Earth Sciences

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NASA’s Infrared Imagery Confirms Newborn Tropical Storm Sonca

Infrared imagery is gathered by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite. It provides valuable information to…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Reveals Tropical Storm Roke Near Kadena Base

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Roke yesterday and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument showed powerful convection building around the storm's…

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NASA's TRMM Satellite Reveals Heaviest Rainfall in Maria's Northwestern Quadrant

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite traveled above tropical storm Maria on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 1001 UTC ( 6:01 a.m. EDT). TRMM…

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Newborn Dinosaur Discovered in Maryland

It is the youngest nodosaur ever discovered, and a founder of a new genus and species that lived approximately 110 million years ago during the Early…

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50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of future of El Niño phenomenon

This is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers after it investigated 50-million-year-old clam shells and wood from the Antarctic. The…

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Indigenous Alaskans Share Insights on Climate Change Observations

The USGS coordinated interviews with Yup'ik hunters and elders in the villages of St. Mary's and Pitka's Point, Alaska, to document their observations of…

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New Coral Dating Method Sheds Light on Future Sea Levels

In a paper published online in the Sept. 11 Nature Geoscience, the researchers report data from an improved method of dating fossil coral reef skeletons in the…

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NASA's Aqua satellite sees 3 in 1: Tropical storms Nate, Lee, fires

Nate is one of three major weather events around the Gulf of Mexico today, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured all three in one image. Raging wildfires are…

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2 NASA satellites catch Tropical Storm Nate's quick formation

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite took an infrared image of Tropical Storm Nate on Sept. 7 at 3:59 p.m. EDT, one hour…

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NASA Monitors 4 Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic Today

NOAA's GOES-13 satellite monitors the Atlantic and eastern U.S. and took a stunning image of Hurricane Katia in the western Atlantic between Bermuda and the…

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Global Greenhouse Gas Portrait Captured From Pole to Pole

A three-year series of research flights from the Arctic to the Antarctic has successfully produced an unprecedented portrait of greenhouse gases and particles…

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NASA satellites 'eyes' changes in Hurricane Katia

One NASA instrument that flies aboard two different NASA satellites has been providing very clear pictures of Hurricane Katia's transition over the last couple…

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Last two winters' warm extremes more severe than their cold snaps

New research examines daily wintertime temperature extremes since 1948 The study finds that the warm extremes were much more severe and widespread than the…

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Tropical Depression 8E's remnants still hug Mexican coastline

Tropical Depression 08E (TD8E) has weakened to a remnant low pressure system over Mexico. TD 8E's remnants were raining on Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta at 10…

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NASA Tracks Katia’s Formation as Second Atlantic Hurricane

NASA's TRMM satellite noticed towering thunderstorms within Katia yesterday which clued forecasters that she would become a hurricane today. NASA's Aqua…

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The Geophysicist's Guide to Striking It Rich

Prospecting — the search for valuable reserves such as gold, diamond and natural gas — isn't just a matter of luck. It's about knowing where to look. Now…

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