The forces of fire and ice shaped Yellowstone National Park over thousands of years. It took decades longer for humans to tame it enough for tourists to visit, often from the comfort of their cars.
Environment
Jun 15, 2022
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Whichever way the wind blows, a new satellite launched Wednesday will be watching it.
Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2018
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With less than a week away from the solar eclipse, weather forecasters are keeping an eye on the cloud cover, which can make or break a person's chance to see the event.
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2024
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Scientists at Northern Illinois University continue to hone extended-range weather forecasting, identifying patterns halfway around the globe that will heighten the probability weeks later for hail- and tornado-producing ...
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2022
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub generated look-ahead projections for COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths under specific, policy-relevant scenarios. Those projections were provided ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 24, 2023
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Forecasters may one day be able to provide better flood warnings, thanks to the Apollo astronauts who landed on the moon more than four decades ago.
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2013
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Long range weather forecasts and climate change projections could be significantly boosted by advances in our understanding of the relationship between layers of the Earth's atmosphere—the stratosphere and troposphere.
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2015
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The last astronauts of the Apollo program were lucky. Not just because they were chosen to fly to the moon, but because they missed some really bad weather en route. This wasn't a hurricane or heat wave, but space weather—the ...
Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2019
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The further out in time, the more unreliable a weather forecast. That's because small variations in initial weather conditions can completely change the entire system, making it unpredictable. Put another way, in the "butterfly ...
General Physics
Jan 24, 2023
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A private company is headed back to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2012
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