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Melting Arctic Ice Cap at Record
September 24, 2012 — With Arctic ice cap at record low this summer, a geography professor predicts serious consequences for the ... > full story -
Wildfires in Washington State
September 21, 2012 — The summer of 2012 will unfortunately be known as the "Summer of Devastating Western Wildfires" and practically not one state out west was spared. Washington State has been hardest hit of late. This ... > full story -
Arctic Sea Ice Hits Smallest Extent in Satellite Era
September 19, 2012 — The frozen cap of the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its annual summertime minimum extent and broken a new record low on Sept. 16, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has ... > full story -
When It Rains, It Pours: Intensification of Extreme Tropical Rainfall With Global Warming Modeled
September 17, 2012 — Global warming is expected to intensify extreme precipitation, but the rate at which it does so in the tropics has remained unclear. Now a new study has given an estimate based on model simulations ... > full story -
NASA's Global Hawk Investigating Atlantic Tropical Depression 14
September 11, 2012 — NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) airborne mission sent an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft this morning to study newborn Tropical Depression 14 in the central Atlantic Ocean that seems ... > full story -
NASA's Global Hawk Mission Begins With Flight to Hurricane Leslie
September 7, 2012 — NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. ... > full story -
Increased Sediment and Nutrients Delivered to Bay as Susquehanna Reservoirs Near Sediment Capacity
August 30, 2012 — Reservoirs near the mouth of the Susquehanna River just above Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S. are nearly at capacity in their ability to trap sediment. As a result, large storms are already delivering ... > full story -
A Slow-Moving Isaac Brings Flooding to Gulf States
August 30, 2012 — Isaac -- once a Category 1 hurricane and now a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (60 knots) -- continues to create havoc across the Gulf Coast, from eastern ... > full story -
Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac
August 29, 2012 — Strong winds and storm surge from Hurricane Isaac's landfall forced the Mississippi River to flow backwards for nearly 24 hours on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The USGS streamgage at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, ... > full story -
Cooler Waters Help Diminish Isaac's Punch
August 29, 2012 — Seven years after the powerful Category 3 Hurricane Katrina caused widespread devastation along the Gulf Coast, a Category 1 Hurricane Isaac, with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (70 ... > full story
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