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Maybe it's raining less than we thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2009 |
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It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops, because they're bigger and heavier. And no raindrop can fall faster than its "terminal speed"—its speed when the downward ...
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Raindrops keep falling on your head -- but they burst first
Jul 20, 2009 |
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For generations, schoolchildren have been taught that raindrops start as micro-droplets that then gather together in clouds with their neighbours to become bigger droplets.
Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ...
Air pollution is reducing the amount of rain in China
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Air pollution in eastern China during the last 50 years has led to a reduction in the amount of light rainfall of almost a quarter. This is revealed by an international study conducted with support from the University of ...
New instrument reveals raindrop formation in warm clouds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 07, 2006 |
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How do raindrops form? It's a simple question, but the answer is far from elementary. Tiny water droplets somehow merge to become full-sized raindrops, but the details remain a mystery.
For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference
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Jun 09, 2008 |
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When Tropical Storm Gaston hit Richmond, Va., in August 2004, its notable abundance of small and mid-sized raindrops created torrential rains that led to unexpected flash flooding throughout the city and its ...
QuikScat Sees Santa Barbara 'Quick Dry'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 12, 2009 |
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Hot weather just before the Santa Barbara, Calif., wildfire quickly dried up soil moisture from rain one day prior, contributing to the fire danger.
There is a dark side to the humble raindrop
Jan 19, 2007 |
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A single drop is harmless, but when billions of raindrops fall from a cloudburst onto bare soil they strike like billions of tiny hammers, dislodging tons of soil per acre which is carried away by surface runoff.
Building a Better Virtual Raindrop
Jun 26, 2005 |
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A new way of mathematically modeling the formation of rain drops in clouds may improve our understanding of Earth’s climate, cloud formation and movement, and the effect that small airborne particles have ...
Researchers Can Detect Tunnel Excavation With Fiber Optic Cables
Jan 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the same type of fiber optic cables used in telecommunications systems, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a way to detect and pinpoint the excavation ...
Scientists solve gravity-defying bird beak mystery
May 15, 2008 |
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As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use ...
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