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- Farmers' Almanac Campfire MugStart each day of your outdoor adventure with a piping hot cup of coffee or tea in one of our Farmers' Almanac Campfire Mugs. Each mug is 14 ounces, made out of lightweight but sturdy steel, and can be used to sip your favorite drink, or eat baked beans by the fire.
- Best Day Tasks for July 11, 2020Dry Fruits and Vegetables, Cut Hair to Slow Growth, Mow...
- Current Moon Phase: Waning GibbousThe Moon's current percentage of illumination is 63%.
- Gardening by the Moon for July 11, 2020A barren period.
- Fishing Calendar for July 11, 2020Evening - POOR
- Moon's Astrological Place for July 11, 2020♈ Aries - Ram (Head & Face)
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Start each day of your outdoor adventure with a piping hot cup of coffee or tea in one of our Farmers' Almanac Campfire Mugs. Each mug is 14 ounces, made out of lightweight but sturdy steel, and can be used to sip your favorite drink, or eat baked beans by the fire.
Dry Fruits and Vegetables, Cut Hair to Slow Growth, Mow...
The Moon's current percentage of illumination is 63%.
A barren period.
Evening - POOR
♈ Aries - Ram (Head & Face)
The 2019 Farmers' Almanac is available for pre-order! (Ships August 13th)
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- OneWeb sale to UK-Bharti group gets court approvalA New York court hearing accepts the plan to pull the OneWeb satellite company out of bankruptcy.
- Climate change: Road plans will scupper CO2 targets, report saysThe majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building.
- Nasa Mars rover Perseverance is attached to rocketThe US space agency's next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet.
- England's future water supplies at 'serious risk'MPs warn some regions will run out of water within the next 20 years unless "urgent action" is taken.
- Venice test brings up floodgates for first timeThe system of 78 mobile barriers has taken years to construct and its design goes back to the 1980s.
- Free home insulation: Too good to be true?Questions remain over the Green Homes Grant, which aims to make homes more energy efficient.
- European bison to be introduced into Kent woodlandThe European mammals will restore a rich habitat for local wildlife, conservationists say.
- Coronavirus: Dirty air 'on the rise again' in UK citiesAs Britain eases out of its Covid-19 lockdown, nitrogen vehicle emissions look to be going back up.
- Clean energy future 'is vital' - UN chiefThe UN Secretary-General tells a meeting that it is "vital" the world moves towards clean energy.
- Extinction: One third of all lemurs 'on the brink'A third of all the lemur species on Earth are "one step from extinction".
- Elon Musk says full self-driving Tesla tech 'very close'A future software update could activate full "level-five" autonomy in cars, the Tesla founder says.
- Climate change: 'Rising chance' of exceeding 1.5C global targetThe chance of breaching one of the Paris accord goals in the next five years has doubled, a study says.
- Esa and Nasa line up satellites to measure Antarctic sea-iceAligning polar satellites will enable the first ever reliable maps of Antarctic sea-ice thickness.
- Siberian Arctic 'up to 10 degrees warmer' in JuneThe average temperature in the region reached a record high in some area, EU data shows.
- Rosewood smuggling in The Gambia: Shipping firm halts timber exportsA BBC investigation found vast quantities of protected rosewood were being trafficked from The Gambia.
- Street traders losing 'right to shade' under treesTraders in India are being denied the "right to shade" under trees, threatening food security.
- Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance launch pushed back againThe launch of Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance is delayed again to 30 July at the earliest.
- Key questions about the Perseverance roverWe answer some common questions about the America's Perseverance rover mission to Mars.
- Nasa's next Mars rover will be called PerseveranceA 13-year-old Virginia student chooses a name for the robot that will search for life on the Red Planet.
- Nasa Mars 2020 Mission's MiMi Aung on women in spaceAt 16, MiMi Aung travelled alone to the US for an education. Now she's a project lead on Nasa's Mars mission.
- Nasa's 2020 rover: Can we finally answer the big question about Mars?The US space agency's next rover will hunt for life's traces among the rocks of the Red Planet.
