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Philippines cleans up after Typhoon Yinxing slams north coast

Authorities cleared uprooted trees and debris in the northern Philippines on Friday as Typhoon Yinxing blew out to sea after pounding the coast overnight, ripping roofs from homes and forcing thousands to seek shelter......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailNov 8th, 2024

Climate researchers find North Atlantic Ocean has a memory of nearly two decades

A research team led by the University of Liverpool has found that the North Atlantic Ocean has a memory of approximately one to two decades, significantly surpassing previous estimates of a few years......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News11 hr. 8 min. ago

Initiative to map the Great Lakes from coast to coast, surface to floor

We know less about the bottom of the Great Lakes than we do about the surface of Mars, according to Jennifer Boehme......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 2nd, 2024

2026 World Cup sites pose heat stress risk for soccer players, study warns

Soccer players competing in the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup may be at risk of severe heat stress and dehydration, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Ten of the 16 sites set to host the upcoming World Cup in North America could put co.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 29th, 2024

Census data analysis shows the South had a much higher mortality rate than the North in the US Civil War

A small team of social scientists at New York University-Abu Dhabi has conducted what they describe as a more accurate assessment of the number of soldiers killed in the U.S. Civil War. In their study published in the Proceedings of the National Acad.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 29th, 2024

The Samsung Galaxy A35 is 25% Cheaper Right Now!

Thank goodness for Black Friday. The post The Samsung Galaxy A35 is 25% Cheaper Right Now! appeared first on Phandroid. The Samsung Galaxy A35 is currently one of the more affordable smartphones in the North American market, and it packs a.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsNov 28th, 2024

Traces of a giant landslide deep in the southern Baltic Sea—researchers investigate a potential tsunami

Off the coast of Blekinge, in southern Sweden, at a depth of around 50–60 meters, the bottom sediment has scars that are tens of kilometers long and appear to have been caused by a huge submarine landslide. However, what caused this landslide and e.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Huawei Debuts its New Mate 70 Series Devices

There's no word of an international launch at the moment. The post Huawei Debuts its New Mate 70 Series Devices appeared first on Phandroid. While Huawei has been out of the North American smartphone market for quite a number of years now,.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsNov 27th, 2024

Two-way water transfers can ensure reliability and save money during drought in Western US

A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers a solution to water scarcity during droughts amid the tug of economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty for water users in Western U.S. states......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

11,000 US and Canadian Starbucks stores hit by ransomware attack; UK supermarkets too

Some 11,000 Starbucks stores in North America have been hit by a ransomware attack on one of its largest IT providers. Two UK supermarket chains have also been affected by the security breach, and car-maker Ford says it is trying to determine whether.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

Magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze at Jupiter"s poles

While Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, University of California, Berkeley, astronomers have discovered equally large spots at the planet's north and south poles that appear and disappear seemingly at r.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

New model combines data to improve typhoon forecasting

Over the past few decades, because of the frequent number of typhoons making landfall in South China, the Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology has developed a model, called CMA-TRAMS, to provide operational forecasting products for.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 26th, 2024

International team studies the migration of the American woodcock

The American woodcock, a plump harbinger of spring, is a well known shorebird found across eastern North America. The species is a popular game bird and has earned the admiration of hunters, birders and others through its spring display, whistling wi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 25th, 2024

Slender-billed Curlew may be extinct, marking the disappearance of a third bird species from the Western Palaearctic

A small team of conservationists, biodiversity specialists and bird researchers has found that it is likely a third species of bird has gone extinct in the Western Palaearctic—a large area of land spanning parts of North Africa all the way up to po.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 24th, 2024

Mounting economic costs of India"s killer smog

Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing the country's economic growth......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 24th, 2024

New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions—vessel speed limits and rerouting can reduce the toll

Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel, a zone that teems with fish, kelp forests, seagrass beds and other undersea life, but also vibrates with.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 23rd, 2024

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks, radiocarbon dating and document analysis show

Spanish explorers may have brought the first peach pits to North America, but Indigenous communities helped the ubiquitous summer fruit really take root, according to a study led by a researcher at Penn State......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 23rd, 2024

Exploring the impact of offshore wind on whale deaths

In the winter of 2022–2023, nearly a dozen whales died off the coast of New Jersey, near the sites of several proposed wind farms. Their deaths prompted concern that related survey work being conducted in the area somehow contributed to their death.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 23rd, 2024

SpaceX chalks up 82nd Space Coast launch of the year

SpaceX sent up another rocket on Nov 21 to mark the 82nd launch of the year on the Space Coast......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 22nd, 2024

Low levels of common contaminants but high levels of other elements in waters linked to abandoned lithium mine

Lithium ore and mining waste from a historic lithium mine located west of Charlotte, North Carolina, are unlikely to contaminate surrounding waters with common pollutants such as arsenic and lead, according to a new study......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Staggering temperature rise predicted for the Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa, which already include some of the hottest and driest spots on Earth, are undergoing accelerated climate change and will reach warming thresholds two to three decades earlier than the rest of the world, a new study re.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024