's GOES-13 satellite imagery showed the movement of the front that triggered severe storms and tornadoes in several states on February 29, 2012. Today, NASA released a GOES satellite ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Another severe weather system seen on satellite movie from NASA
Another powerful weather system is moving through the central and eastern U.S., generating more severe weather. NASA created an animation of data from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite that shows the frontal system ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2012 |
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