“Hurricane Hunter” aircraft are mobilizing for an expanded 13-week period that began Jan. 5 to glean critical data for improving forecasts of atmospheric river storms over the Pacific Ocean.
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Storm-Ravaged Madagascar Faces Another Storm
Cyclone Emnati marks the fifth time in six weeks that heavy rain and destructive wind are blowing in from the Indian Ocean.
Agriculture: Global Cropland Could Be Almost Halved
With rising global demand for agricultural commodities for use as food, feed, and bioenergy, pressure on land is increasing.
A Scientific Study Recommends Excluding and Moving Offshore Wind Farms Away From the Protected Areas in the Mediterranean
The study highlights that the large-scale offshore wind farms can entail “serious environmental risks to the seafloors
New Power Sources
In the mid-1990s, a few energy activists in Massachusetts had a vision: What if citizens had choice about the energy they consumed?
Eye in the Sky Helps Scientists “See” Underground
The researchers found that what’s happening beneath the surface is indeed clearly correlated with above-ground plant traits.