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Amazing Airborne Microchips are the Tiniest Human-Built Objects to Take Flight
A microflier fitted with a coil antenna and UV sensors.Image: Northwestern University Like helicopter seeds falling slowly towards the ground,…
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NOAA’s New Climate Normals Show the US Has Never Been Hotter
Flames incinerate a forest as the Creek Fire rapidly expands on Sept. 8, 2020 near Shaver Lake, California.Photo: David McNew…
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NOAA Updates ‘Average’ Hurricane Season to Call for More Storms
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017.Image: NASA On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its new “average”…
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National Weather Service Digital Infrastructure Is a Disaster
The aftermath of a tornado south of Birmingham, Alabama on March 25, when forecasters were urging that nobody but emergency…
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Deadly Floods Sweep Through Nashville After Record Rains
A car that was carried by floodwaters leans against a tree in a creek in Nashville.Photo: Mark Humphrey (AP) Flash…
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Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse
Authorities reported several injuries and fatalities in Alabama as tornadoes tore through the Birmingham metro area on Thursday. The storms,…
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Australia Engulfed by Once-in-a-Century Floods
Residents commute on a boat in a flooded residential area near Windsor, Australia.Photo: Saeed Khan/AFP (Getty Images) The setup up…
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We Have a Chance to Keep the Tropics Habitable
A man washes himself at a water pipe to cool down along the railway tracks in New Delhi.Photo: RAVEENDRAN/AFP (Getty…
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NOAA Moves Step Closer to Starting Hurricane Season Earlier
This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows 30 hurricanes that occurred during the 2020 Atlantic…
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Unseasonable European Heat Smashes All-Time February Records
A temperature anomaly maps shows heat over Europe and the Arctic and a chill over Russia.Image: University of Maine Winter…
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