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NASA Sees Tropical Storm Norbert Affecting Mexico's West Coast

On Wednesday, September 3, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a Tropical Storm Warning from La Paz to Santa Fe, Mexico. There is also a Tropical Storm…

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NASA's HS3 Hurricane Mission and Terra Satellite Take on Tropical Storm Dolly

The MODIS or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite took an image of Tropical Storms Norbert in the Eastern…

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UNH Ocean Mappers Identify New Seamount in Pacific Ocean

The seamount was discovered in August when James Gardner, research professor in the UNH-NOAA Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center,…

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Global Temperature Trends: August 2014 Insights

Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decade

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Can Computer Servers Survive an Earthquake? Find Out Now!

How do you prevent an earthquake from destroying expensive computer systems?

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Innovative, Low-Cost Method for Earthquake Topography Analysis

However, current methods of acquisition are costly and require trained personnel with high-tech, cumbersome equipment. In light of this, Kendra Johnson and…

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NASA Satellites Monitor Tropical Storm Dolly’s Path

In July of 2008, Tropical Storm Dolly made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico before making a second and final landfall in south Texas. Now, six…

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Solving Water Scarcity by 2050: New Innovations Ahead

Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their…

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Near-Simultaneous Earthquakes Challenge Italy’s Seismic Planning

“It's very important to consider this scenario of earthquakes, occurring possibly seconds apart, one immediately after another,” said co-author Anna Tramelli,…

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Experts Support Operational Earthquake Forecasting in SRL

Experts defend operational earthquake forecasting (OEF) in an editorial published in the Seismological Research Letters (SRL), arguing the importance of public…

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Antarctic Sea Level Rising Faster Than Global Average

Researchers at the University of Southampton detected the rapid rise in sea-level by studying satellite scans of a region that spans more than a million square…

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NASA Monitors Weaker Tropical Storm Marie via GOES-West

NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured an image of Marie on August 28 at 11 a.m. EDT. Bands of thunderstorms circled the storm especially to the north.

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NASA’s Global Hawk Joins Hurricane Mission Over Cristobal

NASA's airborne Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, mission returns to NASA Wallops for the third year to investigate the processes that underlie…

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NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Powerful Towering Storms in Cristobal

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite flew above Hurricane Cristobal on August 26 at 11:35 UTC (7:35 a.m. EDT) gathering rainfall data….

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Uncovering Nanodiamonds: Insights into Megafauna Extinction

Most of North America’s megafauna — mastodons, short-faced bears, giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats and American camels and horses — disappeared…

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Yellowstone Supereruption: New Model Predicts Ash Spread

An improved computer model developed by the study’s authors finds that the hypothetical, large eruption would create a distinctive kind of ash cloud known as…

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