As a deadly tornado headed toward Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023, forecasters saw the storm developing on radar and issued a rare "tornado emergency" warning. NOAA's Weather Prediction and Storm Prediction centers ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2023
0
1
Interest in the exploration of Venus has kicked up a notch lately, especially after a contested recent discovery of phosphine, a potential biosignature, in the planet's atmosphere. Plenty of missions to Venus have been proposed, ...
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2023
0
102
Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. A new study demonstrates that a recently developed scale for atmospheric river intensity (akin to ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
1
293
A research team led by Prof. Gao Xiaoming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a near-infrared dual-channel oxygen-corrected laser heterodyne radiometer (LHR) in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 2, 2023
0
4
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered safe mode on Feb. 16 after encountering an issue with its Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), which measures the spacecraft rate of rotation for use in determining its pointing. The IMU had been ...
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2023
0
37
Atmospheric waves trapped close to the equator can be blamed for the formation of some of the world's most devastating tropical storms, new research has found.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
0
97
A study of the upper atmosphere's composition has successfully measured an increased presence of 18O, a heavier oxygen isotope with 10 instead of eight neutrons. Helmut Wiesemeyer (MPIfR Bonn) and his colleagues have measured ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
0
25
The convergence of two spacecraft at Venus in August 2021 has given a unique insight into how the planet is able to retain its thick atmosphere without the protection of a global magnetic field.
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2023
0
140
An arctic blast is bringing extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. this weekâjust in time for the holidays.
Environment
Dec 21, 2022
0
8
The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of mountain glaciers in both hemispheres, according to a UMaine study.
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2022
0
29
