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Wenchuan earthquake mudslides emit greenhouse gas
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a carbon-dioxide release in upcoming decades equivalent to two ...
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Typhoon Mirinae already raining on the Philippines
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that Typhoon Mirinae's cold thunderstorm clouds were already over sections of the central and northern Philippines on October 30 at 4:53 p.m. (Asia/Manila) ...
NASA's TRMM sees huge Typhoon Parma bringing more rain to the Philippines
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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Typhoon Parma is a huge storm and NASA's TRMM satellite sees it is already bringing more unwanted rains and gusty winds to the typhoon-weary and devastated Philippines. Parma, also called "Pepeng" in the Philippines, ...
NASA's infrared satellite images reveal Ketsana's deadly western Pacific march
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Typhoon Ketsana during its lifetime and captured infrared imagery on a daily basis. The images showed high, cold, thunderstorm cloud tops (purple) as cold as -63F, as they dumped ...
In hot water: World sets ocean temperature record (Update)
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Steve Kramer spent an hour and a half swimming in the ocean this week - in Maine.
NASA satellite sees severe flooding rains from deadly typhoon morakot (w/ Video)
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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Typhoon Morakot brought enormous amounts of rainfall to Taiwan and China and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) estimated it from space.
'El Nino' arrives in Pacific for a months-long stay
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Jul 09, 2009 |
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US scientists on Thursday said that the El Nino warming trend of the Pacific Ocean waters has returned, bringing with it almost certain changes in weather patterns around the world.
NASA satellites see Hispaniola was a tropical cyclone target five times in 2008
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Apr 02, 2009 |
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In 2008, residents of Hispaniola experienced one of their worst hurricane seasons in recent memory. Hispaniola, the Caribbean island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is located directly within ...
Chilean volcano captured blasting ash
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May 08, 2008 |
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Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008.
2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. The season officially begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. That means that for the most part, storms have formed and fizzled ...
Honduras says trees slowed hurricane
Sep 07, 2007 |
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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya credited the country's forests and mangrove swamps with sapping some of Hurricane Felix's strength.
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