February 26, 2023. In late February 2023, a sprawling storm system that brought rare snowfall to parts of California also fueled violent thunderstorms and tornadoes in the Southern Plains. In the...
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February 10, 2023 To February 26, 2023. A powerful late-February storm brought blizzard warnings, cold rains, howling winds, and rare low-elevation snow to parts of southern California more accustomed...
On February 6, 2023, magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes hit southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria, causing significant losses of life and destruction to infrastructure. Antakya, the capital of Türkiye’s Hatay...
February 19, 2023. Fires blazed through a protected wilderness in northeastern Argentina in February 2023. Home to jaguars, capybaras, and giant anteaters, Iberá National Park has reportedly been burning since...
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ITER, France. Nuclear Fusion Resultant Clean, Green Energy. “Commissioning. THE (TEMPORARY) MAIN CONTROL ROOM IS OPERATING.”
Written by Pat Brans. In November 2022, “ongoing operations” started in the temporary main control room. This important milestone is another sign of the progress in systems commissioning. Since...
PF1 passed the ITER gates at around 4:15 a.m. on Friday 10 February. The long journey had begun on 1 November 2022 when the coil departed the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard...
January 2, 2023. North of Iwo Jima, Japan, a triple-peaked seamount called Kaitoku lies about 100 meters (300 feet) below the water’s surface. Of the three underwater volcanic peaks, only the...
Cryogenics play a central role in the ITER Tokamak: the machine’s superconducting magnets (10,000 tonnes in total), the vacuum pumps, thermal shields and some elements of the diagnostic systems...
January 17, 2023. Plumes of steam and other volcanic gases from Chile’s Villarrica volcano were captured in this photo taken from the International Space Station on January 17, 2023. They are...
January 29, 2023. A slow-moving storm has swamped northwestern Madagascar with rain, triggering flash flooding and landslides in January 2023. Tropical Storm Cheneso—which later grew into a tropical cyclone—has killed...