El Niño, an oceanic phenomenon that affects worldwide weather patterns, significantly affected the number of enslaved Africans transported from West Africa to the Americas between the mid-1600s and mid-1800s, according to ...
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Feb 10, 2022
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Most of the Great Lakes will remain above their long-term average water levels in the coming months but won't reach the record highs of recent years, Army Corps of Engineers hydrologists said in their latest forecast.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2022
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Climate change will limit where the Winter Olympics can be held as winter changes across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study by an international team of researchers led by the University of Waterloo.
Environment
Jan 18, 2022
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For the second time in a decade, Californians will face mandatory restrictions governing their outdoor water use as the state endures another drought and voluntary conservation efforts have fallen short.
Environment
Jan 4, 2022
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Multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains and upper Midwest on Dec. 15 were the result of a rare event called a derecho, according to the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. It was ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2021
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A new Stanford University study shows rising temperatures may intensify the unpredictability of weather in Earth's midlatitudes. The limit of reliable temperature, wind and rainfall forecasts falls by about a day when the ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five U.S. states.
Environment
Dec 12, 2021
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Honey bee colonies worldwide have suffered from a range of damaging diseases. A new study has provided clues on how changing weather patterns might be driving disease in UK colonies.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2021
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NASA's Juno mission, the solar-powered robotic explorer of Jupiter, has completed its five-year prime mission to reveal the inner workings of the solar system's biggest planet. Since 2016, the spacecraft has flown within ...
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2021
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Expect a drier, warmer winter down south and a wetter winter up north, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.
Environment
Oct 21, 2021
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