News tagged with extreme heat
Climate and the statistics of extremes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss mathematicians have shown that the risk of extreme climate events is largely underestimated. They are developing a model for better understanding the impact of climate change.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2012 |
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NSF turns to ancient pottery to improve modern heat resistant ceramics
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to better understand how ceramics are able to resist heat, the National Science Foundation has awarded grants totaling half a million dollars to three research groups to look into ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Cotton thrips posed big problem for some South Plains farmers
It happened so fast, some South Plains cotton growers assumed it was drought and extreme heat that withered away their crops.
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Rose torture: severe heat in Texas yields better varieties for research
At least one person admits that the extreme heat in Texas this year was beneficial.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Billion-dollar weather disasters smash US record
(AP) -- America's wild weather year has set another record: a dozen billion-dollar catastrophes.
Dec 07, 2011 |
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When it comes to hurricanes, climate change effects may be 'a wash'
In some ways, hurricane season 2011, which ended Wednesday, seems to fit right in with the wild weather wreaking havoc in recent years - a string of severe floods, droughts and heat waves that the world's top climate scientists ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 01, 2011 |
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NASA develops new game-changing technology
Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or humans through ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Science panel: Get ready for extreme weather (Update)
(AP) -- Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Groundbreaking study quantifies health costs of climate-change related disasters in the US
Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars, 21,000 emergency room visits, nearly 1,700 deaths, and 9,000 hospitalizations are among the staggering impacts of six climate change-related events in the United States during the ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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La Nina may dampen fall leaf colors
(PhysOrg.com) -- The weather in Pennsylvania this year won't soon be forgotten -- one of the wettest springs ever, followed by a record-breaking dry heat wave in July, followed by the remnants of a hurricane ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Space food, shuttle tiles for sale by NASA
The US space agency is offering schools and universities a special deal on astronaut cuisine and heat tiles from the now extinct space shuttles, just over 20 dollars a pack, NASA said Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2011 |
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NASA unveils new batch of space shuttle program artifacts
The final space shuttle landing July 21 opened new prospects for eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to receive a piece of spaceflight history. On Monday, Aug. 15, the eighth batch of artifacts ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Sounding rockets study how winds in space drive currents in the upper atmosphere
Some 50 miles up in the sky begins a dynamic region of the atmosphere known as the ionosphere. The region is filled with charged particles created by extreme ultraviolet radiation from the sun. At the base ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Merkel: binding, verifiable climate targets needed
(AP) -- All nations must commit to binding and verifiable goals to reduce their carbon emissions to reach a new international climate agreement as the Kyoto Protocol expires next year, German Chancellor Angela ...
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Economic cost of weather may total $485 billion in US
Everything has its price, even the weather. New research indicates that routine weather events such as rain and cooler-than-average days can add up to an annual economic impact of as much as $485 billion in the United States.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2011 |
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