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NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Cleo Form in Southern Indian Ocean

TRMM is managed by both NASA and the Japanese Space Agency, and provides rainfall estimates of tropical systems from its orbit in space. Data from TRMM earlier…

Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion

The structure of the frosty flakes also fascinate ice chemists like Purdue University's Travis Knepp, a doctoral candidate in analytical chemistry who studies…

Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought

In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study…

King crab family bigger than ever

Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS)…

Discovery of the Jekyll-and-Hyde factors in 'coral bleaching'

Dan Bearden and colleagues note that bleaching already has destroyed up to 30 percent of the world's coral reefs, and scientists are searching for ways to slow…

In CO2-rich Environment, Some Ocean Dwellers Increase Shell Production

Because excess CO2 dissolves in the ocean—causing it to “acidify” —researchers have been concerned about the ability of certain organisms to maintain the…

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