Tornado outbreak expected in Deep South Friday

A tornado outbreak is possible in the Deep South on March 24, 2023. Residents should be alert for changing conditions and have a plan in advance of the storms.

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The Big and Little Dipper: How to find them

How to find the Big and Little Dipper in the nighttime sky. From the Northern Hemisphere the Big Dipper is high in the sky on spring evenings.

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Indian Startup Uses Rice Crop Waste to Make Biodegradable Foam Packaging–Instead of Burning it

A Delhi-based engineer has designed a replacement for polystyrene packaging out of “rice stubble” the dead stalks left over after the rice season in India, millions of tons of which are burned every year. They say wisdom oft comes from the mouths of babes, and Mr. Arpit Dhupar was at first left scratching his head […]

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Critically-Endangered West African Lion Going from Strength to Strength in Niokolo Koba, Senegal

Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness. In a thrilling sign of recovery for the Critically-Endangered West African lion, camera trap footage and photos of a West African lioness and her three cubs playing, nursing, and feeding in Senegal’s Niokolo Koba National Park […]

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Extreme weather events led to 8 deaths, destroyed almost 390,000 hectares of cropped area in Jan-Feb 2023

Haryana saw most damage to cropped area; Karnataka saw extreme cold events after a gap of over four decades

Warmer autumn than usual forecast after scorching weekend smashes Australian weather records

Dozens of Australian heat records were smashed over the weekend, as the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a warmer than average autumn ahead. Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the weather bureau, said many locations in New South Wales recorded their…

The Aukus deal is a crime against the world’s climate future. It didn’t have to be like this | Jeff Sparrow

Under the terms of the government’s nuclear submarine purchase, the first Australian-built Aukus class vessels come into service in the early 2040s. What else might be happening then? According to the IPCC, at current rates, the planet will have warmed…

Equinox shadows trace a straight line from west to east

Equinox shadows are unique. On this day – and this day only – the tip of an upright stick’s shadow follows a straight path, west to east, all day long.

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Spring Triangle rises late at night, heralding the season

As the Northern Hemisphere enters spring, look for the spring triangle rising in the east, made up of bright beacons from three prominent constellations.

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Equinox sun rises due east and sets due west

The 2023 March equinox occurs on March 20 at 21:24 UTC (4:24 p.m. CDT). The equinox sun rises due east and sets due west on that day.

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