News tagged with season
Study projects weakened monsoon season in South Asia
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The South Asian summer monsoon - critical to agriculture in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan - could be weakened and delayed due to rising temperatures in the future, according to a recent ...
Climate Change, Acid Rain Could Be Good for Forests
Oct 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After more than 20 years of research in the northern hardwood forests of Michigan, scientists at Michigan Technological University's School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science have reached a surprising ...
Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2008 |
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The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since satellite record-keeping began in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at ...
Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent, likely lowest volume
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, ...
New type of El Nino could mean more hurricanes make landfall
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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El Niño years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niño may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes ...
Caribbean at risk of tsunami
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Up to 30,000 residents and tourists could be under threat from a newly discovered tsunami risk in the Caribbean, according to experts in disaster risk management.
2007 Hurricane Forecasts Took Blow from Winds and Saharan Dry, Dusty Air
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert was a likely contributor to the quieter-than-expected ...
Scatological clues lead to an intimate view
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The guys were all stressed out. There were new infants in the community, and the guys knew from experience that that's when invaders were likely to come and kill the babies, particularly the male infants. ...
Atlantic and East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin for 2009
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What do Atlantic and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and heights tell forecasters ...
Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.
H1N1 pandemic virus does not mutate into 'superbug' in new lab study
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate ...
Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an ...
Experts predict quieter Atlantic hurricane season
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Weather experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.
Research suggests urban sprawl, wet falls and winter affect severe weather
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Previously rare big city storms - like a tornado Aug. 19 that downed trees and ripped off roofs in downtown Minneapolis and the powerful thunderstorms in New York City a day earlier - may ...
Prices for flat-screen TVs will not go higher
Dec 31, 2008 |
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Don't fret if there wasn't an HDTV under your tree. (Let's pretend it would have fit.) If you were like me this holiday season, it took considerable effort to get beyond the TV department at the nation's retailers. I was ...
