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- Best Day Tasks for April 26, 2018Bake, Cut Firewood, Mow to Increase Growth, Dig Holes, Wax...
- Current Moon Phase: Waxing GibbousThe Moon's current percentage of illumination is 85%.
- Gardening by the Moon for April 26, 2018favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant...
- Fishing Calendar for April 26, 2018Morning - FAIR
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Next week we’ll be rolling out a new look to your Farmers' Almanac Daily Summary emails — just a few minor nips and tucks to fine-tune the format of the information you receive. We'd love your feedback at questions@farmersalmanac.com!
Soap Nuts are miraculous berries that serve as a natural replacement for toxic chemical cleaners and laundry detergents. Soap Nuts keep your laundry clean and soft, and are a cheaper alternative to harsh, everyday detergents found in your grocery store. Shop Now!
Bake, Cut Firewood, Mow to Increase Growth, Dig Holes, Wax...
The Moon's current percentage of illumination is 85%.
favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant...
Morning - FAIR
♎ Libra - Balance (Reins)
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- Your AMS Community Onlineby Jordan Stillman, AMS Community Coordinator After a successful soft launch to AMS board and committee members this past winter, the AMS will be opening up our new online platform, AMS Community, to all AMS members as a new member benefit this May. The goal of the AMS Community is to enhance communication and improve […]
- Small-scale Vortices Enhanced Winds and Damage in Hurricane HarveySevere but highly variable wind damage to homes & infrastructure is a hallmark of intense tropical cyclones. Until recently there was only speculation that such damage, which appears in short swaths, was the work of tornadoes. Now, there’s first-ever proof that tornadoes and other small-scale phenomena did indeed enhance the winds and damage in Hurricane […]
- Mentoring365 and You!by Tanja Fransen, AMS Councilor and Mentoring Program Ad-Hoc Committee Chair AMS has a wealth of talent and we’d love to see more of our members signed up for the Mentoring 365 program as mentees, mentors–maybe both! We should never stop learning. When I started in college and early in my career, I hadn’t even heard […]
- Satellites Capture Weather History in the MakingGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16, now GOES-East, became operational in December and this eye in the sky is capturing stunning color weather imagery daily. Today, it’s the third nor’easter in two weeks explosively developing into a blizzard off the Northeast Coast. Following on the heels of the deadly and damaging storm of March 2, […]
- There’s That Word Again: “Bomb”It’s like the word du jour. Or, more accurately, THE word du storm. It seemed like every time this winter that a big East Coast storm—a significant nor’easter—looked impending in computer models, the media hype machine cranked out the word “Bomb.” Or “bomb cyclone.” And here it is again: “Destructive Nor’easter Emerging; Expected to ‘Bomb […]
- Epic Blizzards Paralyzed New England, Midwest 40 Years AgoBy Chris Cappella, AMS It began with a whisper. And ended in smothered silence for millions. I’ll never forget seeing tiny snowflakes blowing down Ocean Avenue in our small sea-side suburb of New Haven. In my hometown of West Haven, on the south shore of central Connecticut overlooking Long Island Sound, when snow […]
- It Used to Be “Inadvertent Climate Modification,” TooAMS Executive Director Keith Seitter sent a letter today to President Trump. It begins, In an interview with Piers Morgan on Britain’s ITV News that aired Sunday, 28 January, you stated, among other comments: “There is a cooling, and there’s a heating. I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to […]
- Pathways from Meteorology–Political, Commercial, PersonalThe path from good science to good societal decisions is the central paradigm not only of the scientist’s perspective on how to impact the world, but also to the public’s faith in science itself. It also turns out to be a path of personal growth as well. There’s a whole genre of attempts to depict these connections between science and its usage. One […]
- Did You Hear? Echoes from the Annual MeetingThis year’s AMS Annual Meeting provided no shortage of memorable presentations. The focus on 2017’s hurricanes in particular yielded some of the most memorable moments, and now you can listen (again, or for the first time) for yourself. Recorded presentations are being uploaded gradually to the AMS meeting program site. Richard Alley’s speech at the Presidential […]
