physical geography
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Dangerous Heat Wave Is Literally Melting Critical Infrastructure in Pacific Northwest
Power cables are melting. School districts are closing. Asphalt is too hot to touch. The heat wave roasting the Pacific Northwest is putting infrastructure at risk, and temperatures are expected to continue to rise on Monday. The failures show the staggering toll the climate crisis is already taking — and they’re a stark warning for…
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Ground Temperatures Hit 48 Degrees in the Arctic Circle
Newly published satellite imagery shows the ground temperature in at least one location in Siberia topped 48 degrees Celsius going into the year’s longest day. It’s hot Siberia Earth summer, and it certainly won’t be the last.
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A Hanging Glacial ‘Tooth’ Caused February’s Deadly Indian Flash Flood
In February, a massive avalanche tore through a mountain valley in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, causing flash flooding and mudslides. A new study has found that debris broke off a glacier above the valley and disintegrated so quickly that the resulting friction melted ice around it, causing the enormous, deadly wave of water.
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Could We Live Under the Sea?
You could argue that every second spent discussing humans colonising the solar system is a second not spent salvaging what we have here on Earth and is thereby a concession to nihilism, laziness, and the worst, most craven elements of our public life. But what about living the sea? Same deal, I suppose, but still, it’s fun…