- Mars mission readies tiny chopper for Red Planet flightThe next US space agency robot to explore the Red Planet will carry a small helicopter with it.
- The tech behind Virgin Orbit's mission to spaceMarc Cieslak looks at how Virgin Orbit plans to launch its rockets from a plane.
- Coronavirus: Is India the next global hotspot?India's confirmed cases are going up rapidly, but it's not all bad news.
- Amazon's Jeff Bezos: The richest person in the worldHis wealth is now estimated to be $171bn (£137bn), having made billions during the pandemic.
- Robotic scientists will 'speed up discovery'Robotic scientists could speed up scientific discovery, while human scientists work from home, developers say.
- Coronavirus: Testing sewage an 'easy win'Wastewater analysis could provide localised Covid-19 test results much earlier than at present.
A New York court hearing accepts the plan to pull the OneWeb satellite company out of bankruptcy.
The majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building.
The US space agency's next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet.
MPs warn some regions will run out of water within the next 20 years unless "urgent action" is taken.
The system of 78 mobile barriers has taken years to construct and its design goes back to the 1980s.
Questions remain over the Green Homes Grant, which aims to make homes more energy efficient.
The European mammals will restore a rich habitat for local wildlife, conservationists say.
As Britain eases out of its Covid-19 lockdown, nitrogen vehicle emissions look to be going back up.
The UN Secretary-General tells a meeting that it is "vital" the world moves towards clean energy.
A third of all the lemur species on Earth are "one step from extinction".
A future software update could activate full "level-five" autonomy in cars, the Tesla founder says.
The chance of breaching one of the Paris accord goals in the next five years has doubled, a study says.
Aligning polar satellites will enable the first ever reliable maps of Antarctic sea-ice thickness.
The average temperature in the region reached a record high in some area, EU data shows.
A BBC investigation found vast quantities of protected rosewood were being trafficked from The Gambia.
Traders in India are being denied the "right to shade" under trees, threatening food security.
The launch of Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance is delayed again to 30 July at the earliest.
We answer some common questions about the America's Perseverance rover mission to Mars.
A 13-year-old Virginia student chooses a name for the robot that will search for life on the Red Planet.
At 16, MiMi Aung travelled alone to the US for an education. Now she's a project lead on Nasa's Mars mission.
The US space agency's next rover will hunt for life's traces among the rocks of the Red Planet.
The next US space agency robot to explore the Red Planet will carry a small helicopter with it.
Marc Cieslak looks at how Virgin Orbit plans to launch its rockets from a plane.
India's confirmed cases are going up rapidly, but it's not all bad news.
His wealth is now estimated to be $171bn (£137bn), having made billions during the pandemic.
Robotic scientists could speed up scientific discovery, while human scientists work from home, developers say.
Wastewater analysis could provide localised Covid-19 test results much earlier than at present.
National Geographic©
- Chemical Exposure Linked to Billions in Health Care CostsChemicals that mimic estrogen and other hormones are costing the EU $175 billion per year in health care, according to new research.
- As Smog Thins in L.A., Dramatic Evidence of Kids' Healthier LungsNew study shows Los Angeles-area kids have fewer breathing problems now than they did in the 1990s.
- Lack of Snow Leaves California's 'Water Tower' Running LowRising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even worse.
- Arctic Ship Breaks Free of Ice for Historic Expedition A Norwegian research vessel will spend six months on the sea ice to study the changing Arctic.
- How Geothermal Could Cleanly Power the Planet: Indonesia's TaleThe Earth's heat could power homes and businesses worldwide, but it's barely been tapped. Indonesia is trying to change that.
- Dramatic New Video Shows Volcano Forming an IslandA fast growing island off Japan is seen in new video from the Japanese Coast Guard.
- Corn for Home Heat: A Green Idea That Never Quite Popped Some enterprising Americans burn kernels to keep warm in winter, but there's a reason the green heating concept hasn't taken off.
- What You Don't Know About History's Most Famous ScientistsIn the 11th and 12th centuries, Muslim scientists were way ahead of contemporaries in Christian Europe.
