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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D

Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Aqua satellite sees small new tropical storm near Tonga

Tropical Storm 11P has formed in the South Pacific Ocean, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of its cloud temperatures, revealing power in the cyclone.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA satellite sees cyclone Jasmine heading for Vanuatu, New Caledonia

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Jasmine and noticed bands of thunderstorms wrapping into its center as it heads toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska: Scientists now know why

Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Russian cargo vessel takes off for space station

The Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, bringing water and fuel to the International Space Station, the mission control centre said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Report: Mental illness struck 1 in 5 US adults in 2010

One in five adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in 2010, with people ages 18 to 25 having the highest rates, according to a national survey.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New guidebook provides framework for managing US forests in face of climate change

Resource managers at the nation's 155 national forests now have a set of science-based guidelines to help them manage their landscapes for resilience to climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russian Mars probe meets inglorious end in Pacific

Russia vowed Monday to expose the officials responsible for the failure of a Mars probe that the military said crashed into the Pacific Ocean after orbiting the Earth for more than two months.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Strong quakes rattle remote Antarctica

Two strong earthquakes 40 minutes apart rocked the remote South Orkney Islands in Antarctica on Sunday, experts from the US Geological Survey said.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Oil is more toxic than previously thought, study finds

Bad news for the Gulf of Mexico: a study released in late December sheds new light on the toxicity of oil in aquatic environments, and shows that environmental impact studies currently in use may be inadequate. The report ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Partnership yields options for adapting to climate change on the Olympic Peninsula

Federal land managers on the Olympic Peninsula joined in an exceptional partnership with the Pacific Northwest Research Station and the University of Washington to develop a set of science-based options that will help them ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Orion drop test on Jan. 06, 2012

(PhysOrg.com) -- After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sunlight and bunker oil a fatal combination for Pacific herring

The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Comprehensive study makes key findings of ocean pH variations

A group of 19 scientists from five research organizations have conducted the broadest field study of ocean acidification to date using sensors developed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Tropical sea temperatures influence melting in Antarctica

Accelerated melting of two fast-moving outlet glaciers that drain Antarctic ice into the Amundsen Sea Embayment is likely the result, in part, of an increase in sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast