The seventh tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean has formed. NASA's Terra satellite used infrared light to identify the area of strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Tropical Depression 7E.
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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A tropical storm warning was issued for New York, New Jersey, and other mid-Atlantic states on Friday, July 10 due to Tropical Storm Fay, the earliest sixth-named storm on record. The storm made landfall near Atlantic City, ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2020
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A new study of albatrosses has found that wind plays a bigger role in their decision to take flight than previously thought, and due to their differences in body size, males and females differ in their response to wind.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2020
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Toshi Fujioka, cosmogenic dating researcher at Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has participated in a study on the reconstruction of ice-surface lowering in the upper Skelton Glacier, ...
Earth Sciences
May 19, 2020
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Ice on an aircraft's surfaces can be a hazard. It increases drag and fuel consumption, disrupts aerodynamic flows, and decreases lift—which impairs the aircraft's ability to fly safely. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute ...
Materials Science
Mar 2, 2020
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Many parts of Kenya have been experiencing torrential rainfall for a couple of months now. This has resulted in floods and landslides.
Environment
Feb 13, 2020
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A new study published in the Journal for Geographical Research: Biogeosciences, led by a University of Derby academic, has shed new light on how microorganisms move through dryland landscapes attached to wind-blown dust and ...
Environment
Jan 30, 2020
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The accurate characterization of near-surface winds is critical to understanding past and modern climate. Dust lifted by these winds has the potential to modify surface and atmospheric conditions, according to a University ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2020
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Imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that a tropical depression in the Arabian Sea has consolidated and organized despite facing wind shear. Tropical Depression 06A is now Tropical Cyclone 06A.
Environment
Dec 3, 2019
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A NASA analysis of rainfall rates shows that the once mighty Fengshen is now a depression devoid of heavy rainfall.
Environment
Nov 18, 2019
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