06/03/2017

Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper

Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer information about lightning that ...

Scientists discover how animals measure time of year to reproduce

Animals need to measure the time of year so that they can anticipate and adapt to the arrival of a new season to align reproduction, as well as other vital functions critical for survival. A new study, conducted at the University ...

One in 5 residents overuses electricity at neighbors' expense

Household electricity use falls by more than 30% when residents are obliged to pay for their own personal consumption. This is shown in a new study by researchers at Uppsala University's and the Research Institute of Industrial ...

Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya

One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers".

Is Arctic sea ice doomed to disappear?

There's good and bad news for people, and polar bears, threatened by the Arctic's vanishing sea ice, scientists said Monday.

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