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Astrophysicists Find Fractal Image Of Sun's 'Storm Season' Imprinted On Solar Wind
May 25, 2007 Plasma astrophysicists have found that key information about the Sun's "storm season" is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind. This research opens ... > full story -
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Use Of Wind Energy In US Growing, But Planning And Guidelines Are Lacking
May 3, 2007 Although the use of wind energy to generate electricity is increasing rapidly in the United States, government guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind-energy ... > full story -
Global Warming Increases Wind Shear, Reduces Hurricanes, Climate Model Shows
April 17, 2007 Climate model simulations for the 21st century indicate a robust increase in wind shear in the tropical Atlantic due to global warming, which may inhibit hurricane development and intensification. ... > full story -
More Efficient Wind Turbine Blade Designed
March 19, 2007 A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia developed in partnership with Knight & Carver of San Diego should significantly reduce the cost-of-energy of wind turbines at ... > full story -
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Researchers Find Substantial Wind Resource Off Mid-Atlantic Coast
February 4, 2007 The wind resource off the Mid-Atlantic coast could supply the energy needs of nine states from Massachusetts to North Carolina, plus the District of Columbia -- with enough left over to support a 50 ... > full story -
Aerosol Pollution Slows Down Winds And Reduces Rainfall
January 22, 2007 Near-surface winds provide a renewable source of clean energy and evaporate water, helping rain clouds to build up. But aerosolized particles created from vehicle exhaust and other contaminants can ... > full story -
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Survey Shows Strong Support For Offshore Wind Power
January 16, 2007 Delawareans are strongly in favor of offshore wind power as a future source of energy for the state, according to a survey conducted by University of Delaware researchers. When asked to select from a ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Driver For Near-Earth Space Weather
December 12, 2006 New findings indicate that the aurora and other near-Earth space weather are driven by the rate at which the Earth's and sun's magnetic fields connect, or merge, and not by the solar wind's electric ... > full story -
Magnetic Whirlpools Feed Earth's Magnetosphere
December 7, 2006 Giant whirlpools of electrically charged gas, some 40,000 kilometres across, have been witnessed above the Earth by a team of European and American scientists. Using data from ESA's Cluster quartet ... > full story -
Space Weather Gear Readied For The Final Frontier
September 22, 2006 Atmospheric outflows, auroral emissions and plasma winds? While those aren't terms we hear on the average weather forecast, they cause cosmic storms that rage just outside the Earth's atmosphere and ... > full story
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