- New Theory Behind Dozens of Craters Found in SiberiaScientists say melting pingos, and not methane hydrates, are likely to blame for the dramatic craters.
- Miami's Choice: Bigger Ships or Coral Reefs?Dredging in Biscayne Bay inflicts heavy damage on North America's only coral reef tract.
- Quirky Winds Fuel Brazil's Devastating Drought, Amazon's Flooding With severe water shortages in Brazil's cities and destructive floods in the Amazon, the boom-and-bust phenomenon may be South America's new normal.
- 'Shark Lady' Eugenie Clark, Famed Marine Biologist, Has DiedEugenie Clark, a marine biologist and ichthyologist, who died on Wednesday, helped the public understand and appreciate the much maligned shark.
- Canadian First Nations Seek to Protect Forest HomelandBy winning protection for their boreal forest, indigenous Canadians help slow global warming.
- Panama Canal: Superhighway for Invasive Species?The Panama Canal is being widened. That means bigger ships and more cargo for Gulf and East Coast ports-and more alien species too.
- 'This Is Really Extreme Science': Adrift in the Arctic Ice With a Shipload of NorwegiansOur correspondent reports from a Norwegian research ship that's drifting inside the Arctic ice cap, gathering data needed to predict its future.
- Two Reasons Why Obama's Keystone Veto Won't Decide PipelineThe never-ending saga of the Keystone XL pipeline gets new twists with potential problems in Nebraska and South Dakota.
- New U.S. Dietary Recommendations First to Consider Environmental Impact"Linking health, dietary guidance, and the environment will promote human health," new guidelines say.
- Ancient Fellowship of Fishermen, Dolphins at Risk in MyanmarFishing gangs on the Irrawaddy River use electricity to illegally increase their catch.
- Nearly 200 Whales Stranded on New Zealand BeachNearly 200 pilot whales are stranded on a New Zealand beach, prompting a massive rescue effort.
- 100 Years Later, Antarctic Explorers' Huts Look Frozen in TimeWhiskey and all, the wooden dwellings of early explorers now look as they did during the first treks to the continent, thanks to a decade-long restoration effort.
- New Study Shows Plastic in Oceans Is on the RiseThe amount of trash flowing into the world's oceans is worse than thought—eight million tons a year, says new study.
- Mysterious Sea Lion Die-Off Strikes Again on California CoastTiny sea lion pups are washing up on beaches in unusually high numbers—for the third winter in a row.
- Fighting Over Herring—the Little Fish That Feeds MultitudesPacific herring stocks are shadows of their former abundance. But the Canadian government wants to reopen fishing off British Columbia.
- To Save Coral Reefs, First Save the MangrovesCoral reefs are in danger of bleaching in open water, but in the sheltering roots of mangroves, some have found a home.
- National Academy: There’s a Good and a Bad Way to “Geoengineer” the PlanetWe should be figuring out how to pull CO₂ back out of the atmosphere, says a National Research Council report. But we should be wary of launching a planet-cooling chemical sunshade.
Chemicals that mimic estrogen and other hormones are costing the EU $175 billion per year in health care, according to new research.
New study shows Los Angeles-area kids have fewer breathing problems now than they did in the 1990s.
Rising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even worse.
A Norwegian research vessel will spend six months on the sea ice to study the changing Arctic.
The Earth's heat could power homes and businesses worldwide, but it's barely been tapped. Indonesia is trying to change that.
A fast growing island off Japan is seen in new video from the Japanese Coast Guard.
Some enterprising Americans burn kernels to keep warm in winter, but there's a reason the green heating concept hasn't taken off.
In the 11th and 12th centuries, Muslim scientists were way ahead of contemporaries in Christian Europe.
Scientists say melting pingos, and not methane hydrates, are likely to blame for the dramatic craters.
Dredging in Biscayne Bay inflicts heavy damage on North America's only coral reef tract.
With severe water shortages in Brazil's cities and destructive floods in the Amazon, the boom-and-bust phenomenon may be South America's new normal.
Eugenie Clark, a marine biologist and ichthyologist, who died on Wednesday, helped the public understand and appreciate the much maligned shark.
