Summer in Australia is getting hotter. Extreme heat events, with daytime temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius, are becoming more common and we are getting more of these days in a row.
Environment
Jan 29, 2020
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Recent news headlines declared that one study suggested climate change will kill our sex drive and make people less likely to procreate.
Environment
Jan 15, 2016
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Outsiders who walk into a UN climate conference often experience a "beam-me-up-Scotty" moment.
Environment
Feb 10, 2015
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image which detected dozens of fires burning in Indochina on February 02, 2015.
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2015
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Meteorology meets fire science in a recent Weatherwise article exploring the violent whirlwinds that are known to wreak havoc in the nation's west.
Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2014
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Doctors have determined that almost all of the dozens of people killed on a Japanese volcano died of injuries from being hit by rocks that flew out during its eruption, police said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Oct 2, 2014
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Numerous fires (marked with red dots) are burning in Eastern Europe, likely as a result of regional agricultural practices. The body of water at the lower left of this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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Fires and the resultant smoke that comes from them are both just as widespread and heavy as they were in the month of July. Hundreds of fires dot the landscape and the Northwest Territories Live Fire map shows the extent ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2014
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April is in the middle of the dry season, which runs from January through May in this region, and naturally coincides with fire season. Farmers often use fire to return nutrients to the soil and to clear the ground of unwanted ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2014
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Siemens enables steel mills to adapt their production processes more flexibly to raw material prices and emission regulations. The newly developed JET Process provides sufficient heat energy to melt a high proportion of scrap ...
Engineering
Jan 27, 2014
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