News tagged with severe storm
World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains (w/Videos)
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May 05, 2009 |
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The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the Great Plains to gain a better understanding ...
Drought, Urbanization Were Ingredients for Atlanta's Perfect Storm (Video)
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Mar 11, 2009 |
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On March 14, 2008, a tornado swept through downtown Atlanta, its 130 mile-per-hour winds ripping holes in the roof of the Georgia Dome, blowing out office windows and trashing parts of Centennial Olympic Park. ...
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Gravity Waves Make Tornados
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Did you know that there's a new breakfast food that helps meteorologists predict severe storms? Down South they call it "GrITs."
Beating the radar: Getting a jump on storm prediction
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Jun 16, 2009 |
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Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at UW-Madison's Space Science ...
Does new swine flu virus kill by causing a 'cytokine storm'?
May 05, 2009 |
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The swine flu outbreak that began in Mexico and continues to spread around the globe may be particularly dangerous for young, otherwise healthy adults because it contains genetic components of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, ...
Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms
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May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...
Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an ...
Pollution From China And India Affecting World’s Weather
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Mar 06, 2007 |
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Severe pollution from the Far East is almost certainly affecting the weather near you, says a Texas A&M University researcher who has studied the problem and has published a landmark paper on the topic in the Proceedings of ...
Arizona State scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
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Jul 11, 2007 |
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Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet. The ...
Martian dust storm threatens rovers' survival
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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In the three-and-a-half years that they've been on Mars, the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have never seen anything like this: a large-scale dust storm that has darkened the skies and put the rovers in ...
Mars Rovers Braving Severe Dust Storms
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Jul 20, 2007 |
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Having explored Mars for three-and-a-half years in what were missions originally designed for three months, NASA's Mars rovers are facing perhaps their biggest challenge.
Research suggests urban sprawl, wet falls and winter affect severe weather
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Previously rare big city storms - like a tornado Aug. 19 that downed trees and ripped off roofs in downtown Minneapolis and the powerful thunderstorms in New York City a day earlier - may ...
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