• West Scranton Intermediate dismissal for heating issues

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — West Scranton Intermediate School will dismiss students early due to heating issues in the building. School officials report at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, students will be let out due to an issue with the school's heating and cooling unit. On Monday West Scranton High School was let out early for a []

  • Ocean Heat Pummels the Great Barrier Reef, Again

    It’s never been so bad. The Great Barrier Reef, which is one of nature’s most iconic mosaics of biodiversity, is on the ropes because of extreme global warming. Coral bleaching at the World Heritage-listed reef is “experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record.” (Source: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is ‘Transforming’ from Repeated Coral Bleaching, More

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  • West Scranton High School dismissal for heating issues

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — West Scranton High School dismissed students early due to heating issues inside the building. Officials with the West Scranton High School stated students were dismissed at 10:00 a.m. Monday due to a heating issue with the building. Details of the issue were not released at this time.

  • How light can vaporize water without the need for heat

    It's the most fundamental of processes—the evaporation of water from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, the burning off of fog in the morning sun, and the drying of briny ponds that leaves solid salt behind. Evaporation is all around us, and humans have been observing it and making use of it for as long as we have existed.

  • Marcos promises aid to El Niño-hit areas

    Rice remains sufficient despite the drought in some areas, President Marcos said yesterday as he vowed to continue providing aid to sectors hit by El Niño.

  • El Nino to end as heavy rains return this weekend

    The ongoing rains are usual for Kenya every year between March and May.

  • David Fincher blames the rain in Seven on El Niño

    Apologies to all the dorks out there with their YouTube channels, but the rain in Seven isn’t the mood-setter you think it is. In an interview with The Los Angeles Times celebrating the [ahem] 8K IMAX re-release of Seven (we’re really looking forward to seeing “Sloth” in glorious 8K), director David Fincher dispelled some lingering rumors regarding the film. In particular, why the rainfall is as ubiquitous as the misery throughout the unnamed city where Seven, unfortunately, takes place. In the...

  • You Can Use Your iPhone to Find a Specific Book on Your Shelves

    Some people organize their book shelves by author name, book title, or even by color—but if you take a more chaotic approach and can never find the book you're looking for, the optical character recognition (OCR) feature on the iPhone can help you out. Just take a photo, wait a few minutes, and search for the book title in the photos app. Your phone will point to the book.

  • Atmospheric 'teleconnections' sustain warm blobs in the northeast Pacific Ocean

    The past 10 years have seen a series of "warm blobs" in the northeast Pacific Ocean. These marine heat waves do widespread damage to ecosystems and marine life in the area, but the mechanisms by which they develop and are sustained are still uncertain. Now a research group has found that they are caused by climate "teleconnections" from wave trains that originate in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic region.

  • P15.5 billion calamity fund ready for El Niño

    Government agencies can still tap over P15 billion in disaster funds to mitigate the impacts of El Niño, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said yesterday.

  • Maguindanao del Sur in state of calamity due to El Niño

    Maguindanao del Sur Governor Mariam Mangudadatu says 20 of the 24 towns in her province are severely affected by the prolonged dry spell and dwindling water sources