Pentagon tests super laser to control weather

The combination of fire and extreme weather could accelerate tree mortality in the Amazon, a study has suggested. Researchers said field experiments showed that severe droughts could trigger dieback of forests in the near-term. Efforts to curb ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The National Weather Service is making an so the public will pay attention more, according to a meteorologist who deals with weather warnings. The advance of technology in the past 10 years or so has made predicting severe ...

On Tuesday the House of Representatives passed the Weather Forecasting Improvement Act. Approved by voice vote, this bipartisan bill aligns the R&D activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

It's that time of year again when allergies take center stage for some people, sneezing, runny nose, watery, swollen eyes and nasal congestion are a few of the symptoms borne by allergy sufferers. Allergies develop in about 30 percent of all people ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered a new solar analysis payload that will help scientists measure and forecast space weather, which can damage satellites, electrical grids and communications systems on Earth. According to a release, the Solar ...

University of Cincinnati research is offering hospitals and trauma centers a unique, accurate and scientific approach to making decisions about transporting critical-care patients by air or by ambulance. A presentation this week at the annual ...

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) announced today that they will join the Intel Parallel Computing Centers program. Participants in the program will develop methods to increase ...

Two Media Matters analyses suggest that over 85 percent of those quoted in the media about climate change are men. Several top women in the field denounced this disparity, noting that women will be disproportionately affected by the impacts of ...

Date NEW YORK: Just 20 cities represent 7% of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the United States, new research from the Environment California Research & Policy Center has revealed. The new report: Shining Cities: At the Forefront of ...