Colorado State University researchers predicting above-average 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
By CSU University Communications Staff e Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor. Tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures are near their long-term…
Vibrating slab of Antarctic ice sounds like a horror movie
BY MARK KAUFMAN From Mashable In the faraway realms at the bottom of the Earth, Antarctic scientists have unexpectedly recorded bizarre drone-like sounds.After burying 34 seismic monitors in the snow atop the Ross Ice Shelf in 2014 — which is…
Another brutal Hurricane Season in store for the Caribbean, U.S. and Canada this 2018
By Eul Basa From NARCITY Brace yourselves. After a devastating 2017 hurricane season which featured three of the costliest tropical systems in history, meteorologists predict that 2018 will be just as nightmarish. Researchers at the Colorado State University have released their preliminary…
Farewell to Don; Watching for Hilary
By Bob Henson From Weather Underground Low-energy Tropical Storm Don collapsed near the Windward Islands on Tuesday after barely 24 hours as a weak tropical storm. The NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center reclassified Don as an open wave at 11 pm…
2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast calls for less activity than 2016
By Jon Erdman From Weather Underground The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season forecast released Thursday from Colorado State University calls for the number of named storms and hurricanes to be slightly below historical averages. A total of 11 named storms, four…
A paralyzed teen will kick the first World Cup ball thanks to a robotic exoskeleton
By John Biggs From techcrunch The 2014 World Cup begins next month in Brazil and will feature something truly amazing: the plan is for a paralyzed, non-ambulatory Brazilian teenager to stand up and kick the first ball of the first…