what to know New York City is headed for more intense rain, flooding and heat waves, according to a new climate report. By the end of the century, New York could see up to 30% more annual rainfall. On average, there are about 370 heat-related deaths in New York per year. New York City is … Read more
The recent drought in the Panama Canal was not driven by global warming but by below-normal rainfall linked to the natural El Nio climate cycle, an international team of scientists has concluded. Low reservoir levels have slowed cargo traffic in the canal for most of the past year. Without enough water to raise and lower … Read more
Although we can’t see it, we live in a quantized world where the light that illuminates our days is made up of tiny bundles of energy, and the atoms that make up matter are similarly divided into discrete bands of energy. Like coins in a slot machine, dropping the right quanta of light on an … Read more
Beneath the turquoise waters of Heron Island lies a huge, brain-shaped Porites coral which, in health, would be a rude shade of purplish-brown. Today this coral outcrop, or bommie, shines as white as snow. Professor Terry Hughes, an expert on coral bleaching at James Cook University, estimates that this living rock is at least 300 … Read more
Galaxy cluster, left, with a visible dark matter ring, right. Credits: NASA, ESA, MJ Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) Dark matter explorations are advancing with new experimental techniques designed to detect axions, leveraging advanced technology and interdisciplinary collaboration to uncover the secrets of this elusive component of the cosmos. A ghost haunts our … Read more