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It's officially December, and it's only going to get colder this week, according to the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. Here's what we know.
Meanwhile, in the West, "benign weather and gradually warming temperatures are forecast, the NWS said. Through Dec. 9, the western half of the U.S. is forecast to have above normal or near normal ...
The temperature at which an insect spontaneously freezes is referred to as the supercooling point (SCP). For freeze-avoidant insects, the SCP is thought to be equivalent to the lower lethal temperature (LLT) of the organism. [11] The freezing process is usually initiated extracellularly in the gut, tissues, or hemolymph. In order to supercool ...
Mosquito-borne diseases that are sensitive to climate include malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Rift Valley fever, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika virus, and chikungunya. [6] [7] [8] Scientists found in 2022 that rising temperatures are increasing the areas where dengue fever, malaria and other mosquito-carried diseases are able to spread.
Watch out for icy roads and stay safe as bitter cold and snow showers hit Indiana. Here's the latest from the National Weather Service. Winter weather hits Indiana as temperatures plummet.
Culex pipiens is a species of mosquito commonly referred to as the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito.Native to Africa, Asia and Europe, it is now widely distributed in temperate regions on every continent except Antarctica [1] and is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. [2]
Highest minimum temperature for a 24-hour period and for a calendar day: 42.6 °C (108.7 °F) at Qurayyat, Oman on 25 June 2018. [ 192 ] Highest average monthly temperature: 42.3 °C (108.1 °F), in Death Valley, California, for the month of July 2018.
As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward. The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation. Scientists now worry people living in areas once ...