Heavy rain, winds lash Tokyo as powerful typhoon approaches

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful…

NASA sees Atlantic subtropical storm Melissa form off New England coast

Satellite data has confirmed the formation of Subtropical Storm Melissa. NASA’s Terra Satellite provided a visible…

Hydrologic simulation models that inform policy decisions are difficult to interpret

Hydrologic models that simulate and predict water flow are used to estimate how natural systems respond…

Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies

Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black…

With warming, get used to blackouts to prevent wildfires

Expect more preventative power blackouts in California as the climate gets hotter and drier and the…

New research integrates borophene and graphene into 2-D heterostructures

Nanomaterials could provide the basis of many emerging technologies, including extremely tiny, flexible, and transparent electronics. …

New tool enables Nova Scotia lobster fishery to address impacts of climate change

U.S. and Canadian researchers have developed a tool that incorporates projected changes in ocean climate onto…

Suomi NPP satellite finds a weaker typhoon Hagibis nearing Japan

On Oct. 10, Hagibis was a super typhoon, but overnight, the storm weakened to typhoon status.…

CO2 emissions cause lost labor productivity, research shows

The planet’s warming climate has led to countless changes that are affecting all of us. Droughts,…

Private property, not productivity, precipitated Neolithic agricultural revolution

Humankind first started farming in Mesopotamia about 11,500 years ago. Subsequently, the practices of cultivating crops…