Tracking Amazon deforestation with satellite imagery
The NASA/USGS Landsat satellite mission has tracked world vegetation levels over nearly four decades and is helping scientists study how the Amazon rainforest has changed over that time. The Amazon is...
View ArticleBurn the Böögg!
Forget a groundhog, in Switzerland each spring on the third Monday in April, a snowman known as the Böögg meets an explosive demise in front of thousands of people to celebrate the end of winter. A...
View ArticleTornado up close!
This closeup drone footage of a tornado in Mississippi shows a perspective not often seen. The view was captured by Brian Emfinger before the storm eventually caught up and sent the drone crashing to...
View ArticleIt’s already here! Twister celebrates 25th anniversary
Twister, perhaps the most iconic tornado movie ever made (the tornado is only a supporting character in The Wizard of Oz) celebrated the 25th anniversary of its original theatrical release on May 10....
View ArticleNASA snow scientists work to improve modeling data
NASA’s SnowEx ground and airborne campaign is a multiyear effort using a variety of techniques to study snow characteristics. Not only is SnowEx learning valuable information about how snow properties...
View ArticleWet hot cicada summer
Brood X has spent 17 years waiting for its chance, with billions of cicadas set to emerge from hibernation across parts of Eastern and Midwestern United States over the next month. The mysterious...
View ArticleThe weather’s always great inside!
What if food production was less reliant on the weather? Still harnessing the sun and rain, but protecting crops from more adverse weather, the futuristic 60-acre greenhouse facility highlighted in...
View ArticleWorld Oceans Day
Oceans cover over 70 per cent of the planet, connecting the entire world through the same water system. The United Nations celebrated World Oceans Day on June 8. Oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau...
View ArticleFood prices may jump if droughts continue
Drought conditions are cutting into agricultural production around North America, with the cost of food in Canada estimated to go up by five per cent over the next year, according to Dalhousie’s...
View ArticlePartly cloudy also means partly blue skies….
David Lynch of Twin Peaks fame is more than just a director/musician/writer/artist, the multi-multi-hyphenate has also taken up meteorology over the past year – providing daily weather updates from...
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