News tagged with rain clouds
NASA sees a 'hot tower' in newborn eastern Pacific Tropical Depression 2E
"Hot Tower" rain clouds within a tropical cyclone indicate that the storm is going to intensify, and that's what NASA's TRMM satellite spotted in newborn Tropical Depression 2E (TD2E) in the eastern Pacific ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2012 |
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NASA sees Tropical Depression 03W's 'hot tower' on approach to Guam
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has caught two tropical cyclones with "hot towers" this week, and that's a hallmark that they'll intensify. Tropical Depression 03W is approaching Guam ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 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.
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Jan 28, 2012 |
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Image: Active Galaxy Centaurus A
(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Danube's near-record lows strangle shipping
Severe drought has hit Europe's second largest river, the Danube, turning it into a navigation nightmare for shipping companies all the way from Germany to Bulgaria.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Maybe Ben Franklin was wrong: A volcanic eruption, climate fluctuations and the frigid winter of 1783-84
The eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland in 1783-84 set off a cascade of catastrophe, spewing sulfuric clouds into Europe and eventually around the world. Poisonous mists and a resulting famine from loss ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa
Deforestation in the rainforests of West Africa reduces rainfall over the rest of the forest, according to new University of Leeds research published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Solar-powered plane set for Brussels takeoff
Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to reach Paris from Brussels on Tuesday after a previous flight was aborted due to technical problems, its team said. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Volcanic ash cloud disrupts South America flights
A vast cloud of ash spewing from a Chilean volcano disrupted air travel across much of South America, while heavy rains around the eruption site prompted fears of mudslides.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 08, 2011 |
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NASA sees a hot tower in first tropical depression of the eastern Pacific
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM has the ability to see rainfall rates and heights of thunderstorm clouds within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite confirmed a "hot ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Can big earthquakes disrupt world weather?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland in 1783-84 set off a cascade of catastrophe, spewing sulfuric clouds into Europe and eventually around the world. Poisonous mists and a resulting ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Maybe Ben Franklin was wrong
(PhysOrg.com) -- The eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland in 1783-84 set off a cascade of catastrophe, spewing sulfuric clouds into Europe and eventually around the world. Poisonous mists and a resulting ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 07, 2011 |
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NASA infrared data sees birth of 10th tropical depression in Southern Indian Ocean near Australian coast
NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of the very cold clouds that house powerful thunderstorms within the Southern Indian Ocean's newest tropical depression, number 10S. The depression quickly ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought
(AP) -- On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight
(AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2009 |
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