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Possible Record-Setting Deadzone for Gulf of Mexico Predicted
Scientists are forecasting
that this year's Gulf of
Mexico hypoxic "dead" zone
will be between 7,286 and
8,561 square miles which
... > full story
NASA's 2013 HS3 Hurricane Mission to Delve Into Saharan Dust
NASA's 2013 Hurricane and
Severe Storms Sentinel or
HS3 mission will investigate
whether Saharan dust and its
associated warm and dry air,
... > full story
Jet Stream Changes Cause Climatically Exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
Scientists have shown that
unusual changes in
atmospheric jet stream
circulation caused the
exceptional surface melt of
... > full story
Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm
Researchers using NASA's
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
have found that temperatures
in the Martian atmosphere
regularly rise and fall not
just once each day, but
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Brown Tide Has Emerged Off Long Island, NY in Moriches, Quantuck and Shinnecock Bay, but Not in Great South Bay
June 11, 2013 — A brown tide has emerged within some, but not all, of Long Island's south shore estuaries. Monitoring has revealed that a brown tide has developed in eastern Moriches Bay, Quantuck Bay, and western ... > full story -
Blood-Sucking Deer Keds Are Spreading in Norway
June 11, 2013 — A high moose population density and mild autumn weather result in a higher prevalence of deer keds (louse fly parasite). A great deal of pine forest in the habitat of the moose has the same effect. ... > full story -
Amount of Dust Blown Across the Western U.S. Is Increasing
June 10, 2013 — The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new ... > full story -
Flowering at the Right Age: Alpine Rock Cress Uses a Ribonucleic Acid to Measure Its Age and Tell When It's the Right Time to Flower
June 10, 2013 — Perennial plants flower only when they have reached a certain age and been subjected to the cold. These two circumstances prevent the plant from starting to flower during winter. Botanists have now ... > full story -
British Butterfly Desperate for Warm Weather This Summer
June 10, 2013 — Butterflies are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature, and new research has revealed that when summer weather turns bad the silver-spotted skipper battles for ... > full story -
Potentially 'Catastrophic' Changes Underway in Canada's Northern Mackenzie River Basin
June 10, 2013 — Canada's Mackenzie River basin -- among the world's most important major ecosystems -- is poorly studied, inadequately monitored, and at serious risk due to climate change and resource exploitation, ... > full story -
Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013
June 7, 2013 — University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere. The outlook is ... > full story -
Very Berry Study Aims to Improve Wine Quality
June 6, 2013 — A gene expression study of grapevine berries grown in different Italian vineyards has highlighted genes that help buffer the plants against environmental change and may explain the different quality ... > full story -
Pollution in Northern Hemisphere Helped Cause 1980s African Drought
June 6, 2013 — Air pollution in the Northern Hemisphere in the mid-20th century cooled the upper half of the planet and pushed rain bands south, contributing to the prolonged and worsening drought in Africa's Sahel ... > full story -
NASA to Study How Pollution, Storms and Climate Mix
June 6, 2013 — NASA aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions, which are pushed high into the atmosphere by large storms, ... > full story
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