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Light Pollution Sparks Early Sexual Maturity For City Birds
2013-02-14 08:09:41

A new study has shown that the light that emanates from cities may cause accelerated sexual maturity in some birds.

Lower Air Pollution Linked To Higher Mortality
2012-12-04 10:38:42

A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health found that a decrease in the air pollution levels is linked to improved life expectancy in the United States.

2012-12-04 05:01:59

ERP systems have come a long way in the past few years and are now able to better integrate with the web, provide more sophisticated analytics, and are much easier to configure. Irvine,

Foggy Perception Causes Us To Slow Down
2012-10-31 12:43:09

Max Planck scientists show that, contrarily to what was previously believed, speed is overestimated in fog

2012-10-24 04:02:01

Importer of Ceramic Tiles Uses the SYSPRO ERP to Improve Business Processes and Gain a Competitive Edge in the Expansion of its Operations Burnaby, British Columbia

Latest Visibility Reference Libraries

Surface Map Weather Feature
2012-07-23 11:15:04

The above map identifies the visibility throughout the United States. We as meteorologist use surface visibility charts to help identify where certain features are possibly at. If we look at the red circle near San Diego we can see that it says ¼ visibility meaning that they are experiencing Fog at their weather station, which can lead to many problems from traffic on the roads and also the shipping lanes of the ocean. The second is the 3 and 7 in Central Nebraska. Here we are looking...

2009-07-06 17:01:44


2009-07-06 16:44:13

Haze is a type of atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and dry particles in the air obscure the sky's clarity. Haze is created through various activities including farming, traffic pollution,and even wildfires. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) categorizes the obscuration of the Earth's atmosphere by a list of different types of atmospheric phenomena. One of these is haze. The other classifications are: fog, ice fog, steam fog, mist, smoke, volcanic ash, dust, sand, and snow....

2009-07-06 16:36:49

Mist is a phenomenon that consists of small droplets of water suspended in air. Mist occurs as part of a natural weather event or from volcanic activity. Mist is most common in cold air above warm water. Mist also occurs when air is exhaled in cold temperatures or when steam is formed in a sauna. Aerosol cans can create artificial mist if the humidity levels are just right. The one difference between mist and fog is visibility. If visibility is less than 0.62 miles (1 kilometer), the...

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