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Outstanding math and science teachers honored by the President

On May 20th, a group of kindergarten thru sixth-grade teachers from accross the United States topped off a visit to the nation's capital by meeting with President Barack Obama. The meeting honored teachers ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sharks get protection in Marshall Islands

The US territory of the Marshall Islands has placed a moratorium on the trade and export of shark fins, a report said Friday, the latest in a trend across the Pacific Ocean.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cockpit audio: Listen as volcanic ash plume causes 1989 engine failure of KLM flight 867

(PhysOrg.com) -- Floating ash plumes from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano have caused massive disruption to the world's air traffic, highlighting the danger that volcanic ash plumes pose to aircraft.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Volcano monitoring will target hazard threat to Marianas, US military and commercial jets

Technology designed to detect nuclear explosions and enforce the world's nuclear test-ban treaty now will be pioneered to monitor active volcanoes in the Northern Mariana Islands near Guam. The island of Guam soon will be ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Mirinae intensifying while moving away from the northern Marianas

Typhoon Mirinae is moving west and away from the Northern Marianas Islands on a track to a landfall in the Philippines by the weekend. As Mirinae has moved west, NASA's infrared and microwave satellite imagery ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's TRMM satellite captures Typhoon Melor as it reaches Japan

Melor began as a tropical depression back on the 29th of September 2009 about 1000 miles (~1600 km) east-southeast of Guam in the Northern Mariana Islands. Over the next couple of days, the system steadily ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Super Typhoon Melor crossing Guam this weekend

Melor has become a Super Typhoon with sustained winds near 130 mph, and is crossing Guam and its islands this weekend. Warnings and watches are already up for the region.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Marianas on alert: Melor joins the typhoon group

Being a typhoon seems to be the "in thing" lately for tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific, and Melor is now one of the "in crowd." NASA's QuikScat and Aqua satellites helped the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Come together, right now... tropical depression 18W dissipates, Parma intensifies

Two tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific are keeping in tune to the 1969 hit song by the Beatles, "Come Together." Tropical Depression 18W and Tropical Storm Parma are already beginning to merge now that ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Typhoon Choi-Wan triggers tropical storm warnings for US commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Microwave imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed extremely high thunderstorms in Typhoon Choi-Wan as it began passing the island of Sai-Pan in the Western Pacific Ocean. The U.S. National Weather Service ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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