Giant quakes off Indonesia caused panic but little damage, in a successful test of warning systems and evacuation plans introduced after the catastrophic 2004 Asian tsunami, experts said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2012
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(AP) -- It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried.
Environment
Apr 9, 2012
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An Indiana University geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that struck regions across the Midwest last week -- information that may have value for meteorologists studying the atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2012
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Oceanographer Chuck Greene envisions a day when he will be able to observe the ocean the way a meteorologist observes the weather -- with continuous streams of data that allow him to see changes as they happen and predict ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2012
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In the past year, the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility deployed 18 new scanning radars at its research sites in Oklahoma, Alaska, and the tropical western Pacific. These ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2011
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(AP) -- America's wild weather year has set another record: a dozen billion-dollar catastrophes.
Environment
Dec 7, 2011
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(AP) -- Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2011
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(AP) -- Forget the wind and fury. Hurricane Irene's most worrisome weapon is water.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2011
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Tropical Storm Beatriz developed from a low pressure area that NASA was watching last week. Beatriz is now expected to reach hurricane force and hit western coastal Mexico today and tomorrow. NASA satellite imagery today ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sunday May 22, 2011, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured an image of the rainfall rate in the supercell thunderstorm that generated the deadly twister that struck Joplin, ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2011
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