Literally, in order for a vortex to be classified as a tornado, it must be in contact with the ground and the cloud base. Weather scientists haven't found it so simple in practice, however, to classify and define tornadoes (per this essay by Doswell).
Bikini Island, 2015. Credit: Emlyn Hughes. (Phys.org)âA team of researchers from Columbia University in New York has found that all of the Marshall Islands involved in nuclear tests by the U.S. are now habitable, except for Bikini Atoll.
Midway Atoll is a critical habitat in the central Pacific Ocean. A number of native species rely on the island which is now home to 67â70% of the world's Laysan albatross population, and 34â39% of the global black-footed albatross.he Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing 590,991.50 acres (239,165.77 ha) of land and water (mostly water) in the surrounding area, is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).