climatology
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Underground Heat Is Sinking Our Cities, Study Says
Heat is a silent hazard sitting beneath cities, threatening to shift infrastructure. A study published this week in Communications Engineering, outlines how heat could be changing major cities, but urban areas throughout the U.S. may not be prepared. Study researchers set up more than 150 sensors above and below ground throughout the Chicago Loop. They…
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Australia’s Massive Bushfires Were So Bad, They Probably Made La Niña Worse
The catastrophic 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires in Australia was so extreme that it may have contributed to the rare triple-year La Niña, new research has found. In a study released in Science Advances this week, scientists found that the fires created enormous emissions that affected weather patterns globally.
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Spring Has Sprung Way Early in Parts of the U.S.
February 2023 has been especially warm, causing early spring-like conditions throughout the U.S.
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Dead Fish, Dead Cows, and Dead Crops in Argentina
Thousands of dead fish washed up along the shore of a river in Argentina this weekend, in the latest symptom of the extreme drought and heat that has gripped the country in recent months, the AP reported.