This has been a record-breaking week for global hurricanes as powerful storms struck both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins, leaving scientists wondering whether they're harbingers of a more destructive climate-warmed future or are outliers that test the limits—but remain within—the realm of normal variability.
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Brown Carbon ‘Tarballs’ Detected in Himalayan Atmosphere
Some people refer to the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau as the “third pole” because the region has the largest reserve of glacial snow and ice outside of the north and south poles.
Delirium Could Be an Early Marker of COVID-19
Delirium accompanied by fever could be an early symptom of COVID-19.
Magma ‘Conveyor Belt’ Fuelled World’s Longest Erupting Supervolcanoes
International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the world’s most continuously active — erupting for 30 million years — fuelled by a constantly moving ‘conveyor belt’ of magma.
Recipe for a Storm
Turbulence is an omnipresent phenomenon – and one of the great mysteries of physics.
Convection-Permitting Modelling Improves Simulated Precipitation Over the Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the highest and most extensive highland in the world, and is widely known as "the Roof of the World", "the World Water Tower" and "the Third Pole".


