News tagged with snowstorm
BYU geologists bring Antarctic ice cores to campus
BYU student Jessica Williams spent Christmas morning alone in a tent pitched in the depths of Antarctica, waiting out a four-day snowstorm by re-reading the Harry Potter series.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Skiers welcome snow to Swiss slopes
Swiss ski enthusiasts are breathing a sigh of relief after heavy snow finally hit the slopes, kicking off the winter season in earnest.
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Northeast power outages hit many businesses hard
(AP) -- Businesses big and small have taken a beating from the power outages caused by the record-setting October snowstorm and the losses are only beginning to be tallied, owners and experts said Monday ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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'Third World' power outages plague US homes, firms
The United States is the biggest economy in the world, but all it takes to put the lights out here is some snow, or wind, or rain, or squirrels, even a prison break-out.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Halloween weekend snow paints a ghostly picture in the U.S. northeast
(PhysOrg.com) -- A late October snowstorm from a Nor'easter blanketed the eastern U.S. from West Virginia to Maine and broke records the weekend before Halloween Monday. NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Increased flooding driven by climate change: study
Global warming driven by human activity boosted the intensity of rain, snow and consequent flooding in the northern hemisphere over the last half of the 20th century, research released Wednesday has shown.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Researchers get close view of winter storm
(PhysOrg.com) -- Who would have guessed that the perfect place to gather detailed scientific data from a powerful snowstorm would be in Alabama?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Spacecraft flew through 'snowstorm' on encounter with comet Hartley 2
On its recent trip by comet Hartley 2, the Deep Impact spacecraft took the first pictures of, and flew through, a storm of fluffy particles of water ice being spewed out by carbon dioxide jets coming from ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2010 |
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How advanced tech helped East Coast snow emergency crews
Transportation and emergency management agencies throughout the Mid-Atlantic region had a high-tech edge coping with this season's blizzards - an advanced visualization and data fusion system developed by ...
Feb 16, 2010 |
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El Nino Could Play A Role In Colorado's Winter Weather, Scientist Says
(PhysOrg.com) -- El Nino, a warming event of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere, has strengthened in recent months and already appears to have influenced Colorado's ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Snow slackers can be found around the world
The streets were strangely quiet as I walked my daughter to school Tuesday morning. Baby stroller traffic jams are the norm in our south London neighborhood, nicknamed the "Nappy Valley" for its prodigious birthrate. But ...
Feb 04, 2009 |
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