http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A recent study indicated that the urbanization in eastern China has significant impact on the observed surface warming and the temporal-spatial variations of urbanization effect have been comprehensively detected. http://phys.org/news287658973.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 May 2013 10:16:22 EST news287658973 Cyclone 19P in the Southern Pacific Ocean was renamed Sandra today, March 8, as NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared data on the storm that indicated it would continue to strengthen. Residents of New Caledonia should prepare for impacts from Sandra early next week. http://phys.org/news281987743.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:56:01 EST news281987743 Visible and infrared imagery of the meteor that made a fiery entry into the Earth's atmosphere over the Ural Mountains of Russia has been captured by Colorado State University scientists. http://phys.org/news280392149.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:10:01 EST news280392149 (Phys.org)—Scientists unveiled today an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images from a new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite, shows the glow of natural and human-built phenomena across the planet in greater detail than ever before. http://phys.org/news273942921.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:15:54 EST news273942921 (Phys.org)—Two weeks after a new record was set in the Arctic Ocean for the least amount of sea ice coverage in the satellite record, the ice surrounding Antarctica reached its annual winter maximum—and set a record for a new high. Sea ice extended over 19.44 million square kilometers (7.51 million square miles) in 2012, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The previous record of 19.39 million kilometers (7.49 million square miles) was set in 2006. http://phys.org/news269249582.html Space & Earth Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:33:15 EST news269249582 (Phys.org)—Overnight on October 4-5, 2012, a mass of energetic particles from the atmosphere of the Sun were flung out into space, a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection. Three days later, the storm from the Sun stirred up the magnetic field around Earth and produced gorgeous displays of northern lights. NASA satellites track such storms from their origin to their crossing of interplanetary space to their arrival in the atmosphere of Earth. http://phys.org/news269107298.html Space & Earth Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:50 EST news269107298 The European meteorological satellite Metop-B was put into orbit Monday by a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the space agency Roskosmos said. http://phys.org/news267118037.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:27:27 EST news267118037 Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve the accuracy of advanced techniques for remote sensing of the daytime ionosphere. They have obtained this altitude profile using scans from the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) experiment. The results of the research are published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, A01316, (2012). http://phys.org/news256550581.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 May 2012 09:03:17 EST news256550581 A team from LATMOS/IPSL, working in collaboration with Belgian researchers from the Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique (IASB) and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), have revealed the existence of a major source of formic acid from boreal and tropical forests. Formic acid is known to be the main cause of rainfall acidity in these regions. These results, obtained using infrared data from France's IASI instrument on board the MetOp meteorological satellite, are published online in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience dated 18 December 2011. http://phys.org/news243858562.html Space & Earth Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:29:31 EST news243858562 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Payload Module of ESA's latest meteorological satellite, MetOp-B, has been hauled out of the largest vacuum chamber in Europe: its ability to operate in the harsh conditions of space has been proved. http://phys.org/news200045883.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:18:25 EST news200045883 An Ariane 5 rocket Saturday successfully placed two satellites in orbit, after twice delaying the launch for technical reasons this week. http://phys.org/news196854646.html Space & Earth Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:10:02 EST news196854646 The United States is poised to launch Thursday the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth from high in space. http://phys.org/news186816371.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:50:01 EST news186816371 The Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Space Science Division, launched October 18, 2009 on the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F18 (flight 18) satellite, observed first light on December 1, 2009. http://phys.org/news178993932.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:32:56 EST news178993932 Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from space. http://phys.org/news176470609.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50:01 EST news176470609 (PhysOrg.com) -- A satellite that won't be launched into orbit until 2015 is already paying dividends for an advanced weather research project. http://phys.org/news172422849.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:01 EST news172422849 More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Queen's University Belfast's Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT). http://phys.org/news168806090.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:01 EST news168806090