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NASA satellite still sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Neki

NASA satellite still sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Neki

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Tropical Storm Neki continues moving north and over the weekend it will be in open waters in the Central Atlantic. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Neki early on October ...


Hawaii researchers explore previously unseen coral (AP)

Hawaii researchers explore previously unseen coral

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

(AP) -- Scientists over the past month explored coral reefs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers to reach.


NASA satellites catch two views of Felicia already affecting Hawaii

NASA satellites catch two views of Felicia already affecting Hawaii

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


NASA's CloudSat captures a sideways look at fading Lana

CloudSat captures a sideways look at fading Lana

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii. A Maui tour company is paying the state nearly $400,000 for damaging more than 1,200 coral colonies when one of its boats sank at Molokini, a pristine reef and popular diving ...


Looking different 'helps animals to survive'

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the animal kingdom, everything is not as it seems. Individuals of the same species can look very different from each other - what biologists term 'polymorphism.'


Jeepers creepers: Climate change threatens endangered honeycreepers

Biology / Ecology

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As climate change causes temperatures to increase in Hawaii's mountains, deadly non-native bird diseases will likely also creep up the mountains, invading most of the last disease-free refuges for honeycreepers - a group ...


The fragility of the world's coral is revealed through a study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

The fragility of the world's coral is revealed through a study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be more effectively ...