News tagged with ice storms
Dry ice lake suggests Mars once had a 'Dust Bowl' (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet's axis varies. This process can affect the stability ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Sea ice melting as Arctic temperature rises
(AP) -- The temperature is rising again in the Arctic, with the sea ice extent dropping to one of the lowest levels on record, climate scientists reported Thursday.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Trying to spot differences in the sun
The sun is the focus of a deepening mystery. Solar scientists want to know: Why is the sun so quiet?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Ice storm tree damage offers chance to detect emerald ash borer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood debris from January ice storms in Southern Indiana and Kentucky provides an opportunity for emerald ash borer detection, said one Purdue University expert.
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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Probing a link from Sahara dust to climate change
Qilong Min, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate and Professor with the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) at the University at Albany is developing innovative ways to measure how dust in the Sahara Desert ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights
A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Survival app aims to help drivers in winter storms
When a powerful blizzard ripped through North Dakota last winter, hundreds of drivers were stranded as white-out conditions shuttered interstates spanning the state. Snow whipped up by wind marred the lines ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Harp seals on thin ice after 32 years of warming
Warming in the North Atlantic over the last 32 years has significantly reduced winter sea ice cover in harp seal breeding grounds, resulting in sharply higher death rates among seal pups in recent years, according to a new ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Season's greetings from the other extreme
It is summer in Antarctica and the new crew for the Concordia research station will soon arrive. And since the place is second only to space for harsh conditions, they have been trained courtesy of ESA.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2011 |
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CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s CryoSat mission has been gathering detailed information on the thickness of Earth’s ice since its launch in 2010. Through international collaboration, this state-of-the-art ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Protecting UA telescopes during the winter cold
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as property owners are working to protect pipes from bursting during the winter cold, a UA team is working to protect telescope observatories.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2011 |
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When your criminal past isn't yours
(AP) -- A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Dashing through the snow, in a one-truck radar dish
SCHUSS. The term for a straight, downhill ski run. In the land of the Greatest Snow on Earth--Utah--SCHUSS is also the moniker for storm-chasing, Old Man Winter-style.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Are gas-formed gullies the norm on Mars?
In June 2000, Martian imaging scientists made a striking discovery — data from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft found gullies on the red planet. Gullies on Earth form when water runs down steep ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2011 |
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