http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Typhoon Vamco is being as stubborn in its quest to live in the Pacific Ocean as Bill is in the Atlantic Ocean this week, and NASA satellite data confirmed that the large storm has a huge eye, about 45 miles in diameter! http://www.physorg.com/news170346671.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:31:48 EST news170346671 Hurricane Bill was raining on Bermuda on Friday, August 21, 2009, and NASA satellites were providing forecasters with information about Bill's rainfall, clouds and winds. http://www.physorg.com/news170093061.html Space & Earth Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:32 EST news170093061 NASA satellites continue to capture important wind speed and cloud data that forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are using to help their forecasts. QuikScat has been particularly helpful in determining the extent of hurricane and tropical storm-force winds, and they go a great distance. http://www.physorg.com/news169998791.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:54:02 EST news169998791 NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones. There are also other satellites outside the A-Train that are used to study different aspects of tropical cyclones. The satellites that form the A-Train provide unique information about tropical cyclones, the collective term for tropical depressions, tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons. http://www.physorg.com/news169989266.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:15:42 EST news169989266 By mid-day today, Monday, August 17, Claudette's center had moved into southwestern Alabama and weakened into a tropical depression. She'll turn toward the north-northwest later today and soak Alabama with up to 10 inches of rain in some isolated areas. http://www.physorg.com/news169749473.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:40:01 EST news169749473 Tropical Depression Ana is currently drenching Puerto Rico, and tropical storm watches are posted for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Ana continues westward. Both the Aqua and GOES satellites have captured Ana on her westward track in the Atlantic. http://www.physorg.com/news169744826.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:50:01 EST news169744826 Physicists at the University of Rochester have combed through data from satellites and ocean buoys and found evidence that in the last 50 years, the net flow of heat into and out of the oceans has changed direction three times. http://www.physorg.com/news169472486.html Physics Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:42:06 EST news169472486 For all its similarities to Earth -- clouds that pour rain (albeit liquid methane not liquid water) onto the surface producing lakes and rivers, vast dune fields in desert-like regions, plus a smoggy orange atmosphere that looks like Los Angeles's during fire season -- Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is generally "a very bland place, weatherwise," says Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news169302219.html Space & Earth Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:33:26 EST news169302219 Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a "perfect storm" of La Niņa-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters. http://www.physorg.com/news169301657.html Space & Earth Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:15:22 EST news169301657 Tropical Storm Felicia is closing in on the Hawaiian Island chain and its center is now expected to pass just north of the big island before moving through the islands Tuesday and Wednesday. Two NASA satellites captured the height and temperatures of Felicia's clouds to assist meteorologists in their forecasts as she approaches Hawaii. She's already stirring up the surf. http://www.physorg.com/news169136738.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:40:10 EST news169136738 Sometimes satellite imagery will leave a person in awe of nature's power and that's what the latest satellite image from NASA's Aqua satellite will do as it shows the giant Typhoon Morakot's center about to cross Taiwan. Morakot has already caused problems in Taiwan on its approach and has proven deadly in the Philippines. http://www.physorg.com/news168874158.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:40:01 EST news168874158 Felicia is the storm that rules the Eastern Pacific Ocean this week, but Enrique refuses to give up. Felicia is a major hurricane with sustained winds near 140 mph, and Enrique is still hanging onto tropical storm status with 50 mph sustained winds. Both cyclones are close to each other and NASA satellites captured them together. http://www.physorg.com/news168791236.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:28:11 EST news168791236 Weather experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour. http://www.physorg.com/news168624608.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:40:01 EST news168624608 (PhysOrg.com) -- It began with a furrowed brow, a moment of puzzlement, quickly dismissed. http://www.physorg.com/news168529100.html Space & Earth Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:39:34 EST news168529100 NASA satellites do some really cool things, like take a sideways look at a slice of a tropical depression. That's what CloudSat did with Lana in the Central Pacific. http://www.physorg.com/news168524008.html Space & Earth Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:13:59 EST news168524008 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tidal stream farms, in which electricity is generated by turbines from regions of strong tidal flow, may influence the natural balance of marine sands, according to research at Bangor University. http://www.physorg.com/news168016350.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:30:03 EST news168016350 It's not too often that two tropical cyclones are close enough to each other to be within a satellite's view as it tracks far above the Earth, but it happened this week with Carlos and Dolores in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. http://www.physorg.com/news167062088.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:10:01 EST news167062088 Carlos became a hurricane for about 24 hours over the previous weekend, then powered down to a tropical storm and now atmospheric conditions have enabled him to power back into a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. http://www.physorg.com/news166786962.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:01 EST news166786962 (AP) -- Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission. http://www.physorg.com/news166730082.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:54:59 EST news166730082 (AP) -- After enduring a month's delay, seven astronauts boarded space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday for an early evening flight to the international space station. http://www.physorg.com/news166611406.html Space & Earth Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:20:17 EST news166611406 (AP) -- Thunderstorms are threatening to delay NASA's planned launch Saturday of space shuttle Endeavour. http://www.physorg.com/news166451852.html Space & Earth Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:50:01 EST news166451852 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is funding the development of a prototype system to provide aircraft with updates about severe storms and turbulence as they fly across remote ocean regions. http://www.physorg.com/news166197516.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:30:02 EST news166197516 A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing fish-consumption advisories remain appropriate. http://www.physorg.com/news166192879.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:29 EST news166192879 El Niņo years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niņo may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall, according to climatologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The study appears in the July 3, 2009, edition of the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news165763631.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:20:01 EST news165763631 The sun is the focus of a deepening mystery. Solar scientists want to know: Why is the sun so quiet? http://www.physorg.com/news165402599.html Space & Earth Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:10:01 EST news165402599 As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage. http://www.physorg.com/news164972866.html Space & Earth Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:48:30 EST news164972866 A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property up in smoke. This is an increasingly common story, occurring several times a summer. To better understand these Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires and how best to prevent or fight them, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued an in-depth study on fire behavior and defensive actions taken in a community during a such a fire. http://www.physorg.com/news164454924.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:55:50 EST news164454924 Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at UW-Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center. http://www.physorg.com/news164383275.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:40:06 EST news164383275 (PhysOrg.com) -- In 1972, Apollo astronauts narrowly escaped a potential catastrophe. On August 2nd of that year, a large and angry sunspot appeared and began to erupt, over and over again for more than a week, producing a record-setting fusillade of solar proton radiation. Only pure luck saved the day. The eruptions took place during the gap between Apollo 16 and 17 missions, so astronauts missed the storm. http://www.physorg.com/news163349846.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:58:35 EST news163349846 Passenger jets are hit by lightning every 1,000 hours -- on average twice a year -- and experts say the risk from the bolts of electricity is growing. http://www.physorg.com/news163142118.html Technology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:16:05 EST news163142118