Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Pompeii Project: Preserving History Beneath Vesuvius

To fight this process of degradation, a group of leading European research institutions has united in the Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project, coordinated…

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NASA eyes Tropical Cyclone Madi's rainfall

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM captured data on Tropical Cyclone Madi's rainfall on Dec. 8 at 1144 UTC/6:44 a.m. EST. TRMM saw…

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Mid-Latitude Westerlies Influence Glacier Changes in High Asia

Climatologists at TU Berlin discovered a previously unknown connection between glacier variability and temperate zones. In their new publication, Dr. Thomas…

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Deep-Sea Study Reveals Cause of 2011 Tsunami

The devastating tsunami that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had…

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NASA Sees Rainfall Quickly Fade in Dying Depression 33W

Tropical Depression 33W or TD 33W had weakened and TRMM showed only two isolated areas of heavy rainfall in the fragmented system.At 0300 UTC on December 4/10…

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Geoengineering and Climate Change: Understanding Key Risks

Using a simple physical approach, the study explains how the water cycle reacts to surface warming and that it responds differently to heating by sunlight or…

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New Discoveries Unravel Ocean Mysteries from Expedition

A University of Houston (UH) geoscientist and his colleagues are revealing new discoveries about the Earth's development, following a major international…

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Aquifers at Risk: Impact of Silted Riverbeds on Water Supply

Results of the National Research Programme “Sustainable Water Management” (NRP 61) suggest that the irregular decrease might be related to various degrees of…

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The Science Behind Accurate Forecasting Techniques

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future,” the Danish physicist Niels Bohr said – probably; because this quote has been attributed to at…

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Airborne Radar Looking Through Thick Ice During NASA Polar Campaigns

Scientists are interested in how the shape of this hidden terrain affects how ice moves — a key factor in making predictions about the future of these massive…

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NASA's HS3 Hurricane Mission Called it a Wrap for 2013

During the 2013 mission, two unmanned Global Hawks flew from Wallops for the first time. The mission highlights included studying the Saharan Air Layer,…

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Pacific Northwest Mountains Face Declining Precipitation Trends

Research Hydrologist Charlie Luce, with the Rocky Mountain Research Station's Aquatic Sciences Laboratory in Boise, Idaho, along with cooperators at the…

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NASA Watches as India Braces for Tropical Cyclone Lehar

Warnings were in effect in India for northern Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha as Lehar approaches. Lehar will bring winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge to…

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Lakes Found Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet: A Major Discovery

The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, discovered two subglacial lakes 800 metres below the Greenland Ice Sheet. The two lakes are each roughly…

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NASA Sees Alessia Reclaim her Crown as a Tropical Storm

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed directly above newly transformed Tropical Storm Melissa's center of circulation on November…

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Subarctic Lakes Drying Up: A 200-Year Record Decline

This is the conclusion arrived at by researchers from Université Laval, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brock University and the University of Waterloo in a study…

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