Strong precipitation or extreme drought—the frequency of extreme weather events is increasing worldwide. Existing climate models, however, do not adequately show their dynamics. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...
Earth Sciences
May 31, 2022
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Great Lakes researchers are establishing an experimental network of air-pressure sensors around lakes Michigan and Erie to see if they can detect potentially harmful "meteotsunami" waves.
Environment
Aug 3, 2018
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Consumer brands and retailers often struggle to fully understand ever-changing customer needs. That is why you mostly find XL sizes in your favorite fashion store and no M sizes. That is why you have to spend hours looking ...
Machine learning & AI
Jan 14, 2019
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A group of American and Chinese researchers has designed and tested a microgrid system that is both robust and reliable—and therefore capable of delivering energy safely and without interruptions. This is particularly important ...
Engineering
Jun 5, 2019
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Accurately modeling extreme precipitation events remains a major challenge for climate models. These models predict how the earth's climate may change over the course of decades and even centuries. To improve them especially ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 4, 2022
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For most people, reading about the difference between a global average temperature rise of 1.5 C versus 2 C doesn't conjure up a clear image of how their daily lives will actually be affected. So, researchers at MIT have ...
Environment
Mar 21, 2024
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(Phys.org) —Their fluffy appearance is deceiving. Fair-weather clouds have a darker side, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Fair-weather cumulus clouds contain an increasing amount of droplets ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2013
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Climate researchers at the University of East Anglia have made the world's temperature records available via Google Earth.
Earth Sciences
Feb 5, 2014
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Five factors, including human activity such as road accidents, affect the survival of injured or displaced wildlife, a comprehensive review finds.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2022
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A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new study led by the University of Birmingham.
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2024
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