Images told the story: lower Manhattan in darkness, coastal communities washed away, cars floating in muck. Superstorm Sandy, a harbinger of future extreme weather intensified by climate change, caught the country off guard ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2013
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A team of researchers at a University of Alberta institute is helping endangered prairie hawks weather the storm of climate change.
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2014
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A NASA satellite that will look at the tiniest parts of the air and ocean is set for an overnight launch from the Space Coast after a years-long path to the launch pad that staved off repeated attempts by the Trump administration ...
Space Exploration
Feb 6, 2024
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High-energy neutron scattering is a powerful tool in spectroscopy, allowing researchers to probe the physical and chemical properties of many different materials.
Condensed Matter
Dec 6, 2023
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A surprise flurry of meteors or "shooting stars" caught the eye of several casual observers in Western Europe on the night of 9–10 September. The meteors were apparently quite fast, with some bright enough to qualify as ...
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Do tornadoes take the weekends off? Researchers from NC State University examined the question of the connection between tornado frequency and aerosol pollution, and found that any link between the two is tenuous ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2013
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Tropical Cyclone Amara's eye appeared elongated on satellite imagery from NASA on December 18.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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SpaceX counted on better flying weather Wednesday as it geared up for the third time to launch a deep-space observatory, but canceled a radical rocket-landing test because of rough seas.
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2015
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Climate change will intensify winds that steer hurricanes north over Texas in the final 25 years of this century, increasing the odds for fast-moving storms like 2008's Ike, compared with slow-movers like 2017's Harvey, according ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2020
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Testing a candidate design for a subsonic parachute to slow a future mission to Mars inside Canada's National Research Council wind tunnel, in Ottawa.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2019
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