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NASA Technology Captures Massive Hurricane Waves
September 26, 2006 — NASA research is helping to increase knowledge about the behavior of hurricane waves. The NASA Scanning Radar Altimeter (SRA), designed to take measurements of the changing wave height and structure ... > full story -
Household Levels Of Mold Following Hurricane Katrina Surpass Some Agricultural Environments
September 23, 2006 — In a study assessing flood clean-up procedures in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, a team of scientists led by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, report ... > full story -
Hurricane Fallout: Finding Out How Much Rain Really Falls During Storms
September 20, 2006 — How can one know how much rain really falls over the path of a tropical storm or hurricane? This is a question that greatly interests meteorologists and hydrologists. On their behalf, and on behalf ... > full story -
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New Orleans 'Toxic Soup' A Less Serious Problem Than Initially Believed
September 15, 2006 — Despite the tragic human and economic toll from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf Coast in 2005, the much-discussed "toxic-soup" environmental pollution was no where close to being as bad as ... > full story -
Human Activities Found To Affect Ocean Temperatures In Hurricane Formation Regions
September 12, 2006 — New research shows that rising sea surface temperatures in hurricane "breeding grounds" of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are unlikely to be purely natural in origin. These findings complement ... > full story -
How Hurricanes Are Born Off The African Coast
September 11, 2006 — The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) mission is a field research investigation where scientists are investigating how hurricanes are born off the African coast. It has been ... > full story -
Forest Fires A Real Concern For Areas Hit Hard By Hurricanes
September 1, 2006 — Scientists from the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station will help forest managers in the Southeast quickly measure fuel loads across extensive areas of hurricane-damaged forests, ... > full story -
Remembering Katrina: Studies Look At Multiple Facets Of The Hurricane's Devastation
September 1, 2006 — In the year since Hurricane Katrina struck the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, scientists and engineers have examined the full breadth of the storm's aftermath -- from levee ... > full story -
High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation, 'Seeding' Areas
September 1, 2006 — The eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is out of range for U.S. hurricane-hunter aircraft, and forecasters have little skill predicting which systems brewing there will develop into hurricanes, ... > full story -
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Levels of Serious Mental Illness in Katrina Survivors Doubled
August 28, 2006 — According to the most comprehensive survey yet completed of mental health among Hurricane Katrina survivors from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the proportion of people with a serious mental ... > full story
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