- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 26th, 2014
Global Precipitations Satellite Returns First Images
The spacecraft was launched into space about a month ago
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 11th, 2014
TRMM Reveals Average Rate of Daily Rainfalls on Earth
The satellite was launched in orbit around 17 years ago
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 27th, 2014
GPM Satellite Installed Aboard Its Carrier Rocket – Photo
The spacecraft is scheduled to launch tomorrow, officials say
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 12th, 2014
Tibet Wetter Now than in the Past 3,500 Years
Recent decades brought on significantly more precipitations
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 11th, 2014
Satellite Animation Shows How Rain Came to California
The state is currently being plagued by a severe drought
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 28th, 2014
NASA Getting Ready for GPM Launch This February
The satellite will measure global rainfall and snowfall patterns
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 28th, 2013
Cars Could Be Used as Rainfall Sensors
New initiative relies on GPS to gauge rain intensity
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 26th, 2013
Advanced Precipitations Satellite Delivered to Japan
The new spacecraft was tested and assembled at NASA
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 12th, 2013
Precipitation Patterns Shift Can Only Be Explained by Human Interference
New study shows how climate change is affecting global rain patterns
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 1st, 2012
Venus May Have a Snowy Atmosphere
Orbiter detects extremely cold layer in its upper atmosphere
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 17th, 2012
Global Warming Will Further Intensify Extreme Precipitations
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 12th, 2012
Climate Change Will Force Seasonal Dead Zones in Lake Erie to Spread
The global phenomenon will boost algal blooms on the lake
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 29th, 2012
Global Warming Affects Water Flow in Finland
PhD thesis focuses on developing climate models for the country
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2012
Measuring the Amount of Snow on the Ground
Experts find it very difficult to determine this quantity
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 13th, 2012
Airborne Mission Will Learn to Measure Precipitations from Space
An upcoming NASA satellite will need to be able to do this
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 6th, 2012
Arctic Oscillation Turns Positive
This explains warmer-than-average winter temperatures
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 13th, 2011
The Sahel Is Dying
Trees there are being slowly destroyed by global warming