Mark Twain is sometimes credited for the saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change.“ He was talking about New England, but that statement could fit many parts of the country. That is what…
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What year are we really in?: When are we? Nominally, we are in the Christian year of 2008, but we are also in the Islamic year 1386, Chinese year 4608 (or 4706, 4705, or 4645, depending on the reign of…
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Fimbriae are external structures of Gram- cells which enable bacteria to adhere to surfaces and, as virulence factors, mediate infection of host cells. Most Gram-negative bacteria have these short, fine appendages surrounding the cell. In contrast, Gram-positive bacteria lack fimbriae….
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“So the whirlwind originates in the failure of an incipient hurricane to escape from its cloud: it is due to the resistance which generates the eddy, and it consists in the spiral which descends to the earth and drags with…
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Many people are confused about unusually severe and cold winters in the UK, western US, eastern Pacific and Iceland. Meanwhile, warmer temperatures are increasing in western Greenland, Siberia and northern Canada, running at a rate of 2C to 10C higher…
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Winter snow storms can produce snow in any form from the wet, heavy varieties to powder fluff, or icy pellets. They can be brief squalls or major blizzard events, and, in the case of lake effect snow storms, they may…
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Weather is the rain, snow, sunshine, or wind you can see happening right outside the window. It also includes all kinds of measurements such as temperature and humidity. It’s immediate and it’s exact. The difference between weather and climate is…
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Hurricanes are moisture sucking whirlwinds, born at sea, and carrying a destructive wallop of whipping wind and water to dump upon coastal islands and towns. In other parts of the world, the words Typhoon and Cyclone are preferred, but over…
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Gulf Oil Spill Disappearing Quickly On April 20, 2010 a massive explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling well caused 4.9 million barrels of oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Macondo well. The explosion killed 11 workers…
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Snow just wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t white. One of the reasons people love snow is because it coats everything in white, making everything seem so pure and clean. Many people even refer to snow as the ‘white…
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