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Lightning's 'NOx-ious' Impact On Pollution, Climate
More than 1.2 billion
lightning flashes occur
around the world every year.
Each of those billion
lightning flashes produces a
puff of nitrogen oxide gas
... > full story
Professor To Predict Weather On Mars
Is there such a thing as
"weather" on Mars? There are
some doubts, considering the
planet's atmosphere is only
1 percent as dense as that
of the Earth. Mars, however,
definitely has clouds,
... > full story
Researchers Can Predict Hurricane-related Power Outages
Using data from Hurricane
Katrina and four other
destructive storms,
researchers have found a way
to accurately predict power
... > full story
How Will Future Sea-level Rise Linked To Climate Change Affect Coastal Areas?
The anticipated sea-level
rise associated with climate
change, including increased
storminess, over the next
100 years and the impact on
... > full story
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Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds
October 6, 2009 — Human activities have meant invasive species have been able to populate parts of the world to which they are not native and alter biodiversity there over thousands of years. Now, an international ... > full story -
Storm Killers: Earth Scan Lab Tracks Cold Water Upwellings In Gulf
September 30, 2009 — As researchers develop new ways to better understand and predict the nature of individual storms, a largely unstudied phenomenon has caught the attention of scientists. Cool water upwellings ... > full story -
Hurricane Frequency Is Up But Not Their Strength, Say Researchers
September 23, 2009 — In a new study, researchers have concluded that the number of hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin is increasing, but there is no evidence that their individual strengths are any ... > full story -
Tornado Threat Increases As Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger
September 10, 2009 — Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers. This increase seems to reflect the increase in size and frequency among ... > full story -
Tropical Storms Endure Over Wet Land, Fizzle Over Dry
August 27, 2009 — If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore. More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ... > full story -
NASA's 'A-Train' Of Satellites On Track With Hurricane Research
August 26, 2009 — NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones. There are also other ... > full story -
Lightning's Mirror Image ... Only Much Bigger
August 24, 2009 — With a very lucky shot, scientists have captured a one-second image and the electrical fingerprint of huge lightning that flowed 40 miles upward from the top of a ... > full story -
Homes Pollute: Linked To 50 Percent More Water Pollution Than Previously Believed
August 21, 2009 — Scientists are reporting some unsettling news about homes in the residential areas of California. The typical home there -- and probably elsewhere in the country -- is an alarming and probably ... > full story -
GOES-11 Sees Tropical Cyclones Fizzling And Forming In Eastern Pacific
August 14, 2009 — There are a lot of ups and downs in tropical cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean this week, and that's keeping NOAA's GOES-11 satellite busy. There are remnants of Maka and Tropical Depression 9E, ... > full story -
Harbingers Of Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity Identified
August 13, 2009 — Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when ... > full story
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