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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have developed new methods for studying how environmental factors and climate affect giant kelp forest ecosystems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. http://phys.org/news224859853.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 May 2011 14:20:01 EST news224859853 A NASA analysis of satellite data has quantified, for the first time, the amount of older and thicker "multiyear" sea ice lost from the Arctic Ocean due to melting. http://phys.org/news208603927.html Space & Earth Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:32:20 EST news208603927 The GOES-13 satellite is watching a flurry of activity in the Atlantic Ocean today as a cold front approaches the remnants of Hurricane Tomas and threatens to swallow it in the next couple of days. http://phys.org/news208441417.html Space & Earth Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:40:15 EST news208441417 The GOES-13 satellite keeps a continuous eye on the eastern half of the U.S. and Atlantic Ocean basin, and has provided meteorologists with an infrared look at a strengthening Tropical Storm Tomas this morning. http://phys.org/news207917249.html Space & Earth Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:50:03 EST news207917249 Typhoon Megi has run into winds that are weakening the storm, but it is forecast to make landfall in southeastern China late at night (EDT) on Oct. 22 (11 a.m. local time Hong Kong, Oct. 23) as a Category One Typhoon. NASA satellites have been monitoring the storm's rainfall, changing cloud cover, and changing eye as it weakens. http://phys.org/news206991228.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:00:01 EST news206991228 Tropical Storm 04B grew quickly into powerful Cyclone Giri and was making landfall in Burma today as a powerful Category Four Cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed that the storm contained some heavy rainfall in addition to the powerful winds. http://phys.org/news206990151.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:32:51 EST news206990151 (PhysOrg.com) -- New space research published this week (Thursday 21 October) in the journal Nature, has settled decades of scientific debate. Researchers from the University of California (UCLA) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have found the final link between electrons trapped in space and the glow of light from the upper atmosphere known as the diffuse aurora. The research will help us understand 'space weather', with benefits for the satellite, power grid and aviation industries, and how space storms affect the Earth's atmosphere from the top down. http://phys.org/news206800035.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:27:43 EST news206800035 At 11 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8, Otto strengthened into a hurricane, becoming the eighth hurricane of the Atlantic Ocean season. NASA's Aqua satellite and the NOAA GOES-13 satellite captured images of Otto as he intensified. http://phys.org/news205776033.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:10:01 EST news205776033 Using data from several research satellites, scientists will spend the next three years trying to understand the climate impacts of about 770 million tons of dust carried into the atmosphere every year from the Sahara Desert. http://phys.org/news205749462.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:37:57 EST news205749462 This September, Arctic sea ice extent was the third-lowest in the satellite record, falling below the extent reached last summer. The lowest- and second-lowest extents occurred in 2007 and 2008. Satellite data indicate that Arctic sea ice is continuing a long-term decline, and remains younger and thinner than it was in previous decades. http://phys.org/news205506960.html Space & Earth Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:16:50 EST news205506960 Tropical Storm Nicole was a tropical storm for around 6 hours before it weakened into a remnant low pressure area and is now off the Florida coast. NASA Satellite imagery captured different views of Nicole's clouds as the system weakened back into a low pressure area. http://phys.org/news205082569.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:23:19 EST news205082569 NASA is providing data from three satellites to give forecasters valuable information on newly strengthened Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole was Tropical Depression 16 until 11 a.m. EDT, Sept. 29 and NASA data helped confirm her new designation. Satellite data from NASA showed frigid thunderstorm cloud top temperatures, heavy rainfall, and extensive cloud cover as Nicole strengthened. http://phys.org/news204985382.html Space & Earth Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:23:17 EST news204985382 Towering thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are two things that NASA's CloudSat satellite saw as it passed over Typhoon Malakas, and those two factors confirm a strong storm. NASA's CloudSat satellite's Cloud Profiling Radar can basically slice a tropical cyclone in half and take a look at its clouds and rainfall, and that's what it did when it passed over Typhoon Malakas on Sept. 23. http://phys.org/news204570284.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:04:57 EST news204570284 The GOES-13 satellite may be stationed in orbit over the eastern U.S., but it has a wide field of view from the eastern Atlantic to the eastern Pacific, and today it captured three tropical cyclones in one image. http://phys.org/news204387065.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:30:07 EST news204387065 NASA's CloudSat satellite captured a profile of Hurricane Karl as it began making landfall in Mexico today. The satellite data revealed very high, icy cloud tops in Karl's powerful thunderstorms, and moderate to heavy rainfall from the storm. Meanwhile, NASA's "GRIP" mission was also underway as aircraft were gathering valuable data about Hurricane Karl as he moves inland. http://phys.org/news203959222.