What On Earth
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NASA’s Pouring Funds, Scientists and Satellites into Pakistan Flood Warning
Oct 27, 2010 05:22:52 PM | Gretchen Cook-Anderson
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- In July 2010, monsoon rains came to Pakistan in a Biblical way. Three months’ worth of rain fell in just one week. Historic and deadly flooding ensued in the weeks to follow. And a native son of Pakistan, with NASA's help, will undertake a three-year project to improve his country's capacity to develop a better early warning system for flooding.
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Lightning Never Strikes Twice, But...
Sep 22, 2010 03:44:17 PM | Gretchen Cook-Anderson
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- Though the old adage that lightning never strikes twice generally rings true, apparently lightning can strike in very short order in more than a dozen points alongside one another as it did near Keota, Colorado on August 6.
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Satellites Deliver New Watery Truths with Style and GRACE
Jun 16, 2010 06:25:25 PM | Gretchen Cook-Anderson
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- The harmonious GRACE twins have achieved some very big hits. They've racked up unprecedented observations of some of the world's most famous waterways; shed light on ice loss at the coldest reaches of the globe; and rendered first-time measurements of changes in hidden groundwater reservoirs that sustain millions daily.
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Even in Science,There's More than One Side to Every Story
Mar 26, 2010 01:37:34 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Every tale has more than one side or perspective. And so it is with NASA, which studies Earth science from different angles – from satellites, from aircraft, and sometimes from the ground. But somehow, no matter how many ways there are to view a place, there’s nothing better than being there.
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Let There be Light
Mar 15, 2010 08:44:24 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- An early morning sun illuminated the light rain over Nevada, Missouri, on May 14, 2009, spraying rays across the sky. Photographer Tommy Hornbeck captured what some viewers may believe to be virga, rain that evaporates before it reaches the surface.
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Can Something Out in Space be Good for Your Health on Earth?
Mar 15, 2010 08:20:20 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- Stanley Morain's career has led him to a spot as director of the Earth Data Analysis Center at the University of New Mexico, where he has encouraged his colleagues and students to follow their hearts in the projects they pursue. He’s set the example by spending 10 years using NASA satellite data to create daily dust forecasts to improve health alerts.
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An Award-Winning Scientist Who Came in from the Cold
Feb 18, 2010 12:41:53 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Researchers who study glaciers and polar dynamics often get into it for the love of the field work. Benjamin Smith, a researcher at the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory, was no exception.
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Deforestation: Much Ado about the Contribution to Global CO2
Feb 17, 2010 08:48:40 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- Deforestation. The environmental implications of the word are as numerous as the syllables. And scientists like Jim Collatz have the job of trying to ferret out and prove those implications. Or, as the case may be, of correcting what scientists have believed to be true.
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Fewer Southeastern Tornadoes Occur Following Dry Falls and Winters
Jan 08, 2010 04:02:03 PM | Adam Voiland
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- According to findings from a NASA-funded study published last June in Environmental Research Letters, dry fall and winter seasons in the southeastern United States mean it is less likely that Southern twisters will develop in springtime.
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When It Rained,It Poured
Jan 08, 2010 03:43:16 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Even before historic September rains ended over the Atlanta area, researchers began to assemble a clearer picture of the climatological factors that fueled unexpected deadly flooding.
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