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Whales' foraging strategies revealed by new technology

Marine biologists are beginning to understand the varied diving and foraging strategies of filter-feeding whales by analyzing data from multisensor tags…

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Narelle form in Southern Indian Ocean

NASA's TRMM satellite passed over System 98S and saw the hallmark “hot towers” that indicated the storm would soon likely intensify into Tropical Storm Narelle.

Study Shows Rapid Warming on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

The temperature record from Byrd Station, a scientific outpost in the center of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), demonstrates a marked increase of 4.3…

NASA Satellite Finds an Unusually Tall Storm-cell in Cyclone Evan

According to Owen Kelley of the TRMM satellite team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md, the most startling feature of the December 16…

NASA's Operation IceBridge Data Brings New Twist to Sea Ice Forecasting

Growing economic activity in the Arctic, such as fishing, mineral exploration and shipping, is emphasizing the need for accurate predictions of how much of the…

A Need to Look Again: TRMM Satellite Observations of Tropical Cyclone Evan

On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the TRMM satellite saw Evan about 24 hours before the storm struck American Samoa, and the radar data at first seem incongruous for such a…

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