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Electrical storms are rare at high latitudes, but scientists expect lightning strikes in the Arctic to happen more frequently as the planet warms.

 E-Mail Irvine, Calif. -- In 2019, the National Weather Service in Alaska reported spotting the first-known lightning strikes within 300 miles of the North Pole. Lightning strikes are almost unheard of above the Arctic Circle, but scientists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine have published new research in the journal Nature Climate Change detailing how Arctic lightning strikes stand to increase by about 100 percent over northern lands by the end of the century as the climate continues warming. "We projected how lightning in high-latitude boreal forests and Arctic t...

They said GTA should be required to provide fair access to competitors to keep prices low. Lawmakers this week held a public hearing on a bill that would allow the governor to negotiate and issue a lease for GTA’s latest underwater cable project. The bill was introduced after GTA’s efforts to get a lease from the CHamoru Land Trust Commission, which owns the submerged lands, stalled last year. “I think the government needs to go into this with their eyes wide open,” and not just rely on information provided by GTA, said John Day, president of Pacific Data Systems. “The government�...

A real estate agent living in Brooklyn, New York is now out of work after telling an Asian gym manager to “go back to China.” The incident, which was caught on video, occurred at a Blink Fitness outlet in the neighborhood of Bushwick. The video, which went viral on social media, shows the real estate agent allegedly refusing to wear a mask inside the gym.

Yang Chen, an acquaintance of the gym manager who saw the video on social media, has been sharing it on social media in an effort to raise awareness to the rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans reported in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Stories of senior citizens being attacked on the street have made headlines since the beginning of the year as advocates push bystanders to speak up and denounce not only the most blatant attacks but also daily instances of hate in one’s daily life. “I can vouch that he is a very kind and generous man who would never go out his way to hurt som...