- Is It Just Us…or Was That the BBQ Talking?So many conversations at the 2018 AMS Annual Meeting started–and ended–on the same note, and Dakota Smith captures it just right in his “Weather Nerds Assemble” vlog: Communication is a huge aspect in this field….If a forecast is a hundred percent accurate, but no one understands it, it’s not a useful forecast. That in a nutshell was what this […]
by Jordan Stillman, AMS Community Coordinator After a successful soft launch to AMS board and committee members this past winter, the AMS will be opening up our new online platform, AMS Community, to all AMS members as a new member benefit this May. The goal of the AMS Community is to enhance communication and improve […]
Severe but highly variable wind damage to homes & infrastructure is a hallmark of intense tropical cyclones. Until recently there was only speculation that such damage, which appears in short swaths, was the work of tornadoes. Now, there’s first-ever proof that tornadoes and other small-scale phenomena did indeed enhance the winds and damage in Hurricane […]
by Tanja Fransen, AMS Councilor and Mentoring Program Ad-Hoc Committee Chair AMS has a wealth of talent and we’d love to see more of our members signed up for the Mentoring 365 program as mentees, mentors–maybe both! We should never stop learning. When I started in college and early in my career, I hadn’t even heard […]
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16, now GOES-East, became operational in December and this eye in the sky is capturing stunning color weather imagery daily. Today, it’s the third nor’easter in two weeks explosively developing into a blizzard off the Northeast Coast. Following on the heels of the deadly and damaging storm of March 2, […]
It’s like the word du jour. Or, more accurately, THE word du storm. It seemed like every time this winter that a big East Coast storm—a significant nor’easter—looked impending in computer models, the media hype machine cranked out the word “Bomb.” Or “bomb cyclone.” And here it is again: “Destructive Nor’easter Emerging; Expected to ‘Bomb […]
By Chris Cappella, AMS It began with a whisper. And ended in smothered silence for millions. I’ll never forget seeing tiny snowflakes blowing down Ocean Avenue in our small sea-side suburb of New Haven. In my hometown of West Haven, on the south shore of central Connecticut overlooking Long Island Sound, when snow […]
AMS Executive Director Keith Seitter sent a letter today to President Trump. It begins, In an interview with Piers Morgan on Britain’s ITV News that aired Sunday, 28 January, you stated, among other comments: “There is a cooling, and there’s a heating. I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to […]
The path from good science to good societal decisions is the central paradigm not only of the scientist’s perspective on how to impact the world, but also to the public’s faith in science itself. It also turns out to be a path of personal growth as well. There’s a whole genre of attempts to depict these connections between science and its usage. One […]
This year’s AMS Annual Meeting provided no shortage of memorable presentations. The focus on 2017’s hurricanes in particular yielded some of the most memorable moments, and now you can listen (again, or for the first time) for yourself. Recorded presentations are being uploaded gradually to the AMS meeting program site. Richard Alley’s speech at the Presidential […]
So many conversations at the 2018 AMS Annual Meeting started–and ended–on the same note, and Dakota Smith captures it just right in his “Weather Nerds Assemble” vlog: Communication is a huge aspect in this field….If a forecast is a hundred percent accurate, but no one understands it, it’s not a useful forecast. That in a nutshell was what this […]
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- Seventh EU Sentinel goes into orbitEurope's latest Earth observation satellite will focus on the behaviour and health of oceans.
- Gaia telescope's 'book of the heavens' takes shapeA European space telescope measures the precise positions and distances to over one billion stars.
- 'Ground-breaking' galaxy collision detectedFourteen galaxies pile into a small region of space... only one can emerge.
- Galileo: UK plan to launch rival to EU sat-nav systemThe UK is looking at its own sat-nav system if the EU locks it out of Galileo because of Brexit.
- An unusually late start to the season for USA's Tornado AlleyThings are unusually quiet in Oklahoma and Kansas this year as 2018 could see the latest start to the tornado season on record.
- Record concentration of microplastics found in ArcticDiscovery prompts fear that melting ice will allow more plastic to be released back into the oceans.