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:20:44 EST news203959222 (PhysOrg.com) -- Something has been eating Charlie Kerfoot's doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusk about the size of a fat lima bean. http://phys.org/news202722595.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:01 EST news202722595 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by a Stanford researcher shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came from felling forests, which sends carbon into the atmosphere and drives global warming. But the research team also noted that big agribusiness has largely replaced small farmers in doing most of the tree cutting in Brazil and Indonesia, which may make it easier to rein in the trend. http://phys.org/news202722944.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:56:08 EST news202722944 (PhysOrg.com) -- Devastating around a third of the country, it is estimated that the floods in Pakistan have affected up to 20 million people. As part of the effort to support humanitarian relief, satellite data are being used to generate essential maps of the flooded areas. http://phys.org/news202655216.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:07:26 EST news202655216 Earth has done an ecological about-face: Global plant productivity that once flourished under warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline, struck by the stress of drought. http://phys.org/news201451698.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:03 EST news201451698 The largest ice island in almost 50 years poses no immediate threat as it will take up to two years to drift through the Arctic Ocean, the Canadian who discovered it told AFP. http://phys.org/news200810470.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:41:41 EST news200810470 Using satellite data, scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map that details the height of the world's forests. Although there are other local- and regional-scale forest canopy maps, the new map is the first that spans the entire globe based on one uniform method. http://phys.org/news198859374.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:00:14 EST news198859374 Yesterday, System 96E looked good for development and by 5 p.m. EDT that low pressure area had organized more to become Tropical Depression 6-E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Today, July 15, the GOES-11 satellite captured a visible image of the depression as it struggles to organize further against wind shear. http://phys.org/news198426146.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:01 EST news198426146 Lack of sufficient iron may be a significant factor in controlling massive blooms of Emiliania huxleyi, a globally important species of marine algae or phytoplankton, according to research led by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton. http://phys.org/news197111341.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:09:23 EST news197111341 Rutgers' Oscar Schofield and five colleagues from other institutions have published in Science, calling for expanded ocean-observing in the Antarctic, particularly in the Western Antarctic Peninsula, or WAP. http://phys.org/news196081086.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:24 EST news196081086 (PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite imagery captured hundreds of miles from the Earth's surface is being used to analyse the flood risks of some of the world's largest regions, using data that researchers hope could become freely available in efforts to provide a more immediate response to natural disasters. http://phys.org/news195839062.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:44:35 EST news195839062 Tropical Storm Agatha made landfall this weekend in El Salvador and Guatemala, and crossed into the western Caribbean. Like Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer, Agatha was somewhat of a forecasting mystery until today. http://phys.org/news194706430.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:07:23 EST news194706430 Every spring, migratory birds like the Black-throated Blue Warbler journey from tropical Caribbean or South American refuges to North American forests. But which forest patch will they call home this year? And, how can researchers predict where they choose to nest? http://phys.org/news194632980.html Biology Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:30:01 EST news194632980 NASA and other satellite data is helping forecasters get a bead on a tropical low that looks prime for development over the weekend in the Western Pacific Ocean. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed System 93W has some high, cold thunderstorm cloud tops, indicating strong convection. http://phys.org/news194199583.html Space & Earth Thu, 27 May 2010 17:20:10 EST news194199583 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the use of solar power grows in California it will become more important to know exactly how much radiation and energy are generated in regions throughout the state. That’s the basis behind an improved solar map for the state created by UC San Diego environmental engineering professor Jan Kleissl and his Ph.D. student Anders Nottrott. http://phys.org/news194024683.html Technology Tue, 25 May 2010 16:45:00 EST news194024683 Using NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has reported finding evidence that North Korea has been logging in what is designated as a protected United Nations forest preserve. http://phys.org/news193331695.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 May 2010 16:16:16 EST news193331695