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NASA uses satellite to unearth innovation in crop forecasting
May 26, 2009 |
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Soil moisture is essential for seeds to germinate and for crops to grow. But record droughts and scorching temperatures in certain parts of the globe in recent years have caused soil to dry up, crippling crop ...
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Human-generated aerosols affect our weather
Jan 22, 2008 |
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The rise of human-generated pollution in the global atmosphere is forcing a change in ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere, in turn affecting our region’s weather systems.
Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2008 |
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The Earth’s jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting—possibly in response to global warming. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution ...
Impact Of Global Warming On Weather Patterns Underestimated
Sep 22, 2005 |
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The impact of global warming on European weather patterns has been underestimated, according to a new report published in Nature this week.
Climate change in Kuwait Bay
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental ...
Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic declined by as much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
Arizona monsoons unpredictable
Jun 18, 2007 |
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The Arizona monsoon season produces up to a third of the region's annual rainfall but it is tough for forecasters to predict.
Scientists resolve long-standing puzzle in climate science
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Livermore scientists has helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics.
WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a ...
Growing Population Warming East African Nights?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Nights are getting hotter in Nairobi and other inland cities as growing populations change sensitive local weather patterns, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
'Asian haze' impacts on Australian rainfall
Dec 12, 2006 |
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Elevated particle emissions resulting from increased economic activity in Asia may have increased Australia’s tropical rainfall, according to new research on the way pollution influences our climate.
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