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What is wind shear? An atmospheric scientist explains how it can tear apart hurricanes
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoWind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. With hurricanes, the focus is usually ...
Promethium bound: Rare earth element's secrets exposed
Science Daily· 4 days agoPromethium was discovered in 1945 at Clinton Laboratories, now the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and continues to be produced at ORNL in minute quantities. "The whole ...
Airplane turbulence is getting worse. Scientists explain why.
Mashable· 1 day ago"And all of a sudden, boom, you hit it," Dan Bubb, a former airline pilot and now an aviation...
NASA Langley researchers are heading to the Arctic. Here’s why that matters.
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoNASA Langley researchers are heading to the Arctic Ocean to study the habitat’s effect on climate...
Portugal Is At War With Itself Over ‘White Gold’
HuffPost via Yahoo Finance· 6 hours agoEuropean leaders want to transform this forgotten farming region into the continent's largest lithium mining operation — and locals are fighting back.
Isabel Getty: ‘Some people bring a prejudice about meeting me. It’s just my family’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEarth, Wind & Fire performed at a Barbarella-themed party the night before the wedding, Nancy Pelosi...
I Hate Summer—and You Should Too
Time Magazine· 2 hours agoSummertime is the season of horribles, from higher crime rates, to increased warfare, to spikes in asthma, to raging wildfires, to swarms of bugs, to a...
Graduating seniors seek degrees in climate change and more US universities deliver - East Idaho News
EastIdahoNews.com· 2 hours agoAt 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came...
Scientists develop innovative satellite propulsion system that uses air as fuel: 'It opens the door...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNeedless to say, the unit requires some pretty high-tech equipment. "We've been developing a...
Houston area's 1 million power outages after 100 mph derecho spotted from space
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHOUSTON — The scars left after an intense derecho blasted the Houston area on May 16 are visible...