UN forecasts La Nina could help lower temperatures this year
The return of the cooling La Niña weather phenomenon this year should help lower temperatures somewhat after months of global heat records, the United Nations' weather agency said Monday.
The return of the cooling La Niña weather phenomenon this year should help lower temperatures somewhat after months of global heat records, the United Nations' weather agency said Monday.
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Delhi is reeling from the most extreme heat wave India has ever seen. While the record-breaking maximum recorded temperature of 52.9°C has been called into question by India's Meteorological Department, it's entirely possible. ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2024
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Research led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) has led to a new tool for forecasting coral disease that could help conservationists step in at the right times with key interventions. ...
Ecology
May 31, 2024
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An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country's ongoing heat wave, saying that hundreds of people had died during weeks of extreme weather.
Environment
May 31, 2024
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Damaged grape berries combined with vinegar flies are a recipe for promoting sour rot, a disease that lowers vineyard yields and wine quality, according to a Cornell study reporting on field experiments in New York state.
Ecology
May 30, 2024
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When we think of climate and environmental issues such as climate-linked disasters or biodiversity loss, we don't tend to think about gender. At first glance, it may seem irrelevant.
Environment
May 30, 2024
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It created a tsunami which triggered warnings across the entire Pacific basin, and sent sound waves around the ...
Earth Sciences
May 30, 2024
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Kennedy Space Center on May 28 as their much-delayed flight to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner looks like it may finally happen ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2024
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National forecasting centers like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behavior is aggravating major events like floods, heat waves and storms, climate scientists at ...
Environment
May 30, 2024
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Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
Environment
May 30, 2024
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