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Start of 2012, March shatter US heat records

(AP) -- It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 151

Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth (Update 2)

The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth early Thursday, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer

One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other records ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure

Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Weird weather: heat, twisters, 250K tons of snow

(AP) -- America's weather is stuck on extreme.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 52

US ramping up private sector's role in spaceflight

The first flight of a commercial vessel to the International Space Station in late April will signal a bigger role for the private sector and open up space tourism opportunities, industry experts and lawmakers ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4

FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for govt post

(AP) -- FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power and alienating some of the people who worked with him.

Technology / Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

2011 a record-breaking year for extreme weather: US

Last year broke records for extreme weather in the United States, with 14 events each causing at least a billion dollars in damage, US authorities said on Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 6

NASA satellite movie shows Great Plains tornado outbreak from space

Satellite data gives forecasters a leg up on severe weather. NASA has just released an animation of visible and infrared satellite data showing the development and movement of the Great Plains tornado outbreak, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Scientists launch rocket into aurora

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the full sky shimmering in green aurora, Saturday night (Feb. 18, 2012) a team of scientists, including space physicist Marc Lessard and graduate students from the University of New Hampshire's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

J-2X engine ready for second test series

(Phys.org) -- The next-generation engine that will help carry humans deeper into space than ever is back, bigger and better. The J-2X engine is currently on the A-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

(AP) -- Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Flights rerouted as massive solar storm slams Earth

Solar radiation from a massive sun storm -- the largest in nearly a decade -- collided with the Earth's atmosphere, prompting an airline to reroute flights and skywatchers to seek out spectacular light displays.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station

(AP) -- Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Feds: 'Meterological March madness' mostly random

(AP) -- Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the country, with man-made global warming providing only a tiny assist, a quick federal analysis shows.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1