By winning protection for their boreal forest, indigenous Canadians help slow global warming.
The Panama Canal is being widened. That means bigger ships and more cargo for Gulf and East Coast ports-and more alien species too.
Our correspondent reports from a Norwegian research ship that's drifting inside the Arctic ice cap, gathering data needed to predict its future.
The never-ending saga of the Keystone XL pipeline gets new twists with potential problems in Nebraska and South Dakota.
"Linking health, dietary guidance, and the environment will promote human health," new guidelines say.
Fishing gangs on the Irrawaddy River use electricity to illegally increase their catch.
Nearly 200 pilot whales are stranded on a New Zealand beach, prompting a massive rescue effort.
Whiskey and all, the wooden dwellings of early explorers now look as they did during the first treks to the continent, thanks to a decade-long restoration effort.
The amount of trash flowing into the world's oceans is worse than thought—eight million tons a year, says new study.
Tiny sea lion pups are washing up on beaches in unusually high numbers—for the third winter in a row.
Pacific herring stocks are shadows of their former abundance. But the Canadian government wants to reopen fishing off British Columbia.
Coral reefs are in danger of bleaching in open water, but in the sheltering roots of mangroves, some have found a home.
We should be figuring out how to pull CO₂ back out of the atmosphere, says a National Research Council report. But we should be wary of launching a planet-cooling chemical sunshade.
The American Meteorological Society©
- “LASSO” It for ScienceObservations and models–that’s often an uneasy relationship. It’s not always easy to find the common ground needed to turn observations into model input and then models themselves into physically realistic output consistent with those observations. DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program is trying to pull observing and modeling—ranging over vast time and space scales—tighter together, into effective bundles of […]
- July 4 Fireworks: Spectacular on Weather Radar, TooMany of us will not be seeing fireworks this Independence Day, due to coronavirus restrictions and local ordinances. But one way to make up for not seeing festive explosions of color and fire in person this year might be to see what they look like…on weather radar. In “Fireworks on Weather Radar and Camera,” published recently […]
- Melting Snow and Other Surprises on Mt. Everest Despite freezing temperatures, snow is melting on Mount Everest. That’s just one finding in a recent study of weather data provided by a new network of five automated weather stations on Earth’s tallest mountain. The network includes two of the highest altitude weather stations on Earth, Balcony Station at 8,430 m (~27,658 ft) […]
- Ozone Transport to the San Joaquin ValleyUncontrollable sources of ozone from stratospheric intrusions, wildfires, and intercontinental transport are complicating efforts in California to further reduce this pollutant, which is particularly harmful to our health. Scientists measured daily fluctuations in ozone in the air across Northern and Central California in 2016 during a coordinated field campaign known as the California Baseline Ozone Transport Study. They […]
- The ObservationalistEditor’s note: Whether you’re in isolation or reemerging, we hope this guest column feels like a perfectly meteorological way to reconnect with the world. Read Mike’s full blog post here and more of his photos here. Above: Corona and wave clouds. by H. Michael Mogil, CCM, CBM First there was “The Mentalist,” the hit CBS series that focused on Patrick Jane’s (played by Simon […]
- Intuitive Metric for Deadly Tropical Cyclone RainsWith hurricanes moving more slowly and climate models projecting increasing rain rates, scientists have been grappling with how to effectively convey the resulting danger of extreme rains from these more intense, slow-moving storms. Flooding rainfall already is the most deadly hazard from tropical cyclones (TCs), which include hurricanes and tropical storms. Yet the widely recognized […]
- Red Proverb at Morning, Meteorologists Take WarningWeather proverbs can be useful indicators of real correlations observed over the centuries, but they can also show unwelcome persistence. The phenomenon is well known: for example, a December 1931 BAMS article referred to a Columbia University study that revealed most high school students had heard the proverb, “When squirrels gather an unusual supply of nuts, it indicates a severe winter”—and […]
- When Hurricanes Become Machines…or MonstersOfficially, the Atlantic season is almost upon us. The season of tropical storms and hurricanes, yes, but more to the point, the season of heat-seeking machines and relentless monsters. At least, that’s the metaphorical language of broadcast meteorologists when confronted with catastrophic threats like Hurricane Harvey in Houston in 2017. A new analysis in BAMS […]
