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Researchers from the National Weather Service (NWS) have always been curious as to why some people choose to completely disregard tornado warnings, and rather prefer to ride out the storms in their homes. While trying to answer this question, they have come out with a full report, where they seek to identify exactly ... |
11 March 2009
04:04 GMT |
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There's definitely no need for a reminder of the destructive force of hurricanes, typhoons, or other types of powerful storms. Sadly, especially in the light of the recent tragedies caused by Ike, even children know what such a phenomenon can do. For decades or more, scientists (and not only them) have been drea... |
2 December 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Moving from a place after having spent an entire life there and being used to it is possibly among the most difficult things to do, as it changes everything. But when the alternative is losing all, perhaps even your own life, the situation may not look so grim. This problem should be considered by those who live in t... |
28 November 2008
14:51 GMT |
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Scientists from Israel applied for a patent that they say could reduce the destructive power of hurricanes by injecting smoke in the lower layers of a forming storm. Theoretically, this could reduce the intensity of winds and undermine the integrity of the storm's inner "eye." Ever since Katrina struck New Orlea... |
21 October 2008
02:34 GMT |
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Scientists in Taiwan discovered that the massive floods huge storms generate are nature's way of getting rid of free carbon in plants and soils throughout several regions of the globe. Rainfall also plays a part in the process, but typhoons and hurricanes carry over 5000 tones of carbon to the ocean floors every... |
20 October 2008
04:46 GMT |
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After the last disastrous hurricane seasons, the federal government has begun taking steps towards determining the seriousness of the situation the United States will be facing over the next few decades. Global warming and climate change are believed to be the main "perpetrator" behind the intensified tornadoes and t... |
15 October 2008
07:15 GMT |
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Although Ike only registered as a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson measuring scale, it eventually proved to be the third most devastating storm in American history, after Katrina and Andrew, as it surpassed Katrina at certain moments (the most costly storm ever) in intensity. This proves that a new approach... |
14 October 2008
08:06 GMT |
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AT&T, North America's largest mobile carrier, has announced that it will offer more than 2,000 free GoPhone handsets to US residents who need to evacuate their houses as a preventive measure against the devastations that Hurricane Gustav might cause. The handsets are given with a $15 national air time credi... |
1 September 2008
13:19 GMT |
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As predicted when it was first discovered on May 9 this year, Jupiter's third red giant storm collided last week with the Great Red Spot and the Red Spot. The outcome of the event is not known yet, since Jupiter's position on the night sky impeded astronomers from carrying out any conclusive observations. "... |
10 July 2008
04:10 GMT |
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Well, the global warming seems to have brought us enough bad news in the past decades, so scientists think it's finally time to release some good news. Contrary to the common belief that global warming would result in an increase in hurricane rates, a computer model simulated by the US National Oceanic and Atmos... |
19 May 2008
02:52 GMT |
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There is a storm on Jupiter that has been raging across its atmosphere for the last three centuries or so. We call it the Great Red Spot, however our understanding of what has powered it for such a long time is limited, although it bears a small resemblance to the hurricanes that occur on our planet from time to time... |
11 April 2008
04:21 GMT |
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If the temperature and the pressure of the air in the Earth's atmosphere would be uniformly distributed on the surface of the planet, there would be no movement of the air. However, the reality is somehow different. The excessive heating of some areas on the surface leads to an uneven distribution of the tempera... |
31 March 2008
07:38 GMT |
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Back here on Earth, we may experience some dangerous storms from time to time; however, they are nothing compared to the storms taking place on gas giants such as Saturn or Jupiter. These storms apparently never stop and are so big that the whole Earth would fit inside of them. Saturn's storm, for example, has a... |
28 March 2008
04:10 GMT |
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Just a few days ago, ESAs Venus Express spacecraft reported the observation of a weird haze developing into the Venusian atmosphere for no apparent reason. The question about what really determined the appearance of the feature still remains, albeit the ESA has shifted its attention back to the eye of a hurricane rav... |
13 March 2008
10:27 GMT |
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A surprising new finding of the Cassini-Huygens probe reveals that Saturn presents spinning hot spots at each pole, that can resist even to the toughest polar winters, but whatever causes them seems to surpass scientific explanations so far. Saturn's hotspots, located in its gaseous atmosphere hovering over th... |
4 January 2008
02:58 GMT |
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Could you imagine Eskimos facing tornadoes in their frozen North? Maybe not, but in the lab tiny igloos can generate "micro-tornadoes", allowing the researchers to investigate the deadly secrets of real tornadoes and perhaps help predict them.The translucent igloos, made of tiny water droplets and plastic balls, have... |
15 May 2007
04:12 GMT |
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Google Earth was the subject of a recent dispute between the parent company Google and the New Orleans authorities after the application removed pre-Katrina pictures. The search giant decided to remove numerous photos captured after the Hurricane Katrina assaulted the city, the local authorities accusing the company ... |
5 April 2007
09:56 GMT |
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