by | Jul 23, 2021 | Earth
A study conducted by Portland State researchers Brianne Suldovsky and Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez has suggested that communicating about the effects of climate change is more likely to get a denier involved in mitigating them more than explaining why climate change...
by Lucia Mati | Jul 20, 2021 | Earth, Wildfire, World
The biggest wildfire in the United States burned through dry woods in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of large fires expected to rage through the West of the country in coming days. For current road closure information, check the Caltrans District 10 Twitter feed. In...
by Ondrej Perlinger | Jul 20, 2021 | Earth, Hurricane, Wildfire, World
Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon is casting enormous “fire clouds” above the most deadly flames-pillars of smoke and ash as high as 100 miles (six kilometers) into the sky and visible from more than 100 miles (160 kilometers)...
by Ondrej Perlinger | Jul 17, 2021 | Earth, World
You can hardly say it any other way. How might the moon’s “wobble” affect Earth? Scientists have known about wobbles for hundreds of years-it was first discovered in 1728-but the issue is how sea levels are already impacting the moon’s existing...
by Lucia Mati | Jul 16, 2021 | Earth, Wildfire
The American West bakes, burns and dries when it’s in the midst of extreme weather. Four sets of figures explain how bad things are now, while multiple others explain why it got really bad. “the trifecta of an epically dry year followed by incredible heat...
by Ondrej Perlinger | Jul 15, 2021 | Earth, World
A study conducted by scientists at NASA has predicted that a “wobble’ in our moon’s orbit will cause an increase in high tide coastal flooding. The study, published in June in the journal Nature Climate Change, says that the lunar...