- Swedish archaeologists reveal 5th Century massacre at Sandby borgA new study says dozens at the Oland island fort were killed and left to rot where they fell.
- GM plant tech boosts malaria drug yieldScientists have modified a plant's genes to make it produce high levels of a key malaria drug, potentially helping meet the large global demand.
- Rotten egg gas around planet UranusThe planet Uranus has clouds made up of hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their unpleasant smell.
- Environment prize goes to Flint water activistAn activist who helped expose a water crisis in a US town has been awarded a prestigious environment prize.
- Climate change: Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5m for Paris dealNew York City's ex-mayor pledges $4.5m to help cover the lapsed US contribution to the Paris accord.
- Hemsby: Clifftop home destroyed erosion spanning 40 yearsErosion of the cliff at Hemsby, Norfolk, has left 18 homes uninhabitable over the past five years.
- Rare brown bear dies in Italy capture operationThe endangered animal died in Italy during an attempt to fit him with a collar to track movements.
- National Trust needs to be 'radical'The new director-general of the National Trust says the charity needs to reach out to people in urban areas.
- Closing gender gap in physics 'will take generations'The gender gap in science subjects like physics is likely to persist for hundreds of years, study suggests.
- Bajau people 'evolved bigger spleens' for free-divingIn an example of human natural selection, Asia's Bajau people have evolved bigger spleens for diving.
- Oxford Dodo was shot in head, scans findThe world-famous specimen is the world's best-preserved example of the extinct bird.
- Scientists discover mechanism behind motor neurone diseaseAn international team found that a protein causes brain cells to die when it is stuck in the jelly phase.
- Planet-hunter launches from FloridaThe US space agency's Tess satellite lifts off on a mission to find thousands of new worlds.
- Plastic straw and cotton bud ban proposedPlan for a ban in England is announced as Commonwealth leaders are urged to tackle plastic waste.
- 100 Women: 'Record number' of Nepalese women climbing Everest this seasonA record number of Nepalese women are climbing Mount Everest this spring season, officials tell the BBC.
- Heatwaves 'cook' Great Barrier Reef coralsRecurring spells of ocean warming impact the diversity of coral reef communities.
- Keeping livers 'alive' boosts transplant success, trial findsThe alternative to ice involves pumping livers with blood, nutrients and medicines while in a machine.
- Will China beat the world to nuclear fusion and clean energy?China's nuclear fusion research might put the country at the fore of future clean energy solutions.
- Bialowieza forest: Poland broke EU law by loggingPoland violated EU law by ordering large-scale logging in Bialowieza forest, Europe's top court says.
- Mesmerising footage shows lava lake overflow in HawaiiLava has risen above the crater floor in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano for the first time since 2016.
- The robot helping to deliver water in rural IndiaThe customised robot is part of a study looking at how technology can help those in rural areas.
- Macron to US Congress: 'There is no Planet B'The French president received more than one standing ovation in his remarks to Congress on climate change.
- Fancy a French farm for free?This Brittany farm could be available to someone who will preserve its traditional methods.
- How to revive drowsy beesA vet gives advice on how to assist dehydrated bumblebees emerging from hibernation.
- 'Exploding ant' species found in South East AsiaThe newly discovered canopy-dwelling ants are nicknamed after their bizarre defensive behaviour.
- Meteorite diamonds 'came from lost planet'The space rock that exploded in 2008 seems to have come from the early Solar System.
- Last of the wild asses back from the brinkWild equines are being reintroduced to the grasslands of Kazakhstan where they once roamed in large numbers.
- Solar sailingHow can you create public transport in the jungle without polluting it? The isolated Achuar peoples of Ecuador have created an ingenious solution.
- Poison projectScientist Vladimir Uglev has no doubt the agent that poisoned the Skripals was made in Russia.
- Reality CheckIt's not as easy to recycle your takeaway coffee cup as people may have thought.
- Magnetic waterSatellites make the most detailed observations yet of the magnetism generated by moving seawater.
- Past in focusAncient DNA from human remains has helped construct a new narrative for human history.
- Chemical attackExperts describe the challenges facing those investigating an alleged chemical attack in Syria.
