ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

AI Can Improve Lightning Forecast to Enhance Safety Warnings, Create Accurate Long-Range Climate Models

TECH & INNOVATION 12.14.2021 05:38 AM

Scientists from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) that can accurately forecast lightning to improve safety warnings.

Climate Change: Thwaites Glacier Ice Shelf In Antarctica Could Break In 5 Years Result In Sea Level Rise, Scientists Warn

12.13.2021 20:39 PM

Satellite images recently revealed that a glacier that sits on an ice shelf is susceptible to failure because of a newly-discovered fissure on its surface and a crack across the entire shelf.

Odd-Fish Sounds Recorded 3 Years After Massive Construction of Coral Reef Decoded, What Did Scientists Discover?

12.13.2021 06:37 AM

Recordings of the rich diversity of chit-chat, croaks, and chirps at a newly restored coral reef have recently been reported.

Kentucky Tornado Outbreak Took Lives, Destroyed Homes: What Makes A Tornado So Strong and Destructive?

12.13.2021 05:03 AM

The Kentucky tornado outbreak is said to took at least 100 lives, and destroyed countless homes and businesses that others have connected the event to the worsening climate change.

Tornado Aftermath: US Emergency Official Warns More Powerful, Destructive, Deadlier Storm will be the New Normal

12.13.2021 04:02 AM

Meteorologists, as well as other scientists, have long cautioned about the growing strength of weather occurrences such as storms, flooding, and fires.

Archeology: Ancient Humans Farmed Vicious Cassowaries, Thousands of Years Before Raising Chickens

12.12.2021 21:35 PM

A study on ancient humans could have "enormous implications" to human history after finding out that they farmed cassowaries way before they raised chickens, contrary to previous studies.

5-Million-Year-Old Fossil of a Pig-Nosed Turtle That Can Survive Both in Freshwater and Seawater Discovered

12.12.2021 01:16 AM

Unlike most freshwater turtles, the pig-nosed turtle is said to have nearly fully adapted to life in water, on top of its uniqueness in many respects.

Fish With Transparent Head and Bizarre Neon Eyes Spotted 2,000 Feet Below Ocean Off California Coast

12.11.2021 02:21 AM

Experts from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently captured one of the abyssal zone's rare creature known as the Macropinna microstoma or the barreleye fish

New Book Sheds Light on Importance of Addressing Global Warming Now

12.10.2021 12:15 PM

Stephon Stewart, director, inventor, academic and author of the book ‘Dry’, is on a mission to get teens and adults to become environmental activists.

3-Toed Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Sprinted in City Streets At Least 66 Million Years Ago; Theropod Tracks Reveals Top Speeds

12.10.2021 02:51 AM

Researchers recently showed a finding that came from analyzing footprints three-toed meat-eating dinosaurs left behind as they sprinted over soggy lakebed mud about tens of millions of years back.

What Season Did the Dinosaur-Killing Space Rock Hit Chicxulub Cater? Asteroid's Effect on Biodiversity Still in Question

12.09.2021 23:17 PM

A new study on the fossils excavated from Tanis, North Dakota revealed the season when Chicxulub space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago.

Solar Storm Warning: NASA Prepares For Swirling Debris That May Hit Earth This Week and Cause Mild Disturbance

12.09.2021 22:03 PM

NASA braces for the possible impact coming from the swirling Sun debris emitted via coronal mass ejection last week, raising a solar storm warning.

NASA Satellite Data Tracks Microplastics With Nearly 8 Million Tons Flowing From Rivers to Oceans Annually

12.09.2021 20:30 PM

New NASA video showed strong ocean currents carry plastics and further broken into microplastics by the waves and sunlight.

Camel Beauty Contest 2021 Disqualifies 40 Contestants That Used Botox, Other Cosmetic Procedures for Modification

12.09.2021 07:07 AM

The Saudi Press Agency recently reported that over 40 camels were disqualified from the annual camel fest, the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival which started on December 1 in the desert close to the Saudi capital Riyadh.

High-Income Earners Contribute High Amount of Carbon Emissions Compared to Lower-Income People

12.09.2021 02:21 AM

Recent report by the World Inequality Lab shows how the high-income people in North America generate significantly more carbon emissions than the bottom 50% of the globe.

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