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New York City isn't ready for the catastrophic floods in its future
Environment We're running out of time to figure this out. New York City’s fate depends on our ability to figure out how serious floods will be in the coming years and how we can afford to fight them.
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These massive, mysterious storms on Jupiter look totally surreal
Space Plus: new insights into the planet’s interior. Jupiter is a giant and familiar world to us all, but new observations show that there’s a lot more to this planetary leviathan than meets the eye.
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It’s not your imagination, we really are getting more blizzards
Science And we might be in for another one. We’ve all spent the last several weeks reading nonstop nor’easter news, as three major winter storms bombarded the East with wet snow and power outages.
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Exclusive: Watch a new video of lightning strikes seen from space
Space NOAA's GOES-17 satellite is ready for action. NOAA's GOES-17 satellite, launched earlier this year is now in action, and its already captured some amazing footage of lightning strikes.
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Ernest Hemingway's Florida home is ready to withstand its 168th hurricane season
Environment Since its construction in 1851, the limestone structure has stayed remarkably "high and dry." Ernest Hemingway’s historic home in Key West, Florida has never been damaged in a storm. Why?...
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These U.S. Air Force pilots are ready for hurricane hunting season
Environment They'll fly right into vicious storms all summer. When an individual storm begins to brew over the open ocean, another breed of weather trackers steps in to foretell its future.
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In a shocking turn of events, lightning strikes on Jupiter look a lot like...
Space The lightning struck more than twice. You’d be hard pressed to find an environment in the solar system more at odds with Earth than Jupiter.
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How far away was that lightning? Here's how to figure it out.
Science Light speed is almost instantaneous, while sound is much slower. You probably do it. It might be ingrained from when you were a kid, and now it’s almost automatic. You see the flash of...
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2018 has been full of weird weather so far
Science Huzzah for snow in June and ice in Florida! There was snow where it had no right to be, blistering heat in mid-winter, and Arctic sea ice was nowhere to be found. It’s been a weird year the...
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Hurricanes like Lane rarely hit Hawaii. Here’s why.
Science The islands almost never encounter storms like this Lane, currently a category 4 hurricane, is heading for Hawaii. The hurricane is forecast to approach the main islands starting on Thursday....
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No longer a hurricane, Lane continues to threaten Hawaii
Environment The fires and rains of Hurricane Lane rage on. Hurricane Lane fell apart in spectacular fashion as it meandered south of the Hawaiian Islands on Friday, but flooding remains a serious...
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Hurricane Florence could stall out over the East Coast for days, bringing...
Environment It's looking an awful lot like Harvey. The threat posed by destructive winds and storm surge at the coast is just part of the equation. The hurricane will stall once it’s inland, leading...
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Hurricane Florence is coming. Here's what you need to know.
Environment This is not a storm to take lightly. After a relatively calm start to the 2018 hurricane season, Hurricane Florence is set to slam into the East Coast. Florence is a serious storm that...
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Hurricanes are getting more intense—but should we add a Category 6?
Science Wind speed isn't everything. First of all, there is currently no Category 6 for hurricanes. But some people are looking into it.
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Hurricane Florence’s slow creep across the Carolinas is bad news
Environment Wind speeds are not the problem. The storm will be slow to weaken as it moves away from the warm ocean waters, but even as the winds subside, the real story of the hurricane is just...
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Hurricane Florence helped spin up new storms in the Atlantic
Environment Flo isn't rising from the dead, but it's still influencing our weather. Hurricane Florence'sv remnant energy and moisture are partially responsible for two tropical systems in the Atlantic...
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Hurricane Rosa could flood the parched Southwest next week
Environment Even small amounts of heavy rain can pose a problem in the desert. Rosa could pose a flooding threat to desert southwest and parts of the Rocky Mountains next week as the storm makes a...
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An uncommon storm called a ‘Medicane’ is headed for Greece
Environment Such systems don't often form above the cool Mediterranean Sea. An uncommon type of storm known as a “Medicane” is swirling to life in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Hurricane categories consider windspeed but ignore one of the deadliest effects
Environment The Saffir-Simpson Scale isn't working, but we can't abandon it. One of the scariest things you can hear before a hurricane hits is that someone won’t evacuate because the storm hasn’t hit...
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Hurricane Michael is slamming into Florida as a devastating category 4
Environment An unpleasant surprise for the region. Hurricane Michael could reach major hurricane status before making landfall on the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday.
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