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Air contamination might increment freezing rain in the northern half of the globe

Nelish Singh - June 11, 2022 0

Freezing rain is a common meteorological calamity in many parts of the world, including tropical locations, throughout the winter and early spring. It forms...

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Air contamination deteriorates during winter at airports

Nelish Singh - June 11, 2022 0

Every year, nearly 7 million people die as a result of air pollution around the world. Airports, according to McGill University experts, are hotspots...

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Drought currently impacting the upper Colorado River Basin is extremely severe

Nelish Singh - June 10, 2022 0

The upper Colorado River Basin is now experiencing a severe drought. A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters by federal government and university...

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Human-triggered California wildfires are more severe than natural blazes

Nelish Singh - June 7, 2022 0

Human-caused wildfires in California are more destructive than lightning-sparked flames, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature Communications by a team...

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Crops, trees, and bioenergy reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Maruti Shah - June 3, 2022 0

According to Michigan State University experts, an integrated approach to land management techniques in the United States can reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere...

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The Netherlands is not on course to achieve the SDGs

Kailash Junior - May 27, 2022 0

The Netherlands will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.This will not be achieved by any single country at this pace.The sixth...

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White roofs and rooftop lawns can mitigate urban heat island effect White roofs and rooftop lawns can mitigate urban heat island effect

Kailash Junior - May 27, 2022 0

By regulating urban landscapes to alleviate the urban heat island effect, human thermal comfort and living conditions in urban areas can be improved. Although...

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Explosions help probe elusive atmospheric waves

Anushree Kole - May 27, 2022 0

Infrasound waves can probe some of the most complex weather patterns hidden from normal observations. But finding a powerful enough source of infrasound waves...

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Extreme heat tied to higher all-cause mortality

Nelish Singh - May 26, 2022 0

Extreme heat was related to higher all-cause mortality from 2008 to 2017. This is according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Sameed...

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NOAA hurricane forecast 2022: Up to 21 named storms possible

Kailash Junior - May 26, 2022 0

Federal forecasters are expecting another busy Atlantic hurricane season in 2022. There will be as many as 10 hurricanes forming. The season will begin...

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Iraq main irrigation reservoir become drying out

Nelish Singh - May 22, 2022 0

Iraq's Lake Hamrin was a once-vast reservoir northeast of Baghdad that is the sole source of water for irrigation across Diyala province. The lake...

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A new approach can predict pollution from cooking emissions

Maruti Shah - May 21, 2022 0

Organic aerosols may stay in the atmosphere for several days. Because of nanostructures formed by fatty acids as they are released into the air. Scientists...

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Microplastics threaten typical remote cryospheric regions

Kailash Junior - May 21, 2022 0

Microplastics usually refer to plastic fibers, films, fragments and microbes with sizes less than five millimeters. They are widely distributed in water, soil, sediment,...

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Discovering a new way by which aerosols rapidly form and grow at high altitude

Nelish Singh - May 19, 2022 0

Aerosol particles can form and grow in Earth's upper troposphere in an unexpected way. The new mechanism may represent a major source of cloud...

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Hawaii hurricane season forecasted to be slow with La Nina

Ricky Kaka - May 19, 2022 0

Hawaii and the Central Pacific basin should expect two to four hurricanes, tropical depressions or tropical storms this year. The annual National Oceanic and...

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