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Correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central EuropePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 Even if the current weather situation may seem to speak against it, the probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. Scientists of the Research Unit Potsdam of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association have decrypted a mechanism in which a shrinking summertime sea ice cover changes the air pressure zones in the Arctic atmosphere and impacts our European winter weather. These re ... read more |
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 Up to 60 feared dead as landslide hits PNG village As many as 60 people are feared dead after a massive landslide wiped out an entire village in a scene of "utter devastation" in Papua New Guinea, reports and aid workers said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Tornadoes whirl across US state, leave two dead Tornadoes ripped through the US state of Alabama Monday, killing two, trapping many people in their homes, and leaving a trail of damage as well as tens of thousands without power. ... more | .. |
Scientists Make Progress in Assessing Tornado Seasons Meteorologists can see a busy hurricane season brewing months ahead, but until now there has been no such crystal ball for tornadoes, which are much smaller and more volatile. This information gap t ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Upgrades National Weather Service Forecasting System The next generation of the National Weather Services' (NWS) Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS), which was developed, tested and fielded by Raytheon, is now operational at the NWS ... more |
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 Exercise in a pill may protect against extreme heat sensitivity Headlines usually tell the story. A young athlete who seems no different from his colleagues on the football field dies suddenly during exercise under the baleful sun of a blistering summer day. ... more | .. |
 Toll in Philippine landslide rises to 31 Rescuers retrieved three more bodies from a landslide that buried part of an illegal gold-mining site in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll to 31, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 At least eight dead in Brazil landslide: authorities A landslide triggered by torrential rains killed at least eight people in Rio de Janeiro state Monday and 14 others may still be buried in the rubble, local officials told Globo television. ... more | .. |
 Philippine rescuers dig deep for landslide missing Philippine rescuers dug through rock and mud Friday looking for people feared buried by a deadly landslide at a remote gold mining community, as officials vowed to shut down unsafe mine sites. ... more |
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25 dead, 150 missing in Philippine landslide At least 25 people were killed in the southern Philippines on Thursday when a landslide buried gold prospectors who had refused to leave an area declared too dangerous for habitation. ... more | .. |
 Britain battered by storms, two dead Fierce winter storms battered Britain on Tuesday, leaving two men dead and causing widespread chaos for air, sea and rail travellers. ... more | .. |
 Dozens evacuated after massive landslide in Norway Dozens of people fled from a rural area bordering Norway's third largest city on Sunday because of a massive landslide but no casualties have been reported, police said. ... more | .. |
 Hundreds evacuated in Italy as strong winds feed fire More than 250 people were evacuated from their homes near Savona, northwestern Italy, as strong winds fed a wildfire four kilometres (2.5 miles) wide, local officials and rescue workers said Monday. ... more |
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 Two dead as heavy rains lash Brazil's Minas Gerais state At least two people were killed and 31 injured as torrential rains lashed the Brazilian southeastern state of Minas Gerais where a state of emergency was declared in 31 municipalities, authorities said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Wild Christmas weather hits Australia Wild weather battered Australia Sunday, with a tropical cyclone closing in on the north as tornadoes and thunderstorms brought hail in the south and huge swells forced the closure of popular beaches. ... more | .. |
 GOES-15 ready to begin broadcasting and improving forecasting and natural disaster predictions The new generation of weather and environmental satellites, GOES-15, officially became operational as GOES-West on Dec. 13, 2011. As a result, communities across the Western United States and Pacifi ... more | .. |
 Massive outage as storm batters northern France A storm battered France and Switzerland on Friday, with three people injured in a Swiss train derailment, hundreds of thousands left without power and a grounded ship spilling oil off Brittany. ... more |
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 New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life Armadillo rocket flys high New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps Scientists help define structure of exoplanets Russia to Start Own Search for Extrasolar Planets Eight more Galileo navsats agreed Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station | .. |
 Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2 ... more | .. |
 Thales contacts e2v for supply of CMOS imaging sensors for next Meteosat series e2v has signed a multi-million Euro contract with Thales Alenia Space for the design, development and manufacture of a space qualified CMOS imaging sensor for use in the Flexible Combined Imager (FC ... more | .. |
 Scotland in lockdown as huge storm sweeps in Scotland closed schools and travellers were warned to expect disruption on key routes Thursday due to gale-force winds, as Britain's first major winter storm of the season swept in. ... more | .. |
 NPP Satellite Acquires First VIIRS Image The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on Nov. 21, 2011. This high-resolution image is of a ... more |
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 Four dead, 30 missing in Indonesia landslide Four people were killed and 30 others were missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide on the Indonesian island of Nias on Wednesday, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Creates Significant Efficiencies For Defense Weather Satellite System An early program planning and testing approach implemented by Northrop Grumman is setting a new standard for efficiency in building military weather satellites. The first of two Defense Weathe ... more | .. |
 NASA's NPP Satellite Acquires First ATMS Measurements The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 8, 2011. The image shows the ATMS channel 18 data, ... more | .. |
 NASA's NPP Satellite Acquires First ATMS Measurements The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 8, 2011. The image shows the ATMS channel 18 data, ... more |
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