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NASA watches a Gulf Weather system for unusual subtropical development

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico doesn't begin until June 1, 2012, but a low pressure area in the Gulf called System 90L, is being watched on February 5 and 6 for possible development ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fast new test for terrible form of food poisoning

Scientists are reporting development of a fast, reliable new test that could help people avoid a terrible type of food poisoning that comes from eating fish tainted with a difficult-to-detect toxin from marine ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Savannas, forests in a battle of the biomes, researchers find

Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two. Without this ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Killer whales migrate, study finds, but why?

Some killer whales, a study published Wednesday shows for the first time, wander nearly 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) from Antarctica's Southern Ocean into tropical waters -- but not to feed or breed.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Specialized mosquitoes may fight tropical disease

Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. They've rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with skeeters that don't spread the dengue ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel control of Dengue fever

The spread of Dengue fever in northern Australia may be controlled by a bacterium that infects mosquitoes that harbor the virus, Australian and U.S. researchers report Aug. 25 in two papers published in the journal Nature.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA satellites show towering thunderstorms in rare sub-tropical storm Arani

NASA's Aqua and TRMM satellites are providing data to scientists about the Southern Atlantic Ocean Sub-tropical Storm Arani, a rare occurrence in the southern ocean. Rainfall data and cloud top temperatures ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Aqua satellite spots rare Southern Atlantic sub-tropical storm

NASA's Aqua satellite spotted some strong convection in a recently formed low pressure area that strengthened into Sub-Tropical Storm Arani in the South Atlantic. Arani formed near the coast of Brazil and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists call for protection of Australia's subtropic seas

Leading scientists and marine managers have called for a greater national effort to protect vital 1000-kilometre stretches in the middle of Australia's eastern and western coastlines.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA satellites see Nicole become a remnant, another low soaking US East Coast

Tropical Storm Nicole was a tropical storm for around 6 hours before it weakened into a remnant low pressure area and is now off the Florida coast. NASA Satellite imagery captured different views of Nicole's ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests swimmers at sub-tropical beaches show increased risk of illness

A yearlong beach study led by a team of University of Miami researchers suggests that swimmers at sub-tropical beaches face an increased risk of illness. The multi-disciplinary team examined the risk of illness that beachgoers ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Wacky weather could squeeze Florida's citrus season

Citrus growers, beware. Florida winters are getting more extreme, causing plants to flower later and potentially shrinking the growing seasons for some of the state's most vital crops.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Report suggests nearly 5 percent exposed to dengue virus in Key West

An estimated 5 percent of the Key West, Fla., population - over 1,000 people - showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow

(PhysOrg.com) -- Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers

(AP) -- With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (9) | comments 4