Buildings and vast stretches of pavement in dense cities trap and generate heat, forming urban heat islands. Similarly, urban development can boost rainfall. Around the world,...
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Cecilia Blomdahl Author of Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole At 78 degrees north latitude, which is about 12...
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the...