A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they affect our atmosphere and satellites. NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS for short, mission represents a pair of satellites that will fly in a sun-synchronous orbit — meaning they are always over the …
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Storms already are moving across the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula and the eastern U.P. Farther south, another batch of possibly severe weather is working its way across Lake Michigan and heading toward West Michigan. You can see the always-updated radar on our MLive weather page. As these storms continue to pop up this afternoon, wind damage appears to …
Read More »Storms Crawling Along the Gulf Coast Are Raising the Risk of Flooding The New York Times Gulf Tropical Disturbance A Flood Threat In Louisiana, Mississippi, Including New Orleans The Weather Channel Millions at risk of flash flooding along the Gulf Coast as dangerous storms sop the area CNN Flood Watch continues. Periods of moderate to heavy rain possible WAFB Louisiana, Mississippi brace for heavy …
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Your heart does more than pump blood. It also broadcasts tiny timing shifts that doctors read as heart rate variability (HRV), a window into the balance of your autonomic nervous system (ANS). A five‑month field study now suggests those shifts rise and fall with patterns in space weather. “The study makes a striking correlation between people’s HRV and …
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The languid atmosphere over the Philadelphia region really hasn’t been locked in a perpetual state of steam bath for the last month. It only feels like it. So observes Sarah Johnson, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, which yet again has posted a flash flood watch, this one in effect until 2 a.m …
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