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Icecap Melting Rate Slower Than Expected in Greenland, Antarctica

GRACEThe melting of the ice caps has been charted since 2002 using the measurements produced by the two GRACE satellites. From space they detect small changes…

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NASA Satellite Monitors Hurricane Earl’s Weakening Impact

Having felt the effects of both increasing wind shear and cooler waters, Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds…

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NASA’s GOES-13 Captures New Image of Weakened Fiona

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-13 captured an image of Fiona on Friday, Sept. 3 at 10:32 a.m. EDT and the visible image showed a…

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NASA Satellite Captures Tropical Storm Kompasu Over Korea, China

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Kompasu at 02:15…

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Tracks Gaston’s Transformation

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Gaston early this morning, Sept. 2 at 0423 UTC (12:23 a.m. EDT), the infrared image taken from the Atmospheric Infrared…

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Bermuda Braces for Fiona as GOES-13 Satellite Tracks Storm

A tropical storm warning is in effect for Bermuda today, Sept. 2, as tropical storm force winds are expected there by late Friday. Bermuda can expect between 1…

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NASA’s Infrared Image Reveals Strong Convection in Atlantic Depression 9

NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, flying onboard the Aqua satellite, captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression 9 on Sept. 1 at…

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Hurricane Warnings Posted on U.S. East Coast, NASA Sees Earl's Heavy Rainfall

The TRMM satellite passed close to Hurricane Earl's position early on August 31 at 0439 UTC (12:39 a.m. EDT) collecting data used in the TRMM Microwave Imager…

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NASA Infrared Data Sees Convection Building in Fiona's Clouds

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Fiona's cold cloud tops on August 31 at 1:05 p.m. EDT…

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An Eye on Earl: RENCI Models the Path of Hurricane as Its Heads Towards the East Coast

The model’s 3 km resolution is significant because it means scientists do not need to use parameterization schemes—a method used to predict the collective…

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GOES-13 Sees Three Atlantic Tropical Cyclones in Action

In the visible image, was the large and powerful Hurricane Earl passing Puerto Rico, Tropical Storm Fiona located to Earl's east, and Danielle far in the…

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NASA's Terra Satellite Captures Three Tropical Cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

On August 31, at 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), Typhoon Kompasu had maximum sustained winds near 109 mph and is 45 nm east-southeast of Kadena AB, Japan. The cyclone…

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Unraveling Climate Change: New Insights from Niels Bohr Institute

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen shows that it may be due to an accumulation of different chaotic influences and as a…

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New Insights on Tectonic Plates: Whole-Earth Model Explained

A paper describing the whole-earth model and its underlying algorithms will be published in the August 27 issue of the journal Science and also featured on the…

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Turning Up the Temperature in the High Arctic

“There is clear evidence of climate change here,” Werner said via email from Svalbard. “The Linne´ Glacier has been retreating since 1936 at an average rate of…

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Impact of Solar Radiation on Shrinking Atmospheric Layers

The research indicates that the Sun’s magnetic cycle, which produces differing numbers of sunspots over an approximately 11-year cycle, may vary more than…

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