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- Poison Ivy SoapOur mild Poison Ivy jewelweed Soap contains the juices from jewelweed, along with soothing coconut, olive and palm oils, to effectively remove the nasty urushiol (the invisible plant oil) that causes the itching, burning rash of poison ivy.
- Best Day Tasks for October 19, 2019Can Fruits and Vegetables, Mow to Slow Growth, Go Hunting,...
- Current Moon Phase: Waning GibbousThe Moon's current percentage of illumination is 73%.
- Gardening by the Moon for October 19, 2019Start seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Best...
- Fishing Calendar for October 19, 2019Evening - BEST
- Moon's Astrological Place for October 19, 2019♋ Cancer - Crab (Breast)
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Our mild Poison Ivy jewelweed Soap contains the juices from jewelweed, along with soothing coconut, olive and palm oils, to effectively remove the nasty urushiol (the invisible plant oil) that causes the itching, burning rash of poison ivy.
Can Fruits and Vegetables, Mow to Slow Growth, Go Hunting,...
The Moon's current percentage of illumination is 73%.
Start seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Best...
Evening - BEST
♋ Cancer - Crab (Breast)
The 2019 Farmers' Almanac is available for pre-order! (Ships August 13th)
Weather News provided by BBC News Science & Environment©
- European SolO probe ready to take on audacious missionA UK-assembled European spacecraft aims to take the closest ever pictures and movies of the Sun.
- Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in all-women spacewalkTwo female astronauts made history as they replaced a power unit on the International Space Station.
- Satellites to monitor whale strandings from spaceScientists are developing the techniques to spot mass stranding events from orbit.
- Nasa unveils new spacesuit for next Moon landingThe agency reveals a prototype for a lunar surface spacesuit to fit all shapes and sizes.
- How plastic bags were supposed to help save the planetFamily of inventor says they were designed to be reused to stop trees from being destroyed.
- Climate change: Boris Johnson to chair new committeeA committee is set up to push climate action but critics point to delay on environment policy.
- Human 'mini-brains' slow at developing among primatesResearchers grow brains in a lab and discover that human neurons develop more slowly than those of other primates.
- Southwest Atlantic humpback whales on recovery pathThe population first ravaged by commercial whalers in the 1900s is almost back to where it was.
- Brexit hits UK science funding and workforceThe first figures emerge demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research.
- Why scientists are ‘listening’ to the MatterhornSparked by an unexpected rockfall, researchers placed sensors on the mountain to monitor the site.
- Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near LuxorThe coffins, whose decorations are still visible, were uncovered at a Theban necropolis near Luxor.
- Prince William calls for climate change action on glacier visitThe Duke of Cambridge calls for more education and awareness during a visit to northern Pakistan.
- Unmanned ship to go on 400-year-old journey across the AtlanticUK-based team to chart unprecedented waters with fully autonomous sea journey.
- What's in the government's new environment bill?Environmentalists welcome parts of the new law, but others say the government is going backwards.
- Extinction Rebellion protests continue in London despite banThe group says it has taken steps towards legal action over the restriction of protests in London.
- Bloodhound diary: South African trials get under wayThe team behind the Bloodhound supersonic car is in Northern Cape to start running the vehicle.
- Why this woman hates to hear about 'big bad wolf'The leashed beasts may look like large powerful dogs, but they still have the wild heart of a wolf.
- The Russian who could have been first to MoonAlexei Leonov, who died on Friday, could have been the first human to land on the Moon.
- Yikes! Fox and rodent battle is top wildlife photoA shot of a predator-prey confrontation wins the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
- Microplastics: Seeking the 'plastic score' of the food on our platesMicroplastics are everywhere, but how worried should we be? Scientists are on a mission to find out more.
- Hundreds of temperature records broken over summerNearly 400 all-time high temperature records were broken over the summer.
- 'Ozone hole vigilance still required'It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.
- 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.
- Why a brainless yellow 'blob' that can learn is mystifying scientistsA yellow organism, which looks like fungus but acts like an animal, has gone on display at a Paris zoo.
- Could cricket and worm burgers help save the planet?Insects are being touted as an eco-friendly protein source, but do bug burgers pass the taste test?
- Plastic-free Penzance: The UK's most eco-friendly town?Where businesses cut down on plastic, fishermen collect litter and students march about the climate.
- How do you breathe less pollution on school run?Going on foot, by bike or by car? Three Sheffield families took part in a test to find out.
