News tagged with typhoons
Typhoons trigger earthquakes on Taiwan: scientists
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Jun 10, 2009 |
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Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors.
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Big storms more important than thought
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Feb 27, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers have determined typhoons and hurricanes are the dominant cause of mixing between the Earth's troposphere and stratosphere.
Earth from Space: Typhoon Melor
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Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This Envisat image captures Typhoon Melor spinning in the Pacific Ocean northeast of the Philippines on 6 October before slamming into the main Japanese island of Honshu on Thursday.
Study: Typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceans
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Jul 24, 2008 |
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A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean -- in the form of sediment -- as all the other rains in that country all year long combined. That's the finding of an Ohio State University study published in ...
Mangroves key to saving lives
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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The replanting of mangroves on the coasts of the Philippines could help save many of the lives lost in the 20-30 typhoons that hit the islands annually. This is one of the numerous reasons for the 'urgent need for immediate ...
MIT tool determines landslide risk in tropics
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Jun 26, 2007 |
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Engineers at MIT have devised a simple yet effective system for determining an area's landslide risk, a tool that could help planners improve building codes, determine zoning and strengthen mitigation measures in mountainous ...
First riser-drilling research operations undertaken in Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Deepsea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU has resumed IODP drilling operations in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone off the Kii Peninsula of Japan. The scientific drilling expedition's first target is located in water depths of 2,054 ...
Hurricanes to intensify as Earth warms
Jun 16, 2005 |
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Warmer oceans, more moisture in the atmosphere, and other factors suggest that human-induced climate change will increase hurricane intensity and rainfall, according to climate expert Kevin Trenberth of the National Center ...
Super typhoon Lupit heading west in the Philippine Sea
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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Lupit has joined the ranks of super typhoons in the Western Pacific Ocean, and is currently packing maximum sustained winds near 132 mph, down from a previous peak near 149 mph, but still a Category Four strength ...
Two NASA satellites capture monster Super Typhoon Melor
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Super Typhoon Melor early today, October 5 and captured some impressive images of the storm's clouds on a track toward Japan. The Western Pacific Ocean has the edge ...
2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. The season officially begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. That means that for the most part, storms have formed and fizzled ...
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