There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind: ventography
Nations established territorial claims underground to access oil and gas. Now they are expanding those claims upward to snag the wind.
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Hurricane Milton is tied for the fastest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record. It could become the new normal.
Hurricane Milton captured by NASA’s GOES-East satellite as it made landfall on Florida’s west coast.
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Watch atoms fuse into world’s ‘smallest bubble’ of water in 1st-of-its-kind ‘nanoscale’ video
A new study captured never-before-seen footage of hydrogen and oxygen atoms combining to form a miniature water droplet out of “thin air.” The newly improved reaction could one day help astronauts make water in space.
What leads rivers to suddenly change course?
An analysis of satellite data could help predict where rivers will change their course and where their rerouted flows will go.
Can furry pets get H5N1 bird flu and spread it to us?
House cats are getting — and dying of — bird flu. That’s been sparking worries about what risk an ongoing 2024 outbreak of this H5N1 virus poses for furry pets and their owners. Kristen Coleman and Ian Bemis are airborne-viral-disease…
In 2024, bird flu posed big risks — and to far more than birds
News reports of bird flu striking huge flocks of birds — including farmed poultry — have been ongoing for more than two years. Still, “most people have no idea that we are in the middle of a wildlife emergency —…
Evidence of Assyrians’ conquest of Holy Land discovered in Jerusalem
The discovery of a building that the Assyrians likely tore down in the eighth century B.C. reveals the political dynamics of that age in Jerusalem.
Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size ‘millipede’ solves evolutionary mystery
The fossil showed unique stalked eyes and centipede-like characteristics.
‘Severe’ geomagnetic storm to slam Earth Thursday, with auroras possible as far south as California and Alabama
A powerful solar outburst is likely to trigger a “severe” geomagnetic storm on Thursday, with auroras potentially visible as far south as California and Alabama, NOAA predicts.
