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Earth Sciences

NASA Tracks Tropical Storm Julio Amid Heated Eastern Pacific

“Ocean temperatures in the Eastern Tropical Pacific were heated up because of the strong Kelvin wave activity this spring. Although the initial excitement of…

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Yellowknife Wildfires: Latest Updates and Fire Map Insights

Hundreds of fires dot the landscape and the Northwest Territories Live Fire map shows the extent of the wildfires and hot spots that have been reported. Fire…

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New Insights Into Brown Carbon’s Impact on Climate Models

Brown carbon’s heating effect in climate models can now be quantified
Scientists have uncovered key attributes of so-called “brown carbon” from wildfires,…

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Tropical Systems Surge in Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean

There have been as many as five tropical systems at the same time. On Monday, August 4, there were three tropical systems stretching from west to east:…

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NASA Sees Typhoon Halong's Eye Wink

On August 2 at 01:45 UTC (August 1 at 9:45 p.m. EDT) NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of a wide-eyed Super Typhoon Halong moving through the…

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NASA Observes Tropical Storm Nakri’s Brief Journey

On Saturday, August 2, at 9 p.m. EDT, Nakri's maximum sustained winds were near 40 knots (46 mph/74 kph).

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NASA Sees Bursts of Thunderstorms in Tropical Depression Genevieve's Center

A false-colored infrared image created at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California used data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)…

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NASA Satellite Captures Unique View of Typhoon Halong

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Typhoon Halong on Aug. 4 at 12:47 a.m. EDT, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard provided infrared…

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SwRI-led team’s research shows giant asteroids battered early Earth

The model, calibrated using existing lunar and terrestrial data, sheds light on the role asteroid collisions played in the geological evolution of the…

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NASA Monitors Tropical Storm Halong and System 96W

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over both Tropical Storm Halong and developing System 96W early on July 30 and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument…

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Antarctic Ice Sheet Linked to CO2 Drop, Not Continental Shift

The finding counters a 40-year-old theory suggesting massive rearrangements of Earth's continents caused global cooling and the abrupt formation of the…

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NASA Observes Tropical Depression Genevieve’s Return

Tropical Storm Genevieve weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, July 27 and the National Hurricane Center issued their final advisory on the system as it…

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NASA Tracks Tropical Storm Halong: Key Insights and Warnings

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Halong on July 29 at   03:29 UTC (July 28 at 11:29 p.m. EDT) the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument…

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First-Time Measurement of Huge Waves in Arctic Ocean

An ice-covered expanse now has a season of increasingly open water that is predicted to extend across the whole Arctic Ocean before the middle of this century….

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NASA Monitors Warmer Cloud Tops of Weakening Tropical Storm Hernan

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument aboard Aqua gathered infrared data on a quickly weakening Hernan on July 29 at 5:11 a.m. EDT.

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NASA sees Tropical Storm Hernan near Mexico's Baja California

NASA's Terra satellite passed over Hernan when it was developing as a tropical depression near Baja California, Mexico.

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