An atmospheric river means this weekend is going to be as wet as an entire typical April. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ac6bb0b19970475a8fa4ab4/master/pass/sfrain_623351114208.jpg
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A tiny NASA satellite mapped Earth’s atmospheric ice
Last May, NASA launched a small, bread loaf-sized satellite into orbit around Earth. Dubbed IceCube, the satellite’s mission was to measure cloud ice in our planet’s atmosphere — a challenging task that researchers have previously only been able to perform in limited ways. Sensing ice clouds requires measurements at a range of frequency bands but […]
Atmospheric ‘Inside the Exorcist’ Podcast Looks at the Classic Horror Film’s Real-Life Stories
The makers of the podcast Inside Psycho just released a new Halloween-appropriate podcast for your listening pleasure. Inside The Exorcist looks at the legendary film that still terrifies audiences 44 years later. Writer and narrator Mark Ramsey examines the real-life stories and inspirations behind the film about a young girl who becomes possessed by a demonic force […]
Listen: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Score Takes You to An Atmospheric Future
The ethereal new score for director Denis Villeneuve‘s acclaimed sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 has made its way onto Spotify, and it’s ready to wash over you like tears in rain. Hang up your slick leather jackets, holster your PKD blasters, and listen to the playlist below. Thanks to The Film Stage for pointing us to the streaming score, which […]
Spectre of N. Korean atmospheric nuclear test prompts emergency plans in Seoul & Tokyo
South Korean banks and utility companies are drawing up plans to construct shielding and potentially move operations overseas to protect against North Korea as further provocation from Pyongyang is expected on October 10. South Korean banks and vital infrastructure facilities, including nuclear power plants and government ministries, have reportedly been hacked by Pyongyang in the […]
Susanna Reid SWOONS over ‘atmospheric’ David Beckham on GMB
The 46-year-old broadcaster did not hold back as she lavished the sportsman, 42, with compliments. “I like it, I think it’s good. I think it’s atmospheric,” she was heard telling co-host Piers Morgan and Charlotte Hawkins. However, Piers, 52, was not too impressed with David’s performance and panned it, saying: “He is like the third […]
California Needs Atmospheric Rivers. But Like, Not This Many
With warmer weather stirring up bigger, stronger storms, California’s flood management system is feeling the strain. The post California Needs Atmospheric Rivers. But Like, Not This Many appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
New NASA tech can survive much longer on the atmospheric hellscape that is Venus
Surviving in Venus-like conditions is near impossible, even for machinery. The surface temperature is about 860 degrees Fahrenheit and the carbon dioxide rich-air has an atmospheric pressure about 90 times that of Earth. Just moving around on Venus would feel as if you were under water and deep underground, if the heat didn’t already obliterate […]
Before the 760mph Hyperloop dream, there was the atmospheric railway
B. Corpet : illustration, auteur T. Delangle, ouvrage de Louis Figuier publié par Furne, Jouvet et cie, 1867 A while back, a reader e-mailed me about a Hyperloop article I had written. He said the article reminded him of an experimental railway system—called an “atmospheric railway”—that was constructed in London in the 1840s. The system […]
