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Ring Around the Hurricanes: Satellites Can Predict Storm Intensity
April 20, 2011 — Coastal residents may soon have longer warning when a storm headed in their direction is becoming a hurricane, thanks to a study demonstrating how to use existing satellites to monitor tropical storm ... > full story -
Carbon Sequestration Estimate in US Increased, Barring a Drought
April 14, 2011 — Forests and other terrestrial ecosystems in the lower 48 states can sequester up to 40 percent of the nation's fossil fuel carbon emissions, a larger amount than previously estimated -- unless a ... > full story -
Development of Protocols for Future Disasters Urgently Called for
April 6, 2011 — Experts urgently call for the development of protocols dealing with the health effects of disasters -- before the next one occurs. One year later, the magnitude of the impact of the Gulf oil spill on ... > full story -
Japanese Tsunami Underscores Need for Elder Disaster Preparedness
March 18, 2011 — The oldest segment of Japan's population will likely be the hardest hit as a result of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami, based on data from previous catastrophic events. Approximately 23 ... > full story -
Climate-Related Disasters May Provide Opportunities for Some Rural Poor, Study Suggests
March 14, 2011 — A new study in Honduras suggests that climate-related weather disasters may sometimes actually provide opportunities for the rural poor to improve their lives. Researchers found that that the poorest ... > full story -
California Superstorm Would Be Costliest US Disaster
March 7, 2011 — A hurricane-like superstorm expected to hit California once every 200 years would cause devastation to the state's businesses unheard of even in the Great Recession, an economist ... > full story -
Airborne Sensor to Study 'Rivers in the Sky'
February 11, 2011 — They're called atmospheric rivers -- narrow regions in Earth's atmosphere that transport enormous amounts of water vapor across the Pacific or other regions. Aptly nicknamed "rivers in the sky," they ... > full story -
Identifying Large Hurricanes Through Seismology
February 10, 2011 — Storm-generated seismic signals may allow seismologists to detect large hurricanes at sea and track their intensity, adding useful data to the discussion of whether anthropogenic global warming has ... > full story -
Geographer Recreates ‘The Great Louisiana Hurricane of 1812’
February 5, 2011 — Nearly 200 years before Hurricane Katrina, a major storm hit the coast of Louisiana just west of New Orleans. Because the War of 1812 was simultaneously raging, the hurricane's strength, direction ... > full story -
NASA Aqua Satellite Sees Powerful Cyclone Yasi Make Landfall in Queensland, Australia
February 2, 2011 — NASA's Aqua satellite captured visible and infrared imagery of powerful Cyclone Yasi as it was making landfall in Queensland. The center of the monster cyclone Yasi made landfall on Australia's ... > full story -
Monster Cyclone Yasi Eyes Australia in NASA Image
February 2, 2011 — Mass evacuations are underway in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland in anticipation of what forecasters expect will be the largest cyclone ever to hit the ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Tracks Menacing Australian Cyclone
January 31, 2011 — Fresh on the heels of a series of crippling floods that began in December 2010, and a small tropical cyclone, Anthony, this past weekend, the northeastern Australian state of Queensland is now ... > full story
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