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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary is among
the healthiest coral reef
ecosystems in the tropical
Caribbean and Gulf of
... > full story
Researchers Can Predict Hurricane-Related Power Outages
Using data from Hurricane
Katrina and four other
destructive storms,
researchers have found a way
to accurately predict power
... > full story
Global Warming May Dent El Niño's Protective Shield From Atlantic Hurricanes, Increase Droughts
El Niño, the periodic
eastern Pacific phenomenon
credited with shielding the
US and Caribbean from severe
hurricane seasons, may be o ... > full story
Tornado Threat Increases As Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger
Tornadoes that occur from
hurricanes moving inland
from the Gulf Coast are
increasing in frequency,
according to researchers.
This increase seems to
... > full story
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Seismic Noise Unearths Lost Hurricanes
October 20, 2009 — Seismologists have found a new way to piece together the history of hurricanes in the North Atlantic -- by looking back through records of the planet's seismic noise. It's an entirely new way to tap ... > full story -
Storm Killers: Earth Scan Lab Tracks Cold Water Upwellings In Gulf
September 30, 2009 — As researchers develop new ways to better understand and predict the nature of individual storms, a largely unstudied phenomenon has caught the attention of scientists. Cool water upwellings ... > full story -
Tropical Storms Endure Over Wet Land, Fizzle Over Dry
August 27, 2009 — If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore. More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ... > full story -
NASA's 'A-Train' Of Satellites On Track With Hurricane Research
August 26, 2009 — NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones. There are also other ... > full story -
GOES-11 Sees Tropical Cyclones Fizzling And Forming In Eastern Pacific
August 14, 2009 — There are a lot of ups and downs in tropical cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean this week, and that's keeping NOAA's GOES-11 satellite busy. There are remnants of Maka and Tropical Depression 9E, ... > full story -
Harbingers Of Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity Identified
August 13, 2009 — Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when ... > full story -
NASA Eyes Category 4 Hurricane Felicia And A Stubborn Enrique
August 7, 2009 — Felicia is the storm that rules the Eastern Pacific Ocean this week, but Enrique refuses to give up. Felicia is a major hurricane with sustained winds near 140 mph, and Enrique is still hanging onto ... > full story -
Coral Reefs Face Increasing Difficulties Recovering From Storm Damage
August 4, 2009 — As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage. "We have found clear ... > full story -
NASA's CloudSat Captures A Sideways Look At Fading Tropical Depression Lana
August 3, 2009 — A NASA satellite took a sideways look at a slice of tropical depression Lana in the Central ... > full story -
Hurricane Ike's Effects On Waterways, Fish Contamination Analyzed
July 20, 2009 — A long-term environmental research project may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing fish-consumption ... > full story
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