News tagged with muggy conditions
Probing Question: Can humans control the weather?
Chinese officials claimed they prevented rain on the first day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by launching rockets into the rain clouds the night before. Emeritus professor of meteorology Charles L. Hosler asserts ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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UF researcher's work takes Florida a step closer to disease-resistant grapes
Dennis Gray may not be able to control Florida’s humidity, but he wants to help popular grape varieties shrug off fungal diseases that thrive in muggy weather, and open up new markets for the state’s growers and ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Building a base for honeybees
On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California
From mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually high humidity levels for this typically arid region ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Army study improves ability to predict drinking water needs
When soldiers leave base for a 3-day mission, how much water should they bring? Military planners and others have long wrestled with that question, but new research from the Journal of Applied Physiology may now provide them a ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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