Hurricane and Cyclone Videos

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  Civil Engineers Improve Houses Against Hurricanes

  Polystyrene blocks used to build the walls in the home have survived a direct hit from a tornado, and improved version used in houses incorporates concrete with steel reinforcing inside. On a ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Atmospheric Scientists And Meteorologists Use Driftsondes For Hurricane Forecasts

  For decades, meteorologists have launched balloons to measure and track weather patterns. Now, these balloons are helping tropical forecasters better pinpoint the motion and severity of forming ... > more
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  Environmental Scientists Use Fish Behavior To Monitor Water Quality

  Researchers are using bluegills to detect industrial and agricultural spills in water supplies. Changes in the environment cause the fishes' behavior and breathing patterns to change. Electrodes are ... > more
• Construction
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  Engineers Design Nails To Better Resist Natural Disasters

  Geometry and mathematical calculations were used to design a next-generation nail for building homes that are twice as resistant to high winds and nearly 50 percent more resistant to earthquake ... > more
• Geography
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  Climatologists, Oceanographers Track Climate-changing Ocean Pattern

  Researchers are using satellites in efforts to better predict El Niño, the weather pattern responsible for supplying more moisture and energy to storms in the U.S. during the winter season. El ... > more
• Snow and Avalanches
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  Meteorologists Tap Into Public For Help Tracking Storms

  By recording the shape of snowflakes seen under a magnifying glass and submitting the information to a NASA Web site, the public can contribute to a global snow-tracking network. Different types of ... > more
• Storms
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  Snow and Avalanches
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  Meteorologists' New Scale Will Help in Emergency Planning

  Those who live in the Northeaster United States will be able to plan ahead for major storms thanks to a new ranking scale that predicts not only how many inches of snow will fall, but also how long ... > more
• Weather
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  Students Help Meteorologists Make Sense of Satellite Radar Data

  One hundred schools in 11 countries are participating in a program to help NASA calibrate the measurements from CloudSat, a remote-sensing satellite. Students record the type of clouds and ... > more
• Air Pollution
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  Statisticians Show that High Altitude Makes Hits Longer

  Two mathematicians at the University of Northern Colorado are taking a fresh statistical look at the effects of elevation on hitting -- specifically at Coors Field in Denver, where the field is at a ... > more
• Storms
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  Ice Ages
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  Atmospheric Scientists Link Lightning to Ice Particles In Clouds

  Satellite imaging is now helping atmospheric scientists link the amount of charged ice in clouds to lightning activity. Ice particles in thunderstorms can help increase precipitation, the scientists ... > more

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