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. NASA's 2010 hurricane experiment is in full swing as the tropics have heated up. NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft was sent out over this past weekend to conduct measurements on then Tropical Storm Frank in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first ever high-altitude flyover of a tropical cyclone with a UAS (unmanned aircraft system). http://phys.org/news202576938.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:02 EST news202576938 (AP) -- Scientists returning from a 30-day research expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands found what they believe are 10 new species of coral. http://phys.org/news201583529.html Biology Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:25:39 EST news201583529 Easter Island will be overcast and drizzly Sunday, weather experts said -- a disappointing forecast for thousands hoping to view what would be, if the weather cooperates, a spectacular solar eclipse. http://phys.org/news197815243.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:50:04 EST news197815243 After more than a decade of monitoring the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, scientists have released the first count of one of the world's most endangered group of whales. http://phys.org/news197133645.html Biology Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:50:01 EST news197133645 Oceanographers said on Sunday they had measured a system of mighty currents off Antarctica that are a newly-discovered factor in the equation of climate change. http://phys.org/news191420885.html Space & Earth Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:28:49 EST news191420885 Canada jumps into spring after having recorded the mildest and driest winter on record, Environment Canada reported Friday. http://phys.org/news188288743.html Space & Earth Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:00:01 EST news188288743 Tropical Storm Tomas is on a southern track in the South Pacific Ocean, and residents of Nadi, Fiji will be watching it as it approaches the eastern side of the island late this weekend. A tropical cyclone alert is in effect for all of Fiji this weekend. http://phys.org/news187634128.html Space & Earth Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:01 EST news187634128 (PhysOrg.com) -- The massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 occurred in an offshore zone that was under increased stress caused by a 1960 quake of magnitude 9.5, according to geologist Jian Lin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). http://phys.org/news186667175.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:10:01 EST news186667175 Google on Saturday quickly activated an online "person finder" tool to allow relatives and friends to find loved ones following the huge earthquake in Chile. http://phys.org/news186516267.html Technology Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:20:02 EST news186516267 A tsunami triggered by the powerful quake that rocked Chile was Saturday racing across the Pacific Ocean towards Hawaii and Asia at around 450 miles per hour, a quake expert said. http://phys.org/news186502609.html Space & Earth Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:17:29 EST news186502609 (PhysOrg.com) -- A question central to research on global warming is how warmer temperatures caused by increased greenhouse gases could influence climate. Probing the past for clues about this potential effect, MIT and Yale climate scientists examined the Pliocene period, which began five million years ago and which some consider to be a potential analog to modern greenhouse conditions. http://phys.org/news186250015.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:07:41 EST news186250015 NASA's Aqua satellite is keeping an eye on the tenth tropical depression to form in the southern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Depression 10P has formed overnight and is expected to continue strengthening. http://phys.org/news183834341.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:05:56 EST news183834341 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of global surface temperatures by NASA scientists finds the past year was tied for the second warmest since 1880. In the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year on record. http://phys.org/news183313791.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:30:39 EST news183313791 In a vivid example of how a small geographic feature can have far-reaching impacts on climate, new research shows that water levels in the Bering Strait helped drive global climate patterns during ice age episodes dating back more than 100,000 years. http://phys.org/news182326598.html Space & Earth Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:00:13 EST news182326598 (PhysOrg.com) -- A find of 60 headless skeletons summer 2009 may reveal the identity of the people who first inhabited the Pacific Ocean archipelago Vanuatu 3000 years ago. http://phys.org/news180636268.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:01:02 EST news180636268 Tropical Cyclone Mick formed over the weekend in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and made a quick landfall over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu earlier today, December 14. Mick made landfall as a Category 2 Cyclone and brought heavy rains and gusty winds to the island. http://phys.org/news180039050.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:51:33 EST news180039050 (AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral. http://phys.org/news179331658.html Space & Earth Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:30:04 EST news179331658 The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation alert" for System 97W. System 97W is following in Nida's footsteps and is headed for dissipation. Nida has now officially dissipated. http://phys.org/news179160177.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:43:46 EST news179160177 NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Tropical Depression Nida and System 97W in the Western Pacific Ocean and noticed that one is fading while the other is powering up. http://phys.org/news179072054.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:30:01 EST news179072054 Nida is battling to keep its typhoon strength in the Western Pacific Ocean as wind shear continues to tear at the storm and weaken it. NASA's CloudSat satellite noticed that Nida's cloud tops are not as high as they were over the weekend, and lower cloud tops mean less powerful thunderstorms. http://phys.org/news178892788.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:50:01 EST news178892788 (AP) -- Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news178867399.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:23:59 EST news178867399 (AP) -- Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said. http://phys.org/news178374623.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:33:50 EST news178374623 (AP) -- Ships in the south Pacific Ocean have been alerted that hundreds of icebergs believed to have split off Antarctic ice shelves are drifting north toward New Zealand, officials said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news178297000.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:01 EST news178297000 (PhysOrg.com) -- El Nino, a warming event of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere, has strengthened in recent months and already appears to have influenced Colorado's fall weather, says Klaus Wolter, an atmospheric scientist with the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://phys.org/news177701606.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:50:07 EST news177701606 (PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, more than 250 billion pounds of plastic are produced worldwide. Much of it ends up in the world's oceans, a fact that troubles MIT biology professor Anthony Sinskey. http://phys.org/news177696802.html Chemistry Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:01 EST news177696802 (PhysOrg.com) -- Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger before reaching the Pacific Ocean. http://phys.org/news172423924.html Biology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:45:57 EST news172423924 Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean. http://phys.org/news177253062.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:08 EST news177253062 People love to get the big picture of hurricane alleys, and thanks to the GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., they can now get real-time satellite animations of the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. http://phys.org/news177001037.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:40:03 EST news177001037 Tropical Storm Neki formed today about 830 miles southeast of Johnston Island in the Central Pacific Ocean. NASA's QuikScat and Aqua satellites quickly captured and analyzed winds and temperatures in Neki, enabling forecasters to see the storm strengthening. http://phys.org/news175190733.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:06 EST news175190733 Lupit has joined the ranks of super typhoons in the Western Pacific Ocean, and is currently packing maximum sustained winds near 132 mph, down from a previous peak near 149 mph, but still a Category Four strength typhoon. http://phys.org/news175189245.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:01 EST news175189245