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Tropical Depression 8E's remnants still hug Mexican coastline

An infrared satellite look at Tropical Depression 8E along the Mexican coast shows that the storm became more disorganized in the last 24 hours, and is now a remnant low pressure area.

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created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical Depression 8E forms on Mexican coastline, watches up

The Mexican government has issued a tropical storm watch for the coast of southwestern Mexico from Zihuatanejo to Punta San Telmo as Tropical Storm 8E formed this morning. The GOES-11 satellite captured an ...

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created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA continues tracking soaking remnants of Hurricane Irene into Canada

Hurricane Irene left a trail of devastation and heavy rainfall in its wake from the Caribbean to the U.S. east coast and is now a depression dumping heavy rains in eastern Canada before it heads into the Atlantic. ...

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

GOES-13 Satellite watches Emily fizzle, morph and hope for a comeback

A new animation from the GOES-13 satellite shows the creating and morphing of what was once Tropical Storm Emily into an elongated area of low pressure over the Caribbean Sea.

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created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2 gray whales stuck in N. Calif. river for month

(AP) -- Biologists say they're concerned about the health of a gray whale that's stranded in the Klamath River in Northern California after swimming up with her calf a month ago.

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created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA catches 3 tropical cyclones at 1 time

It's not often that a satellite can capture an image of more than one tropical cyclone, but the GOES-13 satellite managed to get 3 tropical cyclones in two ocean basins in one image today. Bret and his "sister" ...

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created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NOAA study suggests aerosols might be inhibiting global warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that tiny particles that make their way all the way up into the stratosphere may be offsetting a global ...

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created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

NASA satellite video and images show Dora become a major hurricane

A new image and video of major Hurricane Dora were released today from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees Tropical Storms Bret and now Cindy frolic in North Atlantic

Two tropical storms are now in the open waters of the North Atlantic: Bret and Cindy. Both were captured on one image from NASA today. Both storms are hundreds of miles to the east-northeast of Bermuda and ...

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created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GOES satellite sees a triple header in the tropics

The GOES-13 satellite captured a triple-header in the tropics today when it captured three tropical cyclones in one image in the Northern Hemisphere.

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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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created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

GOES-13 satellite movie shows how Tropical Storm Arlene formed

Have you ever seen a low pressure area develop into a full-fledged tropical storm? The GOES-13 satellite has and now you can see it in a new animation released today from NASA and NOAA.

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created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Landsat satellite images compare before and after Massachusetts tornado

Satellites provide a lot of useful information and the Landsat 5 satellite captured an image of the long damage track created on June 1, 2011 when a tornado tracked from Springfield to Sturbridge, Mass. An ...

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created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

No link between tornadoes and climate change: US

The United States is experiencing the deadliest year for tornadoes in nearly six decades, but a top US weather expert said Monday there is no link between the violent twisters and climate change.

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created May 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 17

University of Alaska Fairbanks installs first ocean acidification buoy in Alaska waters

A new set of buoys in Alaska waters will help scientists understand how climate change may be affecting the pH level of northern seas. Researchers placed the first buoy last month.

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created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0