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• Severe Weather
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  Meteorologists Increase Understanding Of Tornado Formation

  Meteorologists recently studied the effect of gravity waves on tornado formation. They found that when gravity waves push down on rotating thunderstorms the storm compresses and spins faster. Being ... > more
• Weather
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  Engineers And Meteorologists Catalogue Weather Activity To Devise Green Energy Plan

  Researchers installed weather stations to track the best locations for taking advantage of renewable resources. Tracking sunlight exposure helps pinpoint the ideal location for solar panels, and ... > more
• Global Warming
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  Soil Scientists Restore Marshes To Protect Coastal Ecology

  Soil scientists spread material dredged from shipping channels over shore areas to help rebuild marsh areas. Wetlands along the shore protect the land from storm surges, create habitat for wildlife, ... > more
• Landslides
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  Soil Scientists Stabilize Fire Ravaged Topsoil With New Technology

  Chemists and engineers designed a technology that protects soil. A polymer encased in recycled paper bonds to positive ions in soil to form clumps. These clods of dirt break up the hard surface that ... > more
• Weather
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  Earth Scientists And Geographers Integrate Maps And Weather Data

  Scientists created a way to combine weather data and geographic information systems software in a visual display for use in disaster response. They created a map with a variety of ways to layer and ... > more
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  Meteorologists' Weather Forecasting Improving

  Meteorologists have markedly increased the accuracy of their forecasts in the last twenty years. Advances in radar and satellite technology have helped to improve daily forecasts, making a four-day ... > more
• Storms
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  Atmospheric Physicists Develop Dust Storm Forecasting System

  Atmospheric Physicists designed an early warning system to predict the path and danger of developing dust storms. They linked together storm research, forecasting, and warning tools from different ... > more
• Water
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  Chemical Engineers Call On Nanoparticles To Combat Polluted Groundwater

  Chemical engineers created nanoparticles out of gold and palladium to break down pollutants in groundwater. Adding the particles to groundwater converts dangerous contaminants like trichloroethylene ... > more
• Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
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  Meteorologists Find That Increased Ocean Temperatures Cause Increasingly Intense Hurricanes

  Climate change experts studying hurricanes documented a 35-year warming trend in ocean surface temperature and linked it to larger hurricanes. The increase has been 1 degree Fahrenheit, resulting in ... > more
• Birds
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  Poultry Nutritionists Remove Pollutants From Watersheds By Adding Enzyme To Chicken Feed

  Poultry nutritionists add an enzyme called phytase to chicken feed in an effort to decrease the amount of phosphorus that passes through them undigested. Research revealed the maximum amount of ... > more

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