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Detecting atmospheric rivers with satellite observations

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are filaments of intense moisture transport in the atmosphere. These weather systems drive a large fraction of the extreme precipitation events over coastal regions. Detecting ARs in satellite observations has long been a cha.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxFeb 19th, 2024

NASA Satellite Inspects Strange-Looking Cloud That Always Forms in Same Spot

NASA Satellite Inspects Strange-Looking Cloud That Always Forms in Same Spot.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Warming lakes and rivers may spread fish pathogens

Michigan's rivers and lakes were once cold enough that fish were protected from some infection-causing parasites. As the Great Lakes ecosystem warms, a Michigan State University researcher is investigating new pathogens that may become relevant to th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

River flow responses to heat waves may change more rapidly under climate change, research finds

A pair of studies by researchers in Simon Fraser University's School of Environmental Science examine how climate change could alter the way Canadian rivers respond to extreme heat events......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Future atmospheric rivers could bring catastrophic ocean level rise off the West Coast, simulation study shows

A team of climate specialists from the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Lab, Texas A&M University, and Pennsylvania State University has found evidence for a rise in ocean levels during future atmospheric rive.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

China"s "Thousand Sails" joins Starlink as the latest mega-satellite constellation in orbit

With "Thousand Sails," China joins the race to fill up Low Earth Orbit with mega-satellite constellations......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

A Boeing-built satellite just exploded in orbit

A Boeing-built satellite just exploded in orbit.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

NOAA releases imagery from world"s first operational space-based coronagraph

NOAA today shared the first images from the Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the new GOES-19 satellite. CCOR-1, the world's first operational, space-based coronagraph, began observing the sun's corona, the faint outerm.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Massive biodiversity data collection improves ecosystem predictions

A team at the University of Córdoba verifies that large biodiversity databases, in which citizens record observations of flora, are capable of calibrating joint species distribution models, even when conducted individually, provided that more than 5.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

A Boeing-built satellite appears to have exploded in orbit

A satellite designed and built by Boeing appears to have exploded in orbit, for unknown reasons......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Webb observations confirm 20-year-old galaxy models

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have confirmed a decades-old galaxy model, originally proposed by a University of Portsmouth Professor in 2005......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

To truly understand the health of a lake, you must look well beyond its shoreline

On the surface, most of Canada's lakes and rivers look pristine. But below the surface, many are facing essential challenges to their health. Why? To better understand the health of Canadian lakes and rivers, we must look beyond the site itself to th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Observations explore the nature of stellar stream Icarus

Astronomers from Italy and Chile have investigated an accreted stellar stream named Icarus in the Milky Way's disk. Results of the study, detailed in a research paper published October 16 on the preprint server arXiv, yield crucial information regard.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Live imaging of ovulation in action reveals three distinct phases

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences have developed a live imaging method that reveals the process of ovulation in unprecedented detail. The team followed initial observations by performing inhibition testing to conf.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Combining satellite methods provides drought detection from space

Observing sites like the Amazon basin from space has underscored the capability of satellites to better detect signs of drought, according to a new study......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Satellite-derived data on artificial light at night indicate rapidly increasing industrial activities in the Arctic

More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night. On average, 85% of the light-polluted areas are due to industrial activities rather than urb.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba

As of Saturday evening, hurricane-force winds extended just 5 miles from the center. A hurricane so small that it could not be observed by satellite formed this weekend, surprisin.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 20th, 2024

Computational method works backwards from observations to track down river polluters

A new computational method developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London uses an innovative new technique to track down the sources of river pollutants. The method can work backwards from observations of polluted ri.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

GPT-4-based AI agents show promise for detecting antimicrobial resistance

Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to help identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The team led by Adrian Egli, UZH professor at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, is the first to investigate how.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Rare ultra-luminous nova spotted in the Small Magellanic Cloud

A rare, extremely luminous X-ray outburst has been observed in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is a close neighbor of our own Milky Way galaxy. The observations, made by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and other telescopes, were de.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024