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Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation around major airports

Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Glaciers melting faster than originally thought: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from Aberystwyth University, the University of Exeter and Stockholm University, led by Welsh scientist and Professor Neil Glasser, have released at study published in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

Nanotech discovery could lead to breakthrough in infrared satellite imaging technology

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Ancient network of rivers and lakes found in Arabian Desert

(Phys.org) -- Satellite images have revealed that a network of ancient rivers once coursed their way through the sand of the Arabian Desert, leading scientists to believe that the region experienced wetter ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Greenland may be slip-sliding away due to surface lake melt: study

Like snow sliding off a roof on a sunny day, the Greenland Ice Sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean due to massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, according to a new study by the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

Counting penguins from space

A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Archaeologist uses computers and satellite images to search for early human settlements

A Harvard archaeologist has dramatically simplified the process of finding early human settlements by using computers to scour satellite images for the tell-tale clues of human habitation, and in the process uncovered thousands ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought, say scientists

Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analysing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Celestial bauble intrigues astronomers

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday season in full swing, a new image from an assembly of telescopes has revealed an unusual cosmic ornament. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton have ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Tohoku tsunami created icebergs in Antarctica

A NASA scientist and her colleagues were able to observe for the first time the power of an earthquake and tsunami to break off large icebergs a hemisphere away.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Muifa taking up the Yellow Sea

Tropical Storm Muifa is filling up the Yellow Sea on NASA satellite imagery as it continues moving north today to a landfall in East China's Shandong province. NASA's Aqua satellite captured visible and infrared ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Amazon deforestation on the rise again in Brazil

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometers destroyed, a 17 percent increase over the previous month, government researchers said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Alabama tornado team scours paths of killer storms

The Mobile Meteorological Measurement Vehicle - a worn-looking '90s-model Dodge Intrepid with classic rock on the radio, a tower of weather gauges attached to its roof and a laptop computer bolted to its dash - crested a ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three active volcanoes spotted on satellite imagery from NASA

(PhysOrg.com) -- From space, NASA keeps a watchful eye on volcanic activity around the world with many satellites. NASA has just released satellite images showing activity this week from volcanoes in the countries ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Night sky satellite luminescence images used to estimate economic levels

(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying statistical analysis to a truly inspirational idea, economic researchers Xi Chen and William D. Nordhaus used nighttime satellite images taken by the U.S. Department of Defense over ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report