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As water evaporates from the ocean’s surface, it leaves its salts behind, making the ocean surface just a little bit saltier. By monitoring changes in sea surface salinity, scientists have a better understanding of how much water is leaving the oceans and moving toward land, which improves their ability to predict intense rainfall for the season. Credit: R. Schmitt. Farmers and city managers across the Midwest need to know…

Hubble Space Telescope image shows part of the Tarantula Nebula’s outskirts. This famously beautiful nebula, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud, is a frequent target for Hubble. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Josh BarringtonIn this <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Hubble Space Telescope</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as Hubble or HST) is one of…

The siren call of the “beach read” finally reached Jennifer Weiner, who long considered the term dismissive of writing associated with women. “After years and years of, ‘This is sexist,’ I was like, ‘You know what? If I can’t beat them, join them,’ ” said Ms. Weiner, whose new book out this spring, “The Summer Place,” is set on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The siren call of the “beach read” finally reached Jennifer Weiner, who long considered the term dismissive of writing associated with women. “After years and years…

Sea Group's e-commerce arm Shopee, which shut its India operations in March, is laying off staff across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, media reports said on Tuesday.According to DealStreetAsia, the layoffs have hit employees across several of the company's Southeast Asian markets and Shopee has emailed those affected by the layoffs."Shopee's payments arm ShopeePay and food delivery business ShopeeFood are also said to be facing cuts," the report noted.The move by the company is reportedly aimed…

SeaWorld theme parks were reeling from declining attendance and bad publicity when money manager Scott Ross showed up in 2017 and started agitating for change.Shares of the Orlando, Fla., company surged to an all-time high in March of this year, far outperforming rivals Six Flags Entertainment Corp. and Cedar FairLP, before a broad market selloff in May. SeaWorld’s sales and profits also notched records last year, as visitors bought pricier tickets to try out new rides and spent more on food, drinks and souvenirs than…

Singapore has raised concerns with India about its ban of popular gaming app Free Fire, owned by technology group Sea, in the first sign of diplomatic intervention after the move spooked investors, four sources told Reuters.After the ban, the market value of the New York-listed Southeast Asian firm dropped by $16 billion (roughly Rs. 1,21,210 crore) in a single day, and investors worry India could extend it to Sea's e-commerce app, Shopee, which recently launched in the country.The sources, who include two Indian…