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Stanford scientists track polluted groundwater to the sea
Now, in the first study of its kind, Stanford University researchers have tracked a plume of polluted groundwater from a septic system to one of Northern…
NASA's TRMM sees heavy rainfall in Cyclone Laila's India landfall
TRMM not only measures rainfall intensity from space but can also give scientists an idea about the height of a thunderstorm that is generating the rainfall…
Global Temperature Report – April 2010
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decadeApril temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: +0.50 C (about 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit)…
NASA's Aqua satellite sees sunglint on Gulf oil slick
The visible image showed three bright areas of sunglint within the area of the gray-beige colored spill. Sunglint is a mirror-like reflection of the sun off…
Cyclone Laila, Formerly Tropical Storm 1B, is Headed for Landfall in India
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiomenter or MODIS instrument that flies aboard Aqua captured Laila in an image at 08:10 UTC (4:10 a.m. EDT). At that…
NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Second Tropical Storm Form Near the Horn of Africa
At 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT) on May 19, Tropical Storm 02A had maximum sustained winds near 39 mph, with higher gusts. It was located in the Arabian Sea (part of…