Climate change—fuelled by increasing greenhouse gases—is causing more extreme weather events worldwide.
Environment
Mar 3, 2022
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Imagine this: You take out a mortgage to purchase your dream home. But the rate you were quoted has expired, and when you go to renew it you find there's been a major hike in interest rates. With this new rate, you are no ...
Environment
Jan 24, 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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The Mount Semeru crisis in Indonesia on Dec. 4 and 5 killed at least 43 people, with 13 people missing and at least 3,000 housing units damaged as of Dec. 9. Thousands of residents, especially the Lumajang Regency, East Jawa ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2021
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Open the weather app on your phone or glance at the news and you can quickly find a detailed forecast for the weather in your location. The report is likely to affect your behavior for the day: if you put on sandals or snow ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 13, 2021
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The West Coast of Canada is known for its wet autumn weather, but the storm that British Columbia's Fraser Valley experienced over the weekend was one for the record books.
Environment
Nov 18, 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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When a plant finds itself in too much shade, it redirects its resources to reach for light. Crop yield and root development stall as the plant focuses on growing taller, striving to rise above neighboring plants to access ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2021
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A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. But it remained to be seen how much of a dent it made in the state's drought.
Environment
Oct 26, 2021
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After the sun ejected a violent mass of fast-moving plasma into space on 9 October, ESA waited for the storm to strike. A few days later, the coronal mass ejection (CME) arrived at Earth, crashing into our planet's magnetosphere, ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 19, 2021
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