Tag: Earth Science

Internationally respected scientists call on world leaders to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change.Credit: Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) infra-red satellite ...

NASA-NOAA satellite finds Lorena’s strong storms lashing Mexico

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found Tropical Storm ...

NASA-NOAA satellite finds Tropical Storm Kiko staying in shape

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Satellite imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed ...

NASA analyzes rainfall rates in strengthening tropical storm Jerry

Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL NASA has the unique capability of peering under the clouds in storms and measuring the rate in ...

NASA estimates Tropical Depression Imelda’s huge Texas rainfall

Credit: NASA Goddard/Owen Kelley Northeastern Texas has borne the brunt of Tropical Depression Imelda's heavy rainfall and NASA estimated that ...

NASA satellite data shows Humberto’s structure change

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua Satellite provided data on Major Hurricane Humberto ...

Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SORCE For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches that appear for weeks at a time on ...

Earth Commission to identify risks, guardrails, targets for entire planet

First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails -- akin to a 2C rise for climate -- to create targets ...

CPS Energy supports clean energy and grid cybersecurity research at UTSA

Credit: UTSA Beginning in the Fall of 2019, faculty members at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will ...

NASA sees heavy rainfall occurring in strengthening Tropical Storm Mario

Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL When the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it flew ...

Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Southern Sierra Nevada

Credit: Russell Callahan A University of Wyoming researcher and his team discovered that weathering of subsurface rock in the Southern ...

NASA infrared data shows heavy rain potential along gulf from Imelda

Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information. ...

New tool improves beekeepers’ overwintering odds and bottom line

Credit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, September 18, 2019--A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that ...

Geophysicists challenge conventional view of the cause of porosity in weathered rock

Pores, or empty spaces, in rock are critically important for sustaining life on EarthCredit: R. Callahan (Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 18, ...

NOAA helps UT Marine Science Institute rebound from Hurricane Harvey

Credit: University of Texas at Austin PORT ARANSAS, Texas - After more than two years of roof repairs, window installations ...

NASA-NOAA satellite studies tropical storm Kiko’s center

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Hurricane Kiko weakened to a tropical storm, but ...

NASA-NOAA satellite provides forecasters a view of tropical storm Jerry’s structure

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Tropical Storm Jerry is the latest in a line of tropical cyclones to develop in the North ...

NASA’s wide view of major hurricane Humberto’s massive Atlantic ‘tail’

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite is one in a fleet of NASA satellites that provide data for research. ...

The life aquatic made clear with freshwater lens

Researcher finds way to view marine life in murky watersCredit: Swansea University A Swansea University doctoral student has found a ...

NASA’s Terra Satellite sees the birth of Tropical Storm Imelda