U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials warned as they released their…
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Across much of the world’s oceans, waves are getting bigger. In the Southern Ocean, where storm-driven swell can propagate halfway across the world to California, the average wave has grown about 20cm in the past…
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© Reuters. QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar’s Minister of Energy, Saad al- Kaabi looks on during the signing ceremony of two sales and purchase agreements to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany, in Doha, Qatar,…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Consumers who have a personality that scores high in terms of openness – such as being open to new adventures and…
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What are gravitational waves? – Millie, age 10, Sydney What a great question Millie! To answer this we have to travel back in time, to the year 1916. This is the year famous physicist Albert…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pumpjack is seen at the Sinopec-operated Shengli oil field in Dongying, Shandong province, China January 12, 2017. Picture taken January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Chen Aizhu//File Photo By Shariq Khan NEW YORK…
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Late in the evening of Jan. 10, 2023, an important digital system known as NOTAM run by the Federal Aviation Administration went offline. The FAA was able to continue getting necessary information to pilots overnight…
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The Central Bank of Madagascar Aivo Andrianarivelo has been appointed governor of the Central Bank of Madagascar after Henri Rabarijohn resigned. The central bank announced the news on January 4. It said Rabarijohn, who took office…
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The impact of vegan diets on our pets’ health produces heated debate from people on both sides. But until now, we haven’t had a formal assessment of the scientific evidence. In new research published today…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of a new crude distillation unit under construction at Exxon Mobil’s refinery in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Erwin Seba By Erwin Seba (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil…
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