Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences (also referred to as Geosciences), which deals with basic issues surrounding our planet, plays a vital role in the area of energy and raw materials supply.
Earth Sciences comprises subjects such as geology, geography, geological informatics, paleontology, mineralogy, petrography, crystallography, geophysics, geodesy, glaciology, cartography, photogrammetry, meteorology and seismology, early-warning systems, earthquake research and polar research.
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…
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…
GOES-13 Catches 3 Tropical Cyclones Thrashing Through the Atlantic
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…
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…
Dramatic climate change is unpredictable
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…
New view of tectonic plates
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…