After an hour, the balloon has ascended to almost 100,000 feet (30,480 meters). This is the stratosphere, the second-to-last atmospheric layer before outer space. Below, the Earth's features are obscured by a thick layer of cloud. Above, the blue sky has faded to dark black. It's ...
" And the answer is the same reason it always is: a lack of trust. Many people don’t trust the society around them, most notably the representatives of that society. That trust often falls even further when it comes to elite representatives of that society, which include government official...
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.
Some scientists predict that nuclear winter would be followed by an even harsher spring. They theorize that the sunlight bounced back up from the smokecloudswould heat up nitrogen oxides in the stratosphere. At high temperatures, the nitrogen oxides, which formed due to blast-burned oxygen, would...
NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research found that space traffic, which is projected to increase in the future, could boost emissions of soot directly into the stratosphere, which could deplete the ozone layer in some seasons. “We need to learn more about the potential impact of hydroc...
NEW YORK (AP) — There's only one Roxie Hart. And yet — stay with us here — there aremany Roxie Harts. The murderous, washed-up chorus girl is the beating, biting heart of Broadway's mainstay musical “Chicago,” but no single actor owns her....
many options for adjusting under this approach, so the artists really have to be on board. “Another thing about working with omnis is that the musicians have to be open to adjusting their positions in the studio. Quite often they’ll come and listen and say something like ‘There’s too...
The first roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, wasn't opened until 1892. Many of the 19th century buildings are still part of the architecture of the modern Cedar Point.Photo of the Gemini roller coaster taken at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio by Stratosphere (CC BY-SA) Cedar Point 2022...
the stratosphere. As the materials needed to reach space become cheaper, the space tourism market will become more scalable. High-wealth markets like the US, China, Japan, the UK, India, Germany, Canada, France, Hong Kong, and Australia are ripe for expansion, according to GlobalData ana...
Green said the dispute as to where the Strip starts goes all the way back to when Bob Stupak built the iconic Stratosphere and it officially opened its doors in 1996. “And Stupak said the beauty of Las Vegas is that he could move the beginnings of the Strip. So he just said basically...