Firefighters began gaining ground on wildfires that killed at least 40 people in the past week, the deadliest blazes in California’s history, as winds eased and searchers combed charred ruins for more victims with hundreds still missing. Two of the three most destructive Northern California fires were more than half contained early on Monday, and some residents who fled the … [Read more...]
Hurricane Irma Leaves Millions in Florida Impacted
Hurricane Irma may be gone, but days of darkness, heat and hardship are just beginning in Florida. The hurricane struck northern Caribbean islands, where it killed at least 38 people, before smashing into the US mainland over the weekend, with at least 17 storm-related deaths reported. But that toll could climb: In Hollywood, Florida, at least six people at a nursing home … [Read more...]
USA Experiences Total Solar Eclipse 2017
The United States saw its first total solar eclipse since 1979 on August 21, 2017, as the lunar event crossed the country with a wide path of totality from Oregon to South Carolina. People across the country went outside to view the historic event with special glasses. NASA and scientists around the world used the occasion to collect data. The sun shines behind the moon … [Read more...]
The terrestrial atmosphere has a high concentration of ammonia
A team of scientists from Mexico, USA and Germany announced the discovery of a significant concentration of ammonia in the terrestrial troposphere, according to a material published in the last edition of the magazine Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, informs Live Science. The detected ammonia is concentrated in particular at the superior level of the troposphere above China … [Read more...]
The small planet Ceres is abundant in ice, according to NASA
The little planet Ceres, an enigmatic rocky body of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is rich in ice just below its dark surface, announced the scientists in a study which might clear the early history of our solar system, informs Reuters. The discovery, presented in the study published in the magazines Nature Astronomy and Science, could stimulate the first … [Read more...]
Barack Obama blocks the drilling in the Arctic Ocean
One month before the arrival at the White House of Donald Trump, who promised to eliminate the environmental regulations, Barack Obama, forbidden any new drilling for oil or gas in the vast areas of the Arctic Ocean. The decision of the Democratic president, supplemented by a similar procedure of Canada simultaneously announced, would cause protests of the Republicans and a … [Read more...]
Antarctica’s glacial shelf is more vulnerable that it was thought
The glacial shelf in the Eastern part of the Antarctic could be more vulnerable than it was believed until now because of the hot wind, which affects the ice sheets surrounding it, informs the AFP. The ice platforms floating around the Antarctica plays an important role in the stability of the shelf, keeping this thick layer of ice that covers the ground. [...]the study shows … [Read more...]
Paris has the highest level of the air pollution in the last ten years
Paris and the surrounding regions are faced for more than one week with an increased level of pollution during the winter season, the most intense and the longest in the last ten years, indicates Airparif, the organism that supervises the quality of the air in the capital of France, according to the AFP. This peak of pollution is connected to the increasing of the particle … [Read more...]
Global warming: 90% of the Australia eucalyptus species’ habitat can be diminished
A researchers team studied over 650 species of eucalyptus from Australia to find what the destiny of these trees would be if the medium temperature would increase by 3 Celsius degrees. Bernd Gruber, the co-author of the study and associate professor at the Canberra University states that the team studied the today distribution of the eucalyptus trees and could it be in 60 years … [Read more...]
A project of clouds and artificial rain production will be tested in Vietnam
A project of 'clouds seeding' and of artificial rain production, will be tested next month in Vietnam. The technological company Sinh Xanh Science from Da Nang proposed to the government of this country a $224 million allocation to buy ships and airplanes needed to 'make' artificial rain in order to combat the drought and to prevent the flooding. The general director of the … [Read more...]