- Active Hurricane Seasons: Maybe For 2020, But Not Necessarily in a Warmer FutureFor a fifth consecutive year, NOAA is forecasting an above-average number of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the Atlantic, with 13-19 named storms expected in 2020. The number of TCs includes both tropical storms and hurricanes. This is in line with recent hurricane season forecasts by The Weather Channel, Penn State, Tropical Storm Risk, and others. […]
- New Assessment Is Confident Global Warming Brings Stronger, Wetter Tropical CyclonesEven with a modest amount of global warming, future hurricanes will become nastier. They’ll push ashore higher storm surges, grow into superstorms like Hurricanes Dorian and Irma more often, and unleash inundating rains similar to Hurricanes Harvey and Florence more frequently. That’s the assessment of published, peer-reviewed research in the past decade, according to an […]
Observations and models–that’s often an uneasy relationship. It’s not always easy to find the common ground needed to turn observations into model input and then models themselves into physically realistic output consistent with those observations. DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program is trying to pull observing and modeling—ranging over vast time and space scales—tighter together, into effective bundles of […]
Many of us will not be seeing fireworks this Independence Day, due to coronavirus restrictions and local ordinances. But one way to make up for not seeing festive explosions of color and fire in person this year might be to see what they look like…on weather radar. In “Fireworks on Weather Radar and Camera,” published recently […]
Despite freezing temperatures, snow is melting on Mount Everest. That’s just one finding in a recent study of weather data provided by a new network of five automated weather stations on Earth’s tallest mountain. The network includes two of the highest altitude weather stations on Earth, Balcony Station at 8,430 m (~27,658 ft) […]
Uncontrollable sources of ozone from stratospheric intrusions, wildfires, and intercontinental transport are complicating efforts in California to further reduce this pollutant, which is particularly harmful to our health. Scientists measured daily fluctuations in ozone in the air across Northern and Central California in 2016 during a coordinated field campaign known as the California Baseline Ozone Transport Study. They […]
Editor’s note: Whether you’re in isolation or reemerging, we hope this guest column feels like a perfectly meteorological way to reconnect with the world. Read Mike’s full blog post here and more of his photos here. Above: Corona and wave clouds. by H. Michael Mogil, CCM, CBM First there was “The Mentalist,” the hit CBS series that focused on Patrick Jane’s (played by Simon […]
With hurricanes moving more slowly and climate models projecting increasing rain rates, scientists have been grappling with how to effectively convey the resulting danger of extreme rains from these more intense, slow-moving storms. Flooding rainfall already is the most deadly hazard from tropical cyclones (TCs), which include hurricanes and tropical storms. Yet the widely recognized […]
Weather proverbs can be useful indicators of real correlations observed over the centuries, but they can also show unwelcome persistence. The phenomenon is well known: for example, a December 1931 BAMS article referred to a Columbia University study that revealed most high school students had heard the proverb, “When squirrels gather an unusual supply of nuts, it indicates a severe winter”—and […]
Officially, the Atlantic season is almost upon us. The season of tropical storms and hurricanes, yes, but more to the point, the season of heat-seeking machines and relentless monsters. At least, that’s the metaphorical language of broadcast meteorologists when confronted with catastrophic threats like Hurricane Harvey in Houston in 2017. A new analysis in BAMS […]
For a fifth consecutive year, NOAA is forecasting an above-average number of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the Atlantic, with 13-19 named storms expected in 2020. The number of TCs includes both tropical storms and hurricanes. This is in line with recent hurricane season forecasts by The Weather Channel, Penn State, Tropical Storm Risk, and others. […]
Even with a modest amount of global warming, future hurricanes will become nastier. They’ll push ashore higher storm surges, grow into superstorms like Hurricanes Dorian and Irma more often, and unleash inundating rains similar to Hurricanes Harvey and Florence more frequently. That’s the assessment of published, peer-reviewed research in the past decade, according to an […]
