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NASA experiment stirs up hope for forecasting deadliest cyclones

Experiment Stirs Up Hope for Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop.





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Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.


Ancient oceans offer new insight into the origins of animal life

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysis of a rock type found only in the world's oldest oceans has shed new light on how large animals first got a foothold on the Earth.


Oceans absorbing carbon dioxide more slowly, scientist finds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 9

The world's oceans are absorbing less carbon dioxide (CO2), a Yale geophysicist has found after pooling data taken over the past 50 years. With the oceans currently absorbing over 40 percent of the CO2 emitted by human activity, ...


Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour

Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), launched aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 15, 2009. The ANDE-2 satellite suite ...


Data From Newest Ocean Satellite Ready for Their 'Close-up'

Data From Newest Ocean Satellite Ready for Their 'Close-up'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Following a year of calibration and validation by an international team of scientists, fully-validated, research-quality sea surface height data from the NASA/French Space Agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 ...


Ozone layer depletion leveling off

Ozone layer depletion leveling off

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

By merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that allows them to monitor total ozone trends on a global scale - ...


Scientific debate sparked over carbon sink data

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to research published this week in Nature Geoscience, emissions of carbon dioxide continue to outstrip the ability of the world’s natural ‘sinks’ to absorb carbon. ...


A tree's response to environmental changes: What can we expect over the next 100 years?

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The many environmental issues facing our society are prevalent in the media lately. Global warming, rainforest devastation, and endangered species have taken center stage. Our ecosystem is composed of a very delicate network ...


NASA sees Carlos power back up to hurricane status in 3-D

NASA sees Carlos power back up to hurricane status in 3-D

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.



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