by News Feed Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | Science
Scientists have identified the weather conditions that create dry lightning, which starts California’s most devastating wildfires.These conditions can be modelled over the long term to better predict these very rare weather events.And this will help governments...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | Science
ONE-TIME USE ONLY. Photo(s) may be used only in context with the related story.Vaping is growing more prevalent among young people – in 2021, 1 in 9 high school students said they had vaped in the past month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | Science
Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.Researchers looked through the medical literature of...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | Science
Professor Camilo Mora feels the impacts of climate change in his knees.During a 2014 visit to his native Colombia, heavy rains caused the worst flooding his hometown had seen in decades and boosted the mosquito population. A mosquito bit Mora, transferring the...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | Science
Following the driest July in England since 1935, some water companies have introduced hosepipe bans.It has raised concerns that the UK could be heading for a drought.Why has 2022 seen drought warnings?The National Drought Group moved England into “Prolonged Dry...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 7, 2022 | Science
A casting made of human remains discovered in an excavation site at the Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.AP Photo/Matt RourkeResearchers in New Jersey believe they have found the remains of 13 soldiers who fought in the...