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Hurricane Felicia eyeing Hawaii while weakening on weekend

Aug 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA satellite imagery has helped forecasters see that Hurricane Felicia is running into cooler waters and increasing wind shear, two things have taken her strength "down a peg or two." Felicia will continue ...

Research supports suggestions that global warming will do little to change hurricane activity

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 12, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (8) | 0

In a study published in the July 2008 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Drs. David S. Nolan and Eric D. Rappin from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science descri ...

System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...

NASA Satellites and Baja California on watch as Hurricane Rick approaches

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Oct 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites flew over Hurricane Rick this weekend, and watched the storm strengthen into a major hurricane.

Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 16, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...