These are the kinds of storms that breed tornadoes, but only if there are also very specific conditions in place, clues that we can measure and look out for when we're trying to forecast a storm.这就是孕育着龙卷风的暴风雨，但是只有在一些特殊条件也到位的时候，龙卷风才会形成，当我们想要预测...
Dangling all kinds of camping gear over his raincoat, Da-Song storms through the living room and heads to the garden. He opens the glass door and jumps out into the pouring rain. He then starts building the teepee in the middle of the yard. He’s quick, efficient. A true Scout. Y...
As climate change stokes larger and more intense wildfires, firestorms are likely to become more common. Here’s why they occur and what makes them so dangerous.
The storms have created one of the biggest snowpacks on record in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The snowpack's water content is 239% of its normal average and nearly triple in the southern Sierra, according to state data. Now as the weather warms up, water managers are preparing for ...
Quicksand is created when water saturates an area of loose sand and the ordinary sand is suddenly agitated. When the water trapped in the batch of sand with loose packing can't escape, it creates liquefied soil that can no longer support weight. There are two ways in which sand can become...
While VPRN and VPWS networks can also provide LAN services, they are subject to the following limitations of traditional Ethernet technologies: The broadcast storms of frames with unknown destination MAC addresses cannot be limited. The extension of theSpanning Tree Protocol(STP) is limited. ...
Valleys are usually protected from fierce winds and storms. What makes a valley unique? A valley is a type of landform. ... A valley is madedeeper by a stream of water or a river as it flowsfrom the high land to the lower land, and into a lake or sea. Some valleys are made by...
The word "crisis" conjures up images of floods, storms and wildfires, or maybe a banking crash or terrorist outrage. In business terms, though, it can be used for any number of situations, from an urgent product recall, to claims of fraud – to a market collapse. At a local level, ...
You might think lightning storms are one of the leading causes of power surges, but they're actually one of the least common. Kevin J Salisbury/Getty Images Power surges occur when something boosts the electrical charge at some point in the power lines. This causes an increase in the elect...
This week has seen one of the most dramatic solar storms in decades, leading toviews of auroras seen around the worldas charged particles from the sun interacted with Earth’s atmosphere. But the events weren’t only notable for the gorgeous colors seen in the sky — they are also a way...