- Hunting mystery giant lightning from spaceSpace station mission takes storm chasing to new heights
- Vanishing lakeIt's been shrinking fast, but could a plan to divert water to one of Africa's largest lakes stop it disappearing?
- 2,000 days on MarsThe Nasa robot this week celebrates 2,000 martian days investigating the surface of the Red Planet.
- Iron testA Manchester-led team tests the detector system it will use in Antarctica to find hidden iron meteorites.
- Engineering giantA new museum dedicated to IK Brunel reveals the man behind the carefully cultivated public image.
- Human-eye VRVR has suffered from an image problem, so could very high resolution headsets be the answer?
- Toxic taskThe organisation keeping track of the deadly chemicals held by countries around the world.
- Glorious mudMeet the "mudlarkers" looking for archaeological artefacts along the banks of the Thames.
- Adapt or dieIn the first of our Future of Work series, we look at how new tech could change our working lives.
- Rare poisonSergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by Novichok nerve agents, the PM says. So what are they?
- Rotten ideasAs the fight against plastic pollution gains momentum, firms are tackling the issue in different ways.
- Obituary: Stephen HawkingDespite a crippling illness, Stephen Hawking became one of the most respected scientists of his age.
- Nerve agentsA nerve agent was used to poison a Russian former spy and his daughter. What are they and what do they do?
- Recycling gumA British designer wants used gum recycled into useful objects - also leading to cleaner streets.
- Sound of speedThe Bloodhound supersonic car will produce a huge amount of noise when it starts running later this year.
- Fast chargeA breakthrough in materials technology could see fast-charging supercapacitors rival lithium-ion batteries.
- Water stressA report has said the south Indian city is likely to run out of water - but is this really the case?
- Lassa feverSince the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever.
- Body hackThe body-hackers who believe chips under the skin could replace keys and wallets in future.
- Scarcer snow?In the UK, there is evidence to suggest that snowfall has decreased over the past few decades. Worldwide, it's a more complicated picture.
- Wot, no signal?Billions of people still have no access to mobile services, but nano-satellites could change this.
- Burn or burySince China refused last month to accept any more foreign waste for recycling, the UK is facing a challenge disposing of its plastic waste.
- Nile conflictA new dam on the river Nile could trigger the world's first war about water, writes Alastair Leithead.
- Great White demystified Shark diving is helping tourists improve their perception about the largest predatory fish in the world.
- What lies beneathWinning photos from the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition
- Rocket manElon Musk just launched the world's most powerful rocket. It's only a fraction of what he's up to.
- Stephen Hawking: A life in picturesThe physicist, who battled motor neurone disease for most of his life, has died at the age of 76.
- Stephen Hawking dies: Scientist's most memorable quotesRemembering some of the key theories and quotes of the world renowned physicist, who has died.
Europe's latest Earth observation satellite will focus on the behaviour and health of oceans.
A European space telescope measures the precise positions and distances to over one billion stars.
Fourteen galaxies pile into a small region of space... only one can emerge.
The UK is looking at its own sat-nav system if the EU locks it out of Galileo because of Brexit.
Things are unusually quiet in Oklahoma and Kansas this year as 2018 could see the latest start to the tornado season on record.
Discovery prompts fear that melting ice will allow more plastic to be released back into the oceans.
A new study says dozens at the Oland island fort were killed and left to rot where they fell.
Scientists have modified a plant's genes to make it produce high levels of a key malaria drug, potentially helping meet the large global demand.
The planet Uranus has clouds made up of hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their unpleasant smell.
An activist who helped expose a water crisis in a US town has been awarded a prestigious environment prize.
New York City's ex-mayor pledges $4.5m to help cover the lapsed US contribution to the Paris accord.
Erosion of the cliff at Hemsby, Norfolk, has left 18 homes uninhabitable over the past five years.
The endangered animal died in Italy during an attempt to fit him with a collar to track movements.
The new director-general of the National Trust says the charity needs to reach out to people in urban areas.
The gender gap in science subjects like physics is likely to persist for hundreds of years, study suggests.
