(New Orleans, LA) It’s hard to think of anything scarier than snakes in this case, but how about flying without a pilot over hurricanes, forest fires, snow-packed mountains, and more? That’s the flight plan announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today at the American Meteorological Society Meeting in New Orleans. […]
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Published January 22nd, 2008 in Oceans, Innovation, Earth, Climate & Weather and Science. 0 CommentsLoch Ness monster caught on video?
Published May 31st, 2007 in Videos, Oceans and Animals. 6 CommentsNessie is back.
At least the footage shown here suggests that possibility. Taken by amateur scientist Gordon Holmes on May 26, 2007, these video clips are the latest in a long line of failed attempts to prove the existence of the legendary Loch Ness monster.
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If Nessie is found, […]
It’s not just what’s in the water. What’s blowing in the wind, shifts in atmospheric circulation, play a major hand in shaping hurricanes.
That’s what scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute say in a study which put together a 5,000-year history of hurricanes that struck the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
Geologists […]