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NASA sees wide-eyed cyclone Jasmine

Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean.

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Deconstructing a mystery: What caused Snowmaggedon?

In the quiet after the storms, streets and cars had all but disappeared under piles of snow. The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 years. Snow plows struggled to push the evidence ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NASA sees Tropical Storm 12S - a possible threat to Madagascar

The twelfth tropical depression formed in the Southern Indian Ocean today and quickly became a tropical storm, dubbed Tropical Storm 12S. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm and captured infrared data that revealed ...

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NASA satellite sees tropical storm Cyril a strong, compact storm

Tropical Storm Cyril was known as "11P" has been strengthening since February 6, and still appears very compact on infrared NASA satellite data.

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created Feb 07, 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.

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New study provides insight into Southern Ocean food web

One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat from the effects of environmental change.

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heat and cold damage corals in their own ways, study shows

Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While ocean warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold events can also ...

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate balancing: Sea-level rise vs. surface temperature change rates

Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy, according to a team of University of Bristol and Penn State climate scientists. Designing the approach to ...

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

New technology used to record Antarctic Ocean, ice temperatures

Half-mile long thermometers have been dropped through the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica that will give the world relevant data on sea and ice temperatures for tracking climate change and its effect on the glacial ...

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Pinot noir grapes reveal 700-year climate record

The French call pinot noir "the noble grape" and have long considered it a source of inspiration. Now it can also be appreciated as the reason for an extensive, localized climate record.

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including ...

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study shows more shrubbery in a warming world

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have used satellite data from NASA-built Landsat missions to confirm that more than 20 years of warming temperatures in northern Quebec, Canada, have resulted in an increase in ...

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NASA sees Tropical Storm Alenga intensifying

NASA's TRMM satellite passed over Tropical Storm Alenga and noticed that the rainfall has intensified in the storm in the last two days indicating that it continues strengthening.

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early Earth may have been prone to deep freezes: study

Two University of Colorado Boulder researchers who have adapted a three-dimensional, general circulation model of Earth's climate to a time some 2.8 billion years ago when the sun was significantly fainter than present think ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7 | with audio podcast

When the heat's on, fish can cope

Australian scientists have discovered that some tropical fish have a greater capacity to cope with rising sea temperatures than previously thought – by adjusting over several generations.

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast