The hailstone library, a University of Queensland library full of hailstones instead of books — is helping researchers …
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Environment
Physicist Strikes Gold in Solving a 50-Year-Old Lightning Mystery
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe chances of being struck by lightning are less than one in a million, but those odds shortened …
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A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of tropical storms — hurricanes, cyclones, and …
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The dry landscape of Joshua Tree National Park was covered in layers of white due to a rare …
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China
Working Toward Better Forecasting of Freezing Rain in Southern China
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesUnder particular conditions, extreme low-temperature, precipitation, and freezing-weather events can occur over an extensive area to form a …
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Environment
Largest Study of Asia’s Rivers Unearths 800 Years of Paleoclimate Patterns
by Troy Oakesby Troy Oakes813 years of annual river discharge at 62 stations, 41 rivers in 16 countries, from 1200 to 2012. …
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Space
New Research Predicts Sunspot Cycle Could Be One of the Strongest on Record
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric …
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Environment
New Knowledge About What Causes Thunderstorms and Cloudbursts
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what actually spawns thunderstorms and …
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The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are the first sign that the tropics, and their warm …
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Living on the east side of an outer Melbourne suburb, in the first week of January 2020 clouds …