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Mount Everest is the main peak of the Himalayas, the highest mountain on earth, towering around 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level. It sits right at the very border of Tibet and Nepal and has base camps on each side. The Tibetans refer to Mount Everest as “Chomulungma” whi...
To support this assertion, we repeat the sensitivity assessment above, evaluating the derivatives of the melt rate with respect to air temperature, wind speed, and relative humidity. We simplify the analysis by assuming that the proportion of time that the surface is melting (P) is constant (...
Critical flutter velocity is 195 km/hour while maximum wind speed recorded at the site is 160 km/hour. Designed to carry a wastewater pipeline, the footpath is just 5 feet (1.5 mtrs) wide. The truss weighs in at 46 tons. Benjamin Raich was one of Austria’s greatest alpine skiers. T...
There were 17 tropical cyclones (TC) that formed in the Western North Pacific (WNP) basin during the 2018 boreal summer (i.e. June–July–August, JJA)—the highest recorded TC frequency since 1984 (Fig. 1a,b). Moreover, all months in JJA 2018 also recorded TC frequencies that are 10...
Warnings cover areas where the Eaton fire is still raging, though the weather service said winds in the Palisades fire area "are expected to remain on the lower side of wind forecast". Conditions are expected to begin to improve tomorrow, with ...
And in another few years, the sheer entirety of the human mind's riches will be spread before you like a gargantuan feast. It's not yet true that every book ever written and every song ever recorded and every film ever made are accessible online, but it will be true sooner rather than...
That’s in a 12-month period—the hottest ever recorded for the entire planet. As climate change continues, especially without efforts by the world’s governments to counteract it, more people will become climate refugees. Some places, like Arizona, may become uninhabitable altogether....
The top speed is stated to be “only” 250kph 155mph, but in everyday use, that is more than plenty, really. The case is made from chrome-plated brass. Since the watch wasn’t worn that often, the case managed to stay intact, but I can’t assure you on how it will withstand ...
This week on the Worn Wound podcast we’re bringing you a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at last weekend’s Windup Watch Fair in Chicago. First revealed in 2017, the Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Date gives the stage to a retrograde date scale which arcs across ...