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Colliding auroras produce an explosion of light

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. Sometimes, vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, ...

Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid ...

New results from a terra-ific decade in orbit

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA's "flagship" Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and ...

A unique geography -- and soot and dust -- conspire against Himalayan glaciers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 1

"So many disparate elements, both natural and man-made, converge in the Himalayas," said William Lau, a climatologist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "There's no other place in the ...

TRMM sees 05B winding down off the Sri Lanka coast

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tropical Depression 05B is dissipating on the east coast of Sri Lanka today and over the next couple of days, but not before bringing some moderate and heavy rain over the next couple of days to some areas ...

Tropical Storm Laurence set for second Australian landfall

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tropical Storm Laurence tracked through Darwin Australia this weekend before sliding back into the Timor Sea and now Laurence is forecast to make a second landfall in Australia. Laurence is forecast to make ...

Tropical Cyclone Mick forms quickly, hits Fiji in the southwestern Pacific

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tropical Cyclone Mick formed over the weekend in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and made a quick landfall over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu earlier today, December 14. Mick made landfall as a Category ...

New Study Turns Up the Heat on Soot's Role in Himalayan Warming (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soot from fire in an unventilated fireplace wafts into a home and settles on the surfaces of floors and furniture. But with a quick fix to the chimney flue and some dusting, it bears no impact ...

California's troubled waters: Satellite-based findings reveal major groundwater loss in Central Valley (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevada - have lost nearly ...

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