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Earlier this week, meteorological officials for the United Arab Emirates shared video of considerable downpour in Ras al Khaimah, the northernmost part of the country. The rainfall was the result of a method deployed by the UAE where rainstorms are created by using drones to zap clouds with electricity, The Washington Post reports. With temperatures reaching upwards of 115 degrees […]
The city of Zhengzhou, China in the Henan province received nearly 8 inches of rain in a single hour on Tuesday, causing severe flooding that has left a reported 12 dead and many trapped in cars and even subway trains. There has been severe flooding reported across the world, most recently in Germany, which received several inches of […]
Officials at the Seaside Aquarium in Oregon responded to a call last week regarding the discovery of a massive opah fish, or moonfish, that had recently washed ashore, the Washington Post reports. Measuring at three and a half feet long and about 100 pounds, the opah was found on Sunset Beach in the city of Seaside. The moonfish’s appearance […]
According to new research, the annual environmental impact of wild pigs across the globe is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 1.1 million cars. The pigs do this by uprooting soil constantly in a search for food, with a group of international researchers estimating that doing this causes them to pump out about 4.9 […]
Upcoming changes in the moon’s orbit could have devastating effects on the United States. According to a newly published report, researchers at NASA and the University of Hawaii predict a “wobble” in the moon’s orbit, combined with rising sea levels due to climate change, will cause record flooding in the country’s coastal cities. NASA explains that these floods […]
North America just experienced one of the hottest Junes in recorded history. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month’s temperatures in the region were 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the average from 1991-2020, with some areas surpassing 110 degrees. The data also confirmed that 2021 marked the 12th consecutive year in which North America recorded […]
Humans have disturbed almost all of the Earth’s habitats and animal populations. A new study from Frontier Forest and Global Change reveals that only three percent of the Earth’s land remains untouched or “ecologically intact.” Rather than just rely on satellite imagery, Andrew Plumptre—lead author of the study—and his team studied superimposed maps of human […]
A massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica on Friday, CNN reports. A 490 square mile block of ice— bigger than New York City—broke free from the Brunt Ice Shelf near a British scientific outpost. According to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the ice was separated through a process called “calving.” Calving can be caused by crevasses […]
Four board members of Texas’ widely criticized power grid operator announced their decision to resign on Tuesday. These resignations follow outrage against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas for its handling of last week’s deadly winter storms that resulted in more than 4 million Texans losing power. According to the Associated Press, chairwoman Sally Talberg, vice chairman Peter Cramton, Terry […]
