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Cyclone Anja hits wind shear, weakens drastically
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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This morning, Cyclone Anja was a powerful Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Wind shear has now giving Anja a strong "punch in the gut" as the storm has weakened to a Category 1 cyclone.
New climate treaty could put species at risk
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase the risk to others, scientists believe.
Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, November 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about ...
TRMM satellite mapped 'Ida the Low's' rainfall from space (w/ Video)
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as "TRMM" has the ability to measure rainfall from space, and assessed the heavy rainfall from last week's coastal low pressure area, formerly known ...
Cautious conservation: How to ensure that slowing global warming will protect biodiversity
Nov 16, 2009 |
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While it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international group of prominent scientists ...
Cyclone Phyan raining on Tibet after breaking a record in India
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Cyclone Phyan broke a 43 year record when it made landfall north of the city of Mumbai, India during the evening hours on November 11. NASA's Aqua satellite captured Phyan's landfall with one instrument, and ...
Ida now a coastal low assaulting the Mid-Atlantic
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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Ida is one stubborn girl. Her remnants have moved out to sea and reformed as a powerful coastal low pressure system that's been raining on the mid-Atlantic since Tuesday night, November 10. The Geostationary ...
Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was ...
New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida (w/ Video)
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images. Visualizers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
NASA sees high thunderstorms in newly formed Tropical Cyclone 4A near India
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Tropical Cyclone 4A formed yesterday, November 10 off the western coast of India in the Arabian Sea, and NASA's infrared imagery captured some high, powerful thunderstorms developing in the storm's center.
GOES satellite sees bulk of Ida's clouds and rain inland while center making landfall
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Tropical Storm Ida made landfall around 6:40 a.m. ET this morning on Dauphin Island, along the Alabama coastline. NASA's GOES Project created the latest image from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite ...
Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Human movement is a key factor of dengue virus inflow in Rio de Janeiro, according to results from researchers based at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. The results, based on data from a severe epidemic in ...
NASA satellites see Ida spreading out before landfall
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the U.S. Gulf coast states. ...
NASA's GOES Project offers real-time hurricane alley movies
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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People love to get the big picture of hurricane alleys, and thanks to the GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., they can now get real-time satellite animations of the eastern ...
NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
