No El Nino No La Nina. Weather forecasts grow unsure
The tropical Pacific has shed its warm and cold cycles after a record El Niño followed by La Niña, leaving meteorologists with little guiding force. Without these climate drivers, long term forecasts become guesses, and prediction uncertainty rises across North America and beyond.
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Amencas
Avia
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
William C. Patverl
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laborator
el Nifia
la Nifia
Patzert
Andea
United States
Asia
Ala Nisia
North America
Tim P. Barnett
Serinus Institution of Oceanography
San Diego
Barnett
Sky Watch Stars Map For Oct 14 By Joe Rae
Sky Watch summarizes autumn skies with Grus Piscis Austrinus and Fomalhaut as standout constellations. Vega Deneb Altair linger in Summer Triangle while map guidance notes orientation and hourly timing for 10 30 pm Sunday visibility. Kate O Conner edits WY Times News Service.
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Pal Sianday
ACCA
Grus
Tropics
Fomalhaut
Vega
Dench
Altair
Femalhaut
Becau
Joe Rae
Hayden Planetarium
The Sibley Guide to Birds Dominates New Field
A review in the New York Times highlights David Allen Sibley’s The Sibley Guide to Birds, a comprehensive illustrated field guide for North American species. It notes innovative features such as multiple illustrations per bird, juvenile and breeding plumages, and Sibley’s distinctive authorial control honed over more than a decade.
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Oak Bluffs
Mass
John James Audubon
Roger Tory Peterson
Peterson
Sibley
David Allen Sibley
David
Pete Dunne
New Jersey Audubon Society
Cape May Burd Observatory
United States
Noble S. Proctor
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven
Perfect Flights Alaska Goose Formation Over Anchorage
In Chester Creek a single goose rises and 23 others join, forming a V as 3,500 local Canada geese prepare for fall migration. Biologist Karen Laing explains energy savings and social learning in the V flight, noting youngsters learn from adults and communicate before takeoff.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Chester Creek
Oregon
Karen Laing
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Laing
Encyclopedia of
The
Audubon Society
Canada
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Andrew C. Revkin
NY Times News Service
California
Atlantic
Tim P Barnett
Manne
Associated Press
Faries Park
Decatur
Ils
Floyd
Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
Kate O'Conner
WY Times News Service
New Heights
By E. Vernon Laux
NY Times News
Searce
Review
Kates
Mit
Mien
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