A UK-assembled European spacecraft aims to take the closest ever pictures and movies of the Sun.
Two female astronauts made history as they replaced a power unit on the International Space Station.
Scientists are developing the techniques to spot mass stranding events from orbit.
The agency reveals a prototype for a lunar surface spacesuit to fit all shapes and sizes.
Family of inventor says they were designed to be reused to stop trees from being destroyed.
A committee is set up to push climate action but critics point to delay on environment policy.
Researchers grow brains in a lab and discover that human neurons develop more slowly than those of other primates.
The population first ravaged by commercial whalers in the 1900s is almost back to where it was.
The first figures emerge demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research.
Sparked by an unexpected rockfall, researchers placed sensors on the mountain to monitor the site.
The coffins, whose decorations are still visible, were uncovered at a Theban necropolis near Luxor.
The Duke of Cambridge calls for more education and awareness during a visit to northern Pakistan.
UK-based team to chart unprecedented waters with fully autonomous sea journey.
Environmentalists welcome parts of the new law, but others say the government is going backwards.
The group says it has taken steps towards legal action over the restriction of protests in London.
The team behind the Bloodhound supersonic car is in Northern Cape to start running the vehicle.
The leashed beasts may look like large powerful dogs, but they still have the wild heart of a wolf.
Alexei Leonov, who died on Friday, could have been the first human to land on the Moon.
A shot of a predator-prey confrontation wins the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Microplastics are everywhere, but how worried should we be? Scientists are on a mission to find out more.
Nearly 400 all-time high temperature records were broken over the summer.
It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.
At 16, MiMi Aung travelled alone to the US for an education. Now she's a project lead on Nasa's Mars mission.
A yellow organism, which looks like fungus but acts like an animal, has gone on display at a Paris zoo.
Insects are being touted as an eco-friendly protein source, but do bug burgers pass the taste test?
Where businesses cut down on plastic, fishermen collect litter and students march about the climate.
Going on foot, by bike or by car? Three Sheffield families took part in a test to find out.
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©
- Tornado Researchers Gather to Improve Wind Speed EstimationThe Wind Speed Estimation (WSE) standards committee–jointly supported by AMS and the American Society of Civil Engineers–is holding its 9th meeting this week in conjunction with an NSF-funded Tornado Hazard Wind Assessment and ReducTion Symposium (THWARTS) at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The WSE committee began in 2014 to develop standards for an improved process […]
- AMS Goes for 100% Renewable Electricity for Its 100th Anniversaryby Bob Henson, AMS Councilor and Chair, AMS Committee on Environmental Stewardship (ACES) Those of us involved with climate change in our professional lives—researchers, educators, authors, students—often feel the need to “walk the walk” in a demonstrable way. AMS is one of the world’s premier organizations involved with peer-reviewed research on our changing atmosphere, so […]
- So, Just What Do “Sunny” Southern California Broadcast Meteorologists Do?You know the perception: It never rains in Southern California, so forecasting the weather there is easy. Not so fast, says Anthony Yanez of KNBC TV in Los Angeles. In his recent presentation at the 47th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology in San Diego, titled “Forecasting Southern California: Not as Easy as you Think,” Yanez takes […]
- Peer Review: A Foundational Component of Our Scienceby Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director This week we join many other scientific publishers celebrating Peer Review Week to highlight the importance of high-quality peer review in the scientific process. The process of peer reviewing research results has been an indispensable component of the modern scientific enterprise: when scientists talk about having reached a […]
- Report: Hurricane Michael Upgraded to Category 5 at Landfall2018’s devastating Hurricane Michael struck the Florida panhandle at Mexico Beach and Tyndall Air Force Base in October at Category 5 intensity with 160 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center announced Friday. That’s 5 mph higher than Michael’s wind estimate of 155 mph at the time of landfall. In its post-storm tropical cyclone report, […]
- AMS on the Air Podcast: Alexandra Cranford Talks about Women in TV MeteorologyThe largest biographical study to date of TV meteorologists shows some disturbing disadvantages for women in the profession. You can hear Alexandra Cranford, the author of that study, discuss the study on the latest episode of our podcast, AMS on the Air. Cranford, who is an AMS Certified Broadcaster with WWL-TV in New Orleans, made an […]
