News tagged with dust storms
Free Spirit Testing Nearing Completion
Mars rover engineers at JPL are winding down testing of different escape maneuvers using a test rover in a sand box filled with soil to mimic the Martian surface. It is possible that in early August the first ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Accelerated snowmelt--precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains--changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles, according to results ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Scientists monitor developing Mars dust storm
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm that has ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Mars Spacecraft Teams on Alert for Dust-Storm Season
(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading into a period of the Martian year prone to major dust storms, the team operating NASA's twin Mars rovers is taking advantage of eye-in-the-sky weather reports.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Dust plays larger than expected role in determining Atlantic temperature
(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent warming trend in the Atlantic Ocean is largely due to reductions in airborne dust and volcanic emissions during the past 30 years, according to a new study.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2009 |
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SKoreans buy air purifiers amid "yellow dust" warning
South Koreans are stocking up on air purifiers following a forecast of especially severe "yellow dust" storms from China and Mongolia this spring, officials said Friday.
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Aerosols -- their part in our rainfall
Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO's Dr. Leon Rotstayn.
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 30, 2008 |
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