Credit: Kirtland Air Force Base New research, based on two decades of data, shows that in the ten years since its onset in 2000, the Southwestern North America (SWNA) megadrought caused a 30 % of gravity wave activity in Earth’s upper atmosphere. More than 30 years ago, Chester Gardner of the Department of Electrical and …
A new study from the University of Chicago and the University of Washington explains for the first time why the Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern Hemisphere. Above: An extratropical cyclone off the coast of Australia in 2012. Credit: NASA For centuries, sailors who sailed the world knew where the most fearsome storms lay …
The southern hemisphere is stormier than the north, and we finally know why Read More »
December night sky viewing is awesome…just chill. Brighter stars shine in the evening sky at this time of year, and in December we have the bright planets Saturn and Jupiter visible in the evening. There is also a close passage of Mars by us earlier this month. The Geminid meteor shower, one of the best …
Geminid meteor shower and Mars visible in Fayetteville, North Carolina Read More »
