Day: September 18, 2023

Pearl Harbor: Bombed battleships’ boost for climate science

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Pearl Harbor: Bombed battleships’ boost for climate science

Weather data from several ships bombed by Japanese pilots at Pearl Harbor has been recovered in a rescue mission that will help scientists understand how the global climate is changing. Crew members aboard various vessels — such as the USS Pennsylvania and the USS Tennessee — died when their battleships were targeted in December 1941. … Read more

Siberia witnesses over 150% rise in air pollution

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Estimates suggest emissions due to fires may turn atmospheric carbon sink Siberian taiga forests into source of carbon The Central and Eastern Siberian Taiga region saw 13,000 fires in the 2016-2020 period and the burned area was a little over 16 MHa. Photo: iStock While some regions around the world, such as eastern China, have … Read more