Above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, where nonstop thunderstorms rumble and roil, it’s hotter than the hottest lava on Earth, reaching temperatures of at least 2400°F (1300°C). It’s “the hottest temperature we’ve seen anywhere on the planet, in the upper atmosphere,” says study author James O’Donoghue of Boston University. How, exactly, the solar system’s largest storm manages to bake the […]
Jul 28 2016 | Posted in
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The English saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks' suggests that as people age they are less open to change, that they become set in their ways. Nilphamari farmer Omar Faruk, 60, from Shokher Bazar village in sadar upazila is busy proving the saying wrong. In the latter part of his farming life, […]
Climate-related disasters increase the risk of armed conflicts, according to research that shows a quarter of the violent struggles in ethnically divided countries were preceded by extreme weather. The role of severe heat waves, floods and storms in increasing the risk of wars has been controversial, particularly in relation to the long drought in Syria. But […]
Jul 26 2016 | Posted in
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When I ask Sara Weinstein about her favorite parasite, she laughs, and has a quick answer. “I think the flies that parasitize frogs are really interesting,” she says. There are many species of them, including two known as toadflies. The females lay their eggs on frogs and toads—sometimes on their skins and occasionally in their nostrils. When the maggots hatch, they […]
Jul 25 2016 | Posted in
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Millions of holidaying scuba divers are able to become citizen scientists and take vital measurements of ocean temperatures, which are being driven up by climate change. More than 90% of the heat trapped by global warming goes into oceans, where it drives hurricanes and disrupts fish stocks. Satellites can measure surface temperature when there are no […]
Jul 23 2016 | Posted in
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The Amazon is the driest it has been at the start of the dry season since 2002 — and that probably means the rainforest is in for a particularly nasty wildfire season, reports Mongabay. Conditions created by the strong El Niño event that warmed up Pacific waters in 2015 and early 2016 altered rainfall patterns around […]
Jul 19 2016 | Posted in
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There has been a marked lack of cyclone activity in the Pacific in 2016. In the western part of the Basin, the only cyclone (typhoon) to date was Typhoon Napartak, which hit Taiwan on July 7. If the season here, which runs throughout the year, is to yield anything approaching an average number of cyclones (around 16), […]
Jul 18 2016 | Posted in
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Though it does not actually say so, the report of the Committee on Climate Change (Report, 12 July) is a salutary reminder that a capitalist economy based on infinite economic growth, as expressed in terms of consumption-led GDP, is unsustainable and, if allowed to continue in its present form, will ultimately devastate the entire planet. […]
Jul 16 2016 | Posted in
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The UK is poorly prepared for the inevitable impacts of global warming in coming decades, including deadly annual heat waves, water shortages and difficulties in producing food, according the government’s official advisers. Action must be taken now, according to the report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published on Tuesday, with more widespread flooding and new […]
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UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 2016 (IPS) – A coalition of over 25 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has launched a global campaign to end a longstanding health and environmental hazard: the use of mercury in dentistry. Spearheading the campaign is the Washington-based World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, which is seeking to phase out dental amalgam, described as a […]
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