News tagged with climate prediction
A NASA weather 'Eye in the Sky' marks 10 years
For 10 years, it has silently swooped through space in its orbital perch 438 miles (705 kilometers) above Earth, its nearly 2,400 spectral "eyes" peering into Earth's atmosphere, watching. But there's nothing ...
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May 04, 2012 |
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A new way to visualize Earth
As the state geologist for Arizona, Lee Allison knows granite from sandstone, a syncline from an anticline. But he has lacked the ability to look through rocks to visualize the inner workings of the Earth.
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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Infrared sounder on NASA's suomi NPP starts its mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2012 |
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NASA readies new type of Earth-observing satellite for launch
NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth-observing satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables.
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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Modeling the local impact of global climate change
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," Bob Dylan famously sang. But if you want to know how it will blow tomorrow, odds are you're going to check the forecast.
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Sep 16, 2011 |
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Can scientists look at next year's climate?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make valid climate predictions that go beyond weeks, months, even a year? UCLA atmospheric scientists report they have now made long-term climate forecasts that are among ...
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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Looking ahead to local climate models
When research scientist Jim Kinter describes the interactions between the Earth's ocean, land and atmosphere, he talks of dancing. "The atmosphere and the ocean, and the atmosphere and the land surface have ...
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Jul 15, 2011 |
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Report: IBM supercomputer is the most energy efficient in the world
An IBM supercomputer is the most energy efficient supercomputer in the world, according to the latest Supercomputing 'Green500 List' announced by Green500.org. A prototype of IBM's next generation Blue Gene/Q supercomputer ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Australian meteorologists call an end to La Nina
Australian meteorologists on Wednesday declared La Nina, the disruptive weather pattern behind floods and cyclones that brought death and destruction this year, to have ended.
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May 25, 2011 |
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Snow from space: Satellite images of snow-bound UK
Earth observation scientists at the University of Leicester have recorded stunning images of the UK's winter landscape by orbiting satellites.
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Dec 03, 2010 |
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Computer users simulate extreme weather at home
(PhysOrg.com) -- Volunteers are being asked to run a series of climate prediction experiments on their computers to help understand how global climate change will affect weather in different regions of the ...
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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Improved climate forecasts sought out by new report
From farmers to government officials in charge of efficiently managing Earth's precious water and energy resources, people all over the world rely on accurate short-term climate forecasts on timescales ranging ...
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Sep 10, 2010 |
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Projection shows water woes likely based on warmer temperatures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Several Midwestern states could be facing increased winter and spring flooding, as well as difficult growing conditions on farms, if average temperatures rise, according to a Purdue University ...
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Can biodiversity persist in the face of climate change?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Predictions made over the last decade about the impacts of climate change on biodiversity may be exaggerated, according to a paper published in the journal Science.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Paleoecologists offer new insight into how climate change will affect organisms
An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science written by a team of ecologists, including Robert Booth, assistant professor of earth and environmental science at Lehigh University, examines some of the po ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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