In an example of human natural selection, Asia's Bajau people have evolved bigger spleens for diving.
The world-famous specimen is the world's best-preserved example of the extinct bird.
An international team found that a protein causes brain cells to die when it is stuck in the jelly phase.
The US space agency's Tess satellite lifts off on a mission to find thousands of new worlds.
Plan for a ban in England is announced as Commonwealth leaders are urged to tackle plastic waste.
A record number of Nepalese women are climbing Mount Everest this spring season, officials tell the BBC.
Recurring spells of ocean warming impact the diversity of coral reef communities.
The alternative to ice involves pumping livers with blood, nutrients and medicines while in a machine.
China's nuclear fusion research might put the country at the fore of future clean energy solutions.
Poland violated EU law by ordering large-scale logging in Bialowieza forest, Europe's top court says.
Lava has risen above the crater floor in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano for the first time since 2016.
The customised robot is part of a study looking at how technology can help those in rural areas.
The French president received more than one standing ovation in his remarks to Congress on climate change.
This Brittany farm could be available to someone who will preserve its traditional methods.
A vet gives advice on how to assist dehydrated bumblebees emerging from hibernation.
The newly discovered canopy-dwelling ants are nicknamed after their bizarre defensive behaviour.
The space rock that exploded in 2008 seems to have come from the early Solar System.
Wild equines are being reintroduced to the grasslands of Kazakhstan where they once roamed in large numbers.
How can you create public transport in the jungle without polluting it? The isolated Achuar peoples of Ecuador have created an ingenious solution.
Scientist Vladimir Uglev has no doubt the agent that poisoned the Skripals was made in Russia.
It's not as easy to recycle your takeaway coffee cup as people may have thought.
Satellites make the most detailed observations yet of the magnetism generated by moving seawater.
Ancient DNA from human remains has helped construct a new narrative for human history.
Experts describe the challenges facing those investigating an alleged chemical attack in Syria.
Space station mission takes storm chasing to new heights
It's been shrinking fast, but could a plan to divert water to one of Africa's largest lakes stop it disappearing?
The Nasa robot this week celebrates 2,000 martian days investigating the surface of the Red Planet.
A Manchester-led team tests the detector system it will use in Antarctica to find hidden iron meteorites.
A new museum dedicated to IK Brunel reveals the man behind the carefully cultivated public image.
VR has suffered from an image problem, so could very high resolution headsets be the answer?
The organisation keeping track of the deadly chemicals held by countries around the world.
Meet the "mudlarkers" looking for archaeological artefacts along the banks of the Thames.
In the first of our Future of Work series, we look at how new tech could change our working lives.
Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by Novichok nerve agents, the PM says. So what are they?
As the fight against plastic pollution gains momentum, firms are tackling the issue in different ways.
Despite a crippling illness, Stephen Hawking became one of the most respected scientists of his age.
A nerve agent was used to poison a Russian former spy and his daughter. What are they and what do they do?
A British designer wants used gum recycled into useful objects - also leading to cleaner streets.
The Bloodhound supersonic car will produce a huge amount of noise when it starts running later this year.
A breakthrough in materials technology could see fast-charging supercapacitors rival lithium-ion batteries.
A report has said the south Indian city is likely to run out of water - but is this really the case?
Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever.
The body-hackers who believe chips under the skin could replace keys and wallets in future.
In the UK, there is evidence to suggest that snowfall has decreased over the past few decades. Worldwide, it's a more complicated picture.
Billions of people still have no access to mobile services, but nano-satellites could change this.
Since China refused last month to accept any more foreign waste for recycling, the UK is facing a challenge disposing of its plastic waste.
A new dam on the river Nile could trigger the world's first war about water, writes Alastair Leithead.
Shark diving is helping tourists improve their perception about the largest predatory fish in the world.
Winning photos from the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition
Elon Musk just launched the world's most powerful rocket. It's only a fraction of what he's up to.
The physicist, who battled motor neurone disease for most of his life, has died at the age of 76.
Remembering some of the key theories and quotes of the world renowned physicist, who has died.
