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Record amounts of atmospheric moisture fueling heavy rainfall in western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia
The conditions the past couple of days have supercharged the atmosphere to produce some localized deluges in portions of Upper Ohio Valley.
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How deep the ocean is at the Titanic wreckage might surprise you
The greatest ocean depth, however, is 36,200 feet. Pressure in the ocean is measured in terms of atmospheres. One atmosphere is equal to the weight of the earth’s atmosphere at sea level, about ...
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A visual explainer of atmospheric rivers - USA TODAY
In the West, atmospheric rivers approach from the Pacific Ocean, where they’ve collected tremendous amounts of water. They're sometimes called the "Pineapple express" because they originate in ...
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Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA says - CNN
January’s Tonga eruption sent an unusually large amount of water vapor high into Earth’s atmosphere and could temporarily influence our planet’s surface temperature.
Ocean and atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic 'cold blob,' scientists find
A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...
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A look at Titanic wreck ocean depth and water pressure — and how they compare to the deep sea as a whole - CBS News
About 71% of the Earth is covered in water and the average depth is 12,080 feet — which is nearly as deep as Mount Fuji is tall, according to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Only 5% of the ...
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Tonga eruption blasted 58,000 Olympic pools’ worth of water into the atmosphere, NASA says | CNN - CNN International
January’s Tonga eruption sent an unusually large amount of water vapor high into Earth’s atmosphere and could temporarily influence our planet’s surface temperature.