Posts Tagged ‘nasa’
New Map Reveals Giant Fjords Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Press Release 11-111New Map Reveals Giant Fjords Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet View video Duncan Young discusses research in the Aurora Subglacial Basin.Credit and Larger Version June 2, 2011 View a video with Duncan Young, research scientist at...
Amazon Forests See Effects of 2010 Drought
By Valerie Smock, AccuWeather.com Broadcaster Jun 2, 2011; 12:26 PM ET This is a look at the 2005 drought in the Amazon. (Courtesy: NASA) It is easy to see the result of a dry summer on your yard, but can you imagine how reduced rainfall can affe...
Pakistan Weather Update & Monsoon Alert ( May 31 – June 4)
More Western winds for Punjab Turbat sizzles at 50°C again Pre-Monsoon activty in Karachi continues Chances of depression in the Arabian sea still persists Pakistan Weather Background *A weak western disturbance would affect Northern Pakistan. *Heat wave to persist in parts of Balochistan and Sindh. *Tropical cyclone “Keila” may affect lower ...
Was Super-Typhoon Songda Unusual?
By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist May 30, 2011; 10:50 AM ET Songda was an exceptionally powerful typhoon last week, when it menaced the Philippines, Taiwan and Okinawa. At the height of its life cycle on May 26, Songda held super-typhoon stat...
The Keila hype – It is not even a low pressure yet!
Since the forecast of a possible cyclone in the Arabian sea emerged on May 23, there had been much talk about its possible track and intensity. Cyclones in the Arabian sea are rare and stronger ones are extremely rare but not unheard. A little disturbance in the Arabian sea sends chills ...
NASA sees a 14-mile-wide eye and powerful Super Typhoon Songda
Published: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 15:05 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen Typhoon Songda became a Super Typhoon in the evening on May 26, 2011 (Eastern Daylight Time) was it reached a Category 5 status on ...
NASA: Songda becomes a super typhoon
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 16:33 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when...
NASA’s infrared satellite imagery shows a stronger Typhoon Songda
Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 09:35 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA JPL, Ed Olsen Songda is now a typhoon in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as it continues tracking parallel to the eastern coast of Luzon, Phili...
Pakistan Weather Update & Monsoon alert (May 24 – May 31)
Harsh dust storms back in Punjab! Western winds hampering monsoon Pre-monsoon winds in Karachi Cyclone Keila to hit Oman or India? Pakistan weather Background *A western disturbance is likely to affect Pakistan that is likely to bring more severe dust storms and moderate to heavy rainfall in that part of ...
Extreme heat slaps Karachi – Hottest day in 30 years!
History books should be re-written again as on May 21, 2011, Karachi experienced one of the hottest days in years when temperature soared to 46°C. Last time temperatures touched this much was May 22, 1981. Arabian sea keeps Karachi cool and pleasant! Mostly when ever a heat wave affects Pakistan, Karachi escapes the ...
Tim’s Weather World: Picture worth a 1000 words
I came across some remarkable sets of pictures that I wanted to share. One is from more than 200 miles above the earth and the other is at ground zero in fire and drought ravaged West Texas. NASA astronaut Ron Garan took some terr...
The global tropical cyclone season of 2010: record inactivity
The year 2010 was one of the strangest on record globally for tropical cyclones. Each year, the globe has about 92 tropical cyclones--called hurricanes in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, typhoons in the Western Pacific, and tropical cyclones in the S...
Powerful Thunderstorms Batter Space Shuttle Endeavour
NASA space shuttle Endeavour took a beating from Mother Nature Wednesday when severe thunderstorms ripped through the Kennedy Space Center with high winds and battering hail.
A New Climate Reality
by Janet Ritz The world changes so fast, it's difficult to see it in context. Scientists watch from a mathematical point of view, points on a graph, comparative analyses, blips on radar from sensors slapped on the bows of ships. Dry bi...
Mission to Measure Aerosols: NASA To Launch Glory Satellite Wednesday
The A-Train series of satellites collecting aerosol information; Image via NASA Last month, we reported on the Glory Satellite from NASA. Intended to measure airborn grit from volcanoes, forest fires, smokestacks and tailpipes, the satellite, named G...
Scientists Discover New Planet In Solar System
Tyche (read: ty-kee), is the (possibly) newest planet discovery made by two scientists using NASA’S Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope. It was found in the Oort Cloud on the edge of the solar system, lurking behind the planet formerly known as Pluto, in what appears to be the galaxy’s hardest ...
Costs Of Inaction: The Price Of Ice
by Eban Goodstein. Arctic sea ice extent averaged over Januray 2011 its lowest recorded levels since satellite records began in 1979. It was 19,300 square miles below the record low of 5.25 million square miles, set in 2006, and 490,000 square...
Warming World 1880-2010 (NASA)
Warming World 1880-2010 (NASA) A NASA visualization shows the change in global warmth from 1880 through 2010, with colors indicating the difference from the mean for 1951-80 (warmest colors reflect the biggest upward anomaly; coolest colors show coo...
Climate Refresher: Runaway Global Warming (Video)
It's good to brush up on the basics once in a while -- especially when political and ideological arguments have consumed the public narrative on climate change. It's important to understand the scientific reasons addressing climate change is so urgen...
Massive Oil Spill Hits Louisiana Coast
Second Tropical Cyclone Ever in South Atlantic
Crown Jewel Of Solar Satellites To Study Space Weather
From William Harwood of CNET...
2009: Second Warmest Year On Record
El Nino, Hot Air Over Hot Water
The Franklin Institute Resources For Science Learning has written a summary on the basics of El Nino. Very well written, easily accessible and based on solid ...
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