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Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As sea-surface temperatures rise across the globe, some scientists believe that hurricane frequency and intensity may increase. A fresh technique offers promise to generate new data from long-dead storms, ...


NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida

NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's ...


Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.


Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear

Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two ingredients that don't mix well with tropical cyclones are waters cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit and wind shear. Those two ingredients were added into Tropical Depression Neki's mix late yesterday, ...


Luzon expecting a Lupit landfall

Luzon expecting a Lupit landfall

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Typhoon Lupit is closing in on northern Luzon, the Philippines, and is expected to make a brief landfall (of about 24 hours) there October 22 before heading into the South China Sea.


NASA satellite tracking Typhoon Lupit on a march toward the northern Philippines

NASA satellite tracking Typhoon Lupit on a march toward the northern Philippines

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Three instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite captured views of Typhoon Lupit on its western track toward the Philippines and are helping forecasters get an idea of its strength and behavior. Lupit strengthened ...


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Temperatures of sea water fringing South Pole were tropical 50 million years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- The temperature difference between equatorial and polar sea waters was minimal during the extremely warm 'Greenhouse world' 60 to 50 million years ago. This is the main conclusion drawn by ...


Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains on downward trend, says U. of Colorado report

Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains on downward trend (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (14) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend ...


NASA satellite image shows deadly Typhoon Morakot slamming Taiwan

NASA satellite image shows deadly Typhoon Morakot slamming Taiwan

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sometimes satellite imagery will leave a person in awe of nature's power and that's what the latest satellite image from NASA's Aqua satellite will do as it shows the giant Typhoon Morakot's center about to ...


Douglas-fir, geoducks make strange bedfellows in studying climate change

Douglas-fir, geoducks make strange bedfellows in studying climate change

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists are comparing annual growth rings of the Pacific Northwest's largest bivalve and its most iconic tree for clues to how living organisms may have responded to changes in climate.


LLNL signs agreement with Siemens to improve wind energy efficiency

Technology / Engineering

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

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to provide high-resolution atmospheric modeling capabilities to improve the efficiency of wind farm sites, turbine design and wind farm ...


New Ice Age maps point to climate change patterns

New Ice Age maps point to climate change patterns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New climate maps of the Earth’s surface during the height of the last Ice Age support predictions that northern Australia will become wetter and southern Australia drier due to climate change.