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NASA Tracks Strengthening Tropical Cyclone Nathan

At 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), Tropical cyclone Nathan's maximum sustained winds were near 55 knots (63.2 mph/102 kph) and the storm was consolidating and…

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Arctic Tundra Ponds Disappearing: Key Findings from Alaska

More than 2,800 Arctic tundra ponds in the northern region of Alaska’s Barrow Peninsula were analyzed using historical photos and satellite images taken…

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Tropical Cyclone Bavi: Latest Updates from the Philippine Sea

On March 16 at 01:35 UTC, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard Aqua provided a visible image of the storm. The storm…

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Climate Change Boosts DDT Accumulation in the Arctic

Many organic pollutants that originate from industrial and technical processes, are persistent and are not degraded in the environment. This poses a hazard for…

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Summer Storm Weakens, Fueling Persistent Heat Extremes

“When the great air streams in the sky above us get disturbed by climate change, this can have severe effects on the ground,” says lead-author Dim Coumou….

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Satellite Captures Rare Subtropical Storm 90Q in Atlantic

NOAA's GOES-East satellite provided imagery of the Atlantic that showed Subtropical Cyclone 90Q off the southeastern coast of Brazil at 17:45 UTC (1:45 p.m….

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NASA-JAXA's GPM sees birth of Tropical Depression 3W in northwestern Pacific

A tropical storm watch was already in effect on March 11 for Ujae and Ailinglaplap atolls in the western Marshall Islands.

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NASA Tracks Tropical Cyclone Olwyn’s Formation Near Australia

Data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite is gathered and processed daily into…

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Predicting Flash Flooding: Innovations for Better Safety

Devastating floodwaters such as those experienced during Iowa's Flood of 2008 — which swamped many Iowa communities, along with ten square miles of Cedar…

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NASA Explores Tropical Cyclone Pam’s Inner Workings

On March 9 and 10, Tropical Cyclone Pam strengthened to hurricane-force as it neared Vanuatu in the Southern Pacific Ocean.

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NASA sees a Tropical Storm Haliba 'sandwich'

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed above Tropical Storm Haliba on March 9 when its…

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New Report Reveals Hidden Greenhouse Emissions from Drained Wetlands

Former wetlands that have been drained and which are currently used for forestry and agriculture give off 11.4 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. That…

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Climate Change Accelerates: A Deep Dive into Recent Trends

An analysis of changes to the climate that occur over several decades suggests that these changes are happening faster than historical levels and are starting…

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NASA Monitors Tropical Cyclone 15S in Mozambique Channel

The storm's lack of direction is short-lived, however, as forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center or JTWC expect that the storm will move in a…

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Space technology investigates large-scale changes to Africa's climate

An international research team led by the University of Leicester has mapped the entire African continent south of the Sahara for geographical changes – and…

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How Climate Change Affects Our Planet’s Green Lungs

Are leaves and buds developing earlier in the spring? And do leaves stay on the trees longer in autumn? Do steppe ecosystems remaining green longer and are the…

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