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Rita and Beyond: Research Model Advances Hurricane Intensity Prediction
September 22, 2005 An advanced research weather model run by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is following Hurricane Rita to give scientists a taste of how forecast models of the future may predict ... > full story -
NOAA To Study Effects Of Hurricane Katrina; Biologists Will Look At Marine Resources And Contaminants
September 22, 2005 The NOAA Research vessel the Nancy Foster this week is working off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to study the effects of Hurricane Katrina on marine resources and the ecosystem. ... > full story -
NOAA Fisheries Service Rescues The Last Four Trained Dolphins Washed Into Mississippi Sound After Hurricane Katrina
September 22, 2005 The NOAA Fisheries Service and the Marine Life Aquarium of Gulfport, Miss., working with a number of other partners, rescued the last four of the eight trained bottlenose dolphins that were swept out ... > full story -
Ocean Instrument Program Led By Scripps Set To Achieve World Coverage
September 19, 2005 An ambitious idea spawned more than 20 years ago to develop a new way to watch the world change has come to fruition. The Global Drifter Program (GDP), largely led by Scripps Institution of ... > full story -
Believe It Or Not, More Rain Would Benefit New Orleans, Ecologist Says
September 17, 2005 In the wake of Hurricane Katrina -- probably the greatest natural disaster in US history -- a leading ecologist says that one of the best things that could happen to New Orleans and the rest of ... > full story -
UCF Researchers Studying Storm Surge Effects Of Hurricanes On Florida Cities
September 16, 2005 Scott Hagen, an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and graduate students plan to study the potential effects of storm surges on Florida's east coast, particularly Miami and ... > full story -
Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Study Says
September 16, 2005 The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by ... > full story -
New Tooth Enamel Dating Technique Could Help Identify Disaster Victims
September 15, 2005 The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s is providing forensic scientists with a more precise way to determine a person's age at the time of death. ... > full story -
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Researchers Create Meta-Search Engine To Help Locate Displaced People
September 14, 2005 A new Web site aimed at locating displaced Hurricane Katrina victims features a sophisticated "meta-search" tool. The site combs numerous databases of sites containing lists of ... > full story -
UW-Madison Tools Help Track Hurricane Ophelia
September 14, 2005 As Hurricane Ophelia is set to make landfall on the North Carolina coast on Wednesday or Thursday (Sept. 14 or 15), analysis techniques developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ... > full story
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