News tagged with high winds
Wind pushes plastics deeper into oceans, driving trash estimates up
(Phys.org) -- While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of ...
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Vestas to install research wind turbine at Sandia facility in Texas
The initial phase of Sandia National Laboratories' Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility (SWIFT), currently being constructed in partnership with Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, will be a little bigger ...
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Apr 18, 2012 |
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Iowa State researchers find, test winds extending far away from Alabama tornado's path
Christopher Karstens, an Iowa State University doctoral student from Atlantic, was studying a deadly Alabama tornado when he noticed high winds from the storm traveled along valleys and knocked down trees. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Best marketing for renewable energies
Transmission system operators must assess precisely the supply of electricity from renewable energies for the next day in order to market this electricity on the European Power Exchange as effectively as possible. The sharply ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Rare earth metals: Another challenge for the green economy?
If you follow the clean energy dialogue, then you may have encountered discussions about the role of rare earth metals at some point in the last year or two. If not, read on, because rare earths should not ...
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Apr 03, 2012 |
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Wind turbines that learn like humans
Depending on the weather, wind turbines can face whispering breezes or gale-force gusts. Such variable conditions make extracting the maximum power from the turbines a tricky control problem, but a collaboration of Chinese ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Researchers suggest high energy emissions from Crab Nebula come from wind
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of physicists studying the Crab Nebula have offered a new theory to explain its extraordinarily high energy emissions that have intrigued space scientists for years. ...
Feb 16, 2012 |
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NASA sees a weakening Cyclone Funso's 'closed eye'
Powerful Cyclone Funso's eye has been clear in NASA satellite imagery over the last several days until NASA's Aqua satellite noticed it had "closed" and become filled with high clouds on January 27.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2012 |
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NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Funso develop, threaten Mozambique
Residents of Mozambique are still recovering from the flooding caused by Tropical Depression Dando earlier this week and now newly formed Tropical Cyclone Funso threatens to bring more rainfall to the country. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2012 |
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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.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Chile brings fires under control as probe expands
Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in bringing under control wildfires in southern Chile that have destroyed about 45,000 hectares (112,000 acres) as a special prosecutor began investigating the source ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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The high winds of the upper atmosphere contain less renewable energy than previously assumed
It seems that the energy mix of the future will have to differ from the current suggestions of some visionaries. This is because the jet streams that sweep the upper atmosphere with high winds would yield ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Hurricane Kenneth becomes late-season record-breaking major hurricane
NASA satellites have been watching hurricane Kenneth in the eastern Pacific, and today, Nov, 22, Kenneth became a late-season major hurricane. In fact, Kenneth sets a record for the latest season major hurricane ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Wind energy lessens under heat wave conditions
During the summer 2003, high temperatures and drought conditions in Europe led to a reduction of the wind force with direct consequences on the wind energy power, reduced by 22%. The study was recently ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Japanese Team Tokai wins the 3,021 km 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese Tokai University Solar Car Team has won the Veolia World Solar Challenge, a 3,021 kilometer race between tiny cars relying on mostly solar power. Running between Darwin, a remote ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 21, 2011 |
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