- World Water Day: An Integrated AppreciationWow! It’s World Water Day, as observed by the United Nations. Pretty much everything AMS is about has to do with water—from raindrops to atmospheric rivers to thunderstorms and hurricanes on to ocean currents and groundwater. Which is why this concluding paragraph from the AMS Policy Program’s recently released study, “Toward an Integrated Approach to […]
- International Women’s Day: Unsilencing the Forgotten Pillars of MeteorologyIn the pages of scientific history, one often hears too much silence. A science–especially meteorology–is built by women who are rarely, if ever, remembered, let alone credited. So maybe on this International Women’s Day, and more broadly, for Women’s History Month, let’s look back in the pages of history at the dedication to meteorology that women have always […]
- AMS on the Air: Ada Monzón Talks about Disaster and TransformationMost of us can barely imagine the experience AMS Fellow Ada Monzón went through to warn–and then come to the aid of–her fellow citizens in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria of 2017. On the latest episode of our podcast, AMS on the Air, the award-winning broadcast meteorologist for WIPR-TV tells BAMS Senior Editor Chris Cappella, With Maria, I was […]
- Beyond Leadership to Mentorship: An Opportunity for Early Career Professionals by Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant Guru-shishya parampara is a centuries-old tradition in India that fosters a thoughtful exchange of ideas, expertise, and friendship between a guru (teacher) and shishya (student). The relationship between a guru and a shishya is an emotional, spiritual, and intellectual friendship built on the foundation of trust, respect and […]
The Wind Speed Estimation (WSE) standards committee–jointly supported by AMS and the American Society of Civil Engineers–is holding its 9th meeting this week in conjunction with an NSF-funded Tornado Hazard Wind Assessment and ReducTion Symposium (THWARTS) at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The WSE committee began in 2014 to develop standards for an improved process […]
by Bob Henson, AMS Councilor and Chair, AMS Committee on Environmental Stewardship (ACES) Those of us involved with climate change in our professional lives—researchers, educators, authors, students—often feel the need to “walk the walk” in a demonstrable way. AMS is one of the world’s premier organizations involved with peer-reviewed research on our changing atmosphere, so […]
You know the perception: It never rains in Southern California, so forecasting the weather there is easy. Not so fast, says Anthony Yanez of KNBC TV in Los Angeles. In his recent presentation at the 47th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology in San Diego, titled “Forecasting Southern California: Not as Easy as you Think,” Yanez takes […]
by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director This week we join many other scientific publishers celebrating Peer Review Week to highlight the importance of high-quality peer review in the scientific process. The process of peer reviewing research results has been an indispensable component of the modern scientific enterprise: when scientists talk about having reached a […]
2018’s devastating Hurricane Michael struck the Florida panhandle at Mexico Beach and Tyndall Air Force Base in October at Category 5 intensity with 160 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center announced Friday. That’s 5 mph higher than Michael’s wind estimate of 155 mph at the time of landfall. In its post-storm tropical cyclone report, […]
The largest biographical study to date of TV meteorologists shows some disturbing disadvantages for women in the profession. You can hear Alexandra Cranford, the author of that study, discuss the study on the latest episode of our podcast, AMS on the Air. Cranford, who is an AMS Certified Broadcaster with WWL-TV in New Orleans, made an […]
Wow! It’s World Water Day, as observed by the United Nations. Pretty much everything AMS is about has to do with water—from raindrops to atmospheric rivers to thunderstorms and hurricanes on to ocean currents and groundwater. Which is why this concluding paragraph from the AMS Policy Program’s recently released study, “Toward an Integrated Approach to […]
In the pages of scientific history, one often hears too much silence. A science–especially meteorology–is built by women who are rarely, if ever, remembered, let alone credited. So maybe on this International Women’s Day, and more broadly, for Women’s History Month, let’s look back in the pages of history at the dedication to meteorology that women have always […]
Most of us can barely imagine the experience AMS Fellow Ada Monzón went through to warn–and then come to the aid of–her fellow citizens in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria of 2017. On the latest episode of our podcast, AMS on the Air, the award-winning broadcast meteorologist for WIPR-TV tells BAMS Senior Editor Chris Cappella, With Maria, I was […]
by Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant Guru-shishya parampara is a centuries-old tradition in India that fosters a thoughtful exchange of ideas, expertise, and friendship between a guru (teacher) and shishya (student). The relationship between a guru and a shishya is an emotional, spiritual, and intellectual friendship built on the foundation of trust, respect and […]
