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NASA's TRMM Satellite sees most of Ida's heaviest rain stayed off coasts

NASA's TRMM Satellite sees most of Ida's heaviest rain stayed off coasts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Ida and captured her rainfall when she passed by Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize this weekend. TRMM data revealed ...


Oases for Life on the Mid-Caymen Rise

Oases for Life on the Mid-Caymen Rise

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists is currently exploring one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea. Follow their blog as they search for life in this extreme seafloor environment.


Sex in the Caribbean: Environmental change drives evolutionary change -- eventually

Sex in the Caribbean: Environmental change drives evolutionary change -- eventually

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Hungry, sexual organisms replaced well-fed, clonal organisms in the Caribbean Sea as the Isthmus of Panama arose, separating the Caribbean from the Pacific, report researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical ...


Taking the Resistance Out of Drug-Resistant Infections

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It started out as a research project focused on getting rid of harmful bacterial accumulations called biofilms. Now it has the potential to make conventional antibiotics work against stubborn, drug-resistant ...


2009 Hurricane Season Should Contain No Surprises, Researchers Say

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University believe that 2009 will bring a near-normal hurricane season, with storm activity in the Atlantic basin and the Gulf of Mexico slightly above the averages of ...