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May 08, 2016

NASA Researchers Improve Hazardous Weather Forecasts
Hampton VA (SPX) May 06, 2016
Forecasts play key roles in many people's lives, from planning picnics at the park, to cancelling flights and avoiding weather-related tragedies. Because weather can be a life-or-death matter, researchers work hard to develop new technology and ways to provide earlier and more accurate forecasts. Scientists and engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are combining satellite images with novel algorithms to monitor hazardous thunderstorms. With this method, they can identif ... read more

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Earth's New Lightning Capital Revealed Earth has a new lightning capital, according to a recent study using observations from the Lightning Imaging Sensor onboard NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission. Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela ... more		Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Will Help and Hurt Crops Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere may increase water-use efficiency in crops and considerably mitigate yield losses due to climate change, according to a new NASA study. ... more		Hurricanes key to carbon uptake by forests While hurricanes are a constant source of worry for residents of the southeastern United States, new research suggests that they have a major upside - counteracting global warming. Previous re ... more
				Influence of sea-ice loss on Arctic warming shaped by Pacific temps The crucial role that sea-ice loss plays in rapid Arctic warming is regulated by variable climate patterns taking place in the Pacific Ocean, a pioneering new study has found. The Arctic amplificati ... more		How much does groundwater contribute to sea level rise? Groundwater extraction and other land water contribute about three times less to sea level rise than previous estimates, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The ... more

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A climate warming warning A recent collaborative research project between scientists from academia and government agencies has identified climate warming as the dominant driver of an increase in algal growth in the Athabasca ... more		Endangered venomous mammal predates dinosaurs' extinction The University of Illinois and University of Puerto Rico have completely sequenced the mitochondrial genome for the Hispaniolan solenodon, filling in the last major branch of placental mammals on th ... more		Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers FSU physicists discover new state of matter in electrons, platform to study quantum phenomena		Advance could help grow stem cells more safely The most productive way scientists have devised to nurture colonies of human embryonic stem cells is to do so atop a bed of mouse cells. That may be fine for lab research, but it poses an unacceptab ... more
				Indiana University researchers find Earth may be home to 1 trillion species Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to a study from biologists at Indiana University. The estimate, