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Satellite sees Genevieve's remnants chased by 2 more systems

Meanwhile, GOES-West satellite imagery showed there are two developing low pressure areas “chasing” Genevieve to the east. NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane…

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Lead Pollution Traced to South Pole: Findings from Ice Cores

Using data from 16 ice cores collected from widely spaced locations around the Antarctic continent, including the South Pole, a group led by Joe…

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Exploring Deep Sea Riches: Minerals and Marine Stewardship

“This is the time to discuss deep-sea stewardship before exploitation is too much farther underway,” says lead-author Andrew Thurber. In a review published…

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New Study Unveils Events Leading to Dinosaur Extinction

A fresh study using up-to-date fossil records and improved analytical tools has helped palaeontologists to build a new narrative of the prehistoric creatures'…

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Satellite Study Quantifies Groundwater Loss in U.S. West

This study is the first to quantify the amount that groundwater contributes to the water needs of western states. According to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,…

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New research suggests Saharan dust is key to the formation of Bahamas' Great Bank

A new study suggests that Saharan dust played a major role in the formation of the Bahamas islands. Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel…

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Underground Water Depletion in Colorado River Basin Revealed

A new study by University of California, Irvine and NASA scientists finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin…

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NASA Captures Typhoon Matmo’s Second Landfall in China

On July 23 at 02:45 UTC (July 22 at 10:45 p.m. EDT), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite…

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Northern Territories Fires: Smoke Trends from July 2014

In the image taken by the Aqua satellite, the smoke is drifting eastward along normal wind patterns.  Fire is an obvious health hazard, but the smoke that…

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Satellite Image Reveals Atlantic Tropical Depression’s Decline

At 1445 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT), NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured an image of what was once Tropical Depression 2 (TD2), about 400 miles east of the Lesser…

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Soil’s Role in Climate Change: Carbon Emissions Explained

The planet's soil releases about 60 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, which is far more than that released by burning fossil fuels. This…

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NASA’s MODIS Captures Typhoon Matmo’s Cloud Formation

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument snapped a visible picture of Typhoon Matmo's clouds on July 22 at 1:10 a.m. EDT.

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NASA's Aqua Satellite Gets Infrared Hint on Tropical Depression 2

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over System 92L on July 21 at 11:53 a.m. EDT and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument gathered infrared data on the…

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Global warming ‘pause’ reflects natural fluctuation

Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with…

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Fires and Smoke in Canada's Northern Territories

Currently 160 wildfires are burning across the region.  There are no plans for evacuation since these fires are endangering people or property. 
Weather…

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NASA Satellite Captures Typhoon Matmo Over Eastern Philippines

NASA's Terra satellite passed over Typhoon Matmo on July 20 at 02:15 UTC and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard…

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