In the future, we could snuff out cyclones, but weather control comes with new risks
Right now, people in coastal China are fleeing successive typhoons. Parts of the Philippines are awash.
Right now, people in coastal China are fleeing successive typhoons. Parts of the Philippines are awash.
Environment
Aug 8, 2023
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NASA's newest storm-watching satellites have collected their first views of hurricanes, offering scientists a new tool for understanding the inner workings of storms over shorter time spans.
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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As human-driven climate change amplifies natural disasters, hurricanes and typhoons stand to increase in intensity. Until now, there existed very few freely available computer models designed to estimate the economic costs ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2023
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Tropical cyclones (TCs) are responsible for significant damage to property and human life. The size and intensity of these storms are critical factors in determining the level of destruction they can cause. However, the relationship ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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A severe tropical cyclone lashed northwestern Australia Friday bringing the strongest winds the country has ever recorded, but officials said towns and cities appeared to have escaped the worst of the storm.
Environment
Apr 14, 2023
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Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will require severely cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. Doing so calls for the immediate, large-scale adoption of renewable energy ...
Environment
Mar 22, 2023
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Surrounded by miles of dried land and what remains of his famished livestock, Daniel Lepaine is a worried man. Dozens of his goats in Ngong, a town in southern Kenya, have died after three years of harrowing drought in the ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2023
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NASA recently built two weather instruments to test the potential of small, low-cost sensors to do some of the work of bulkier, pricier satellites. Both instruments have exceeded expectations as trial runs, and they are already ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2023
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Landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) can pose substantial threats to densely populated and highly developed cities on the North Pacific and North Atlantic coasts. For example, Hurricane Harvey, which occurred in 2017, impacted ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2023
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A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as "dangerous" by the United Nation's weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall.
Environment
Feb 20, 2023
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