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NASA satellites confirm Tropical Storm Bret's heaviest rains on the eastern side

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over tropical storm Bret in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Bahamas on July 19, 2011 at 1118 UTC…

Tropical Storm Dora bringing rough surf to southern Mexico

Tropical Storm Dora was just a depression yesterday. Since then, NASA satellite imagery has watched Dora continue to strengthen as thunderstorm cloud tops have…

Loss of Top Animal Predators Has Massive Ecological Effects

“Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth,” a review paper that will be published on July 15, 2011, in the journal Science, concludes that the decline of large…

2011 ‘Dead Zone’ Could Be Biggest Ever

Oceanography professor Steve DiMarco, one of the country’s leading authorities on the dead zone, says the team of researchers journeyed more than 1,400 miles…

Fast-Shrinking Glacier Also Experienced Rapid Growth

The conclusion stems from new research on Jakobshavn Isbrae, a tongue of ice extending out to sea from Greenland’s west coast. Through an analysis of adjacent…

Typhoon Ma-on's Eye Seen in NASA Satellite Images

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite took an image of Typhoon Ma-on that clearly shows…

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