Tropical storm Pilar causes heavy rains as it scrapes past Central America
Tropical storm Pilar scraped past Central America Tuesday, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall.
Tropical storm Pilar scraped past Central America Tuesday, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall.
Environment
Oct 31, 2023
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Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it battered Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, according to officials.
Environment
Oct 28, 2023
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Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline water from the ocean or estuaries into freshwater systems. The seawater that has crept up the Mississippi River in the summer and early fall of 2023 is a reminder that coastal ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2023
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September 2023 was remarkably warm and quite dry across the contiguous United States.
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2023
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Extreme weather as a result of climate change has caused disasters and catastrophes around the globe.
Environment
Oct 10, 2023
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In August 2023, residents of Juneau, Alaska, watched as the Mendenhall River swelled to historic levels in a matter of hours. The rushing water undercut the riverbank and swallowed whole stands of trees and multiple buildings.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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For more than six months a year, Quebec's boreal forest is covered in a thick blanket of snow. While this is essential for the balance of our ecosystems, for the people living downstream from forested watersheds the snow ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2023
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Australia's emerging pattern of severe mega bushfires and heavy rainfall may be driving platypuses from their homes, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has shown.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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Earth's land masses have a higher chance of becoming wetter than drier as temperatures rise. In a new study, researchers found that co-occurring precipitation and heat extremes will become more frequent, severe and widespread ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2023
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A cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect blockages in sewers has shown an almost 90% accuracy rate in a recent trial. Early identification of sewer blockages is essential to reduce pollution incidents ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2023
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