The upcoming bushfire season in Australia may be bad, but future years pose a more significant threat, says a University of New South Wales bushfire expert.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2023
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Neil Lynch started his Saturday morning like any other: He stopped his car at Belleair Beach, griped about the hourly parking fee and set off on a 5-mile walk.
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2023
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Rivers provide water to billions of people and are critical linkages between continental ecosystems and oceans. Every run and every riffle reshape the surrounding landscape as a river transports nutrients and sediment downstream. ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2023
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Southwest China, including Yunnan Province, is prone to severe droughts due to the failure of summer monsoon precipitation. Despite the great potential for dendroclimatological studies in Yunnan, there have been very few ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2023
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Canada's military deployed to far north Sunday in the fight against hundreds of out-of-control wildfires as residents of several remote communities fled the advancing blazes.
Environment
Aug 14, 2023
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NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered the first evidence that Mars once had a climate which alternated between wet and dry seasons similar to Earth, a study said on Wednesday, suggesting the red planet may have once had the ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 13, 2023
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Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
Environment
Aug 11, 2023
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During the rainy breeding season, the underwater "conversation" among electric fish changes. Fish revved up to make a match broadcast slightly different signals to advertise their presence and identify compatible mates.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2023
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Record hot ocean temperatures and a tardy El Niño are doubling the chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Environment
Aug 10, 2023
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Since 2015, the UK's Met Office has used forenames to label storms, as a strategy for improving people's awareness of severe weather warnings. The list of names for the 2023 storm season was compiled in conjunction with the ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2023
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