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• Pests and Parasites
  Nature
  Monkeys
  Endangered Animals
  Cats
  Mammals
   
  

  Parasites of Madagascar's Lemurs Expanding With Climate Change

  January 23, 2013 — Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in Madagascar could fuel the spread of lemur parasites and the diseases they ... > full story
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Geography
  Climate
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
   
  

  Prediction of Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall and Tropical Storm Activity Close at Hand

  January 23, 2013 — The amount of rainfall and number of tropical storms during a summer monsoon season greatly impact the agriculture, economy, and people in Asia. A promising breakthrough for predicting in spring the ... > full story
• Transportation Science
  Detectors
  Solar Energy
  Vehicles
  Weapons Technology
  Robotics Research
   
  

  Slippery Surface? Ice Detector Warns Drivers in Advance

  January 23, 2013 — New technology makes driving on black ice safer. Engineers have developed an automatic slipperiness detection system for cars. Thanks to the system, vehicles are warned in advance of a road's actual ... > full story
• Weather
  Aviation
  Earth Science
  Environmental Policy
  Severe Weather
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Joint Polar Satellite System Spacecraft Completes Delta Critical Design Review

  January 22, 2013 — The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft recently cleared its final major design review, demonstrating that spacecraft development is on track to provide critical environmental data when ... > full story
• Electricity
  Energy Technology
  Fuel Cells
  Solar Energy
  Sports Science
  Construction
   
  

  Cross-Arms Could Speed Up Connection of New Electricity Supplies

  January 22, 2013 — A revolutionary device could dramatically increase the capacity of the UK’s electricity network, enabling rapid increases in renewable generation and lower bills for consumers. Insulated ... > full story
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Weather
  Drought Research
  Geography
  Oceanography
   
  

  New Insights on Drought Predictions in East Africa

  January 18, 2013 — New research helps explain the mechanisms at work behind historical patterns of aridity in Eastern Africa over many decades -- findings that may help improve future predictions of drought and food ... > full story
• Drought
  Drought Research
  Severe Weather
  Forest
  Rainforests
  Trees
   
  

  Severe Climate Jeopardizing Amazon Forest, Study Finds

  January 18, 2013 — An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study. These results, together with ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Weather
  Ecology Research
  Tundra
  Extreme Survival
   
  

  Climate Events Drive High-Arctic Vertebrate Community Into Synchrony: Extreme Weather Potent Force for Arctic Overwintering Populations

  January 17, 2013 — Climate change is known to affect the population dynamics of single species, such as reindeer or caribou, but the effect of climate at the community level has been much more difficult to document. ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Weather
  Environmental Issues
  Atmosphere
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  2012 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend, NASA Finds

  January 15, 2013 — Scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998, the nine warmest years in the 132-year record ... > full story
• Solar Flare
  Sun
  Northern Lights
  Astronomy
  Satellites
  NASA
   
  

  New Sunspots Producing Space Weather

  January 14, 2013 — On Jan. 13, 2013, at 2:24 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME. Not to be confused with a solar flare, a CME is a solar phenomenon that can send solar ... > full story

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