By: Colette Georgii
Severe drought can be the catalyst for the spread of infectious disease, famine, and increased stress causing behavioral dysfunction in both humans, animals and insects. Severe drought impacts the life of living creatures in many ways that are still not completely understood by professionals nor...
Understanding what a microburst is
By: Christyl Rivers
A microburst is a weather phenomenon that can abruptly generate hurricane force winds that change direction very quickly. A microburst most frequently occurs when a mass of warm and humid air meets cumulonimbus thunderstorms, which greatly increases the ferocity and force of downward deflected winds...
By: Cameron Scott
If you live anywhere near the Great Lakes these days, you know all about zebra mussels. The effect of this invasive species on the Great Lakes area is far greater than you might guess from their size. These little shellfish have no natural predators in...
Scientists claim to have created element 113
By: Elizabeth M Young
The search for element 113 is not a new one. Scientists in Japan have been smashing atoms for 9 years in attempts to create the element and claim to have three atoms completed. But scientists from the US and Russia claim to have already created...
Great Barrier Reef suffering devastating drop in coral
By: Leigh Goessl
A new study conducted by researchers in Australia has determined the country's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a devastating drop in coral. According to researchers, half of the reef has vanished over the past 27 years. Many factors are attributed to the decline of the...
By: Jason Huschle
Even with the advanced technology of the 21st century there is still no way to predict when an earthquake will occur, only where they are most likely to occur. All is not lost however. A developing theory known in the scientific community as the stress-triggering...
By: Cameron Scott
This winter, you just might see winter storm Athena heading your way. You're not going to get buried in snow any differently, and you're still going to have to dig out the old-fashioned way. You'll just get a named winter storm, courtesy of the U...
By: Adewale Olowode
A season is a particular period of the year. In the West, astronomers and climatologists knew long ago there are four seasons in a year, including winter, spring, summer and fall or autumn. Winter is known to occur between December and February, spring between March...
What is the autumnal equinox?
By: Kirsten Callejas
In the northern hemisphere the evenings become crisp and cool. The leaves are turning colors and giving us that beautiful reminder that the summer has ended. The autumnal equinox is upon us. There are some very clear features of the commencement of the autumnal equinox...
What is the autumnal equinox?
By: Matilda Willows
The autumnal equinox is an astronomical event that happens every year and officially marks the beginning of fall. On the day of the autumnal equinox, the day and night are both approximately of equal length. There are two equinoxes every year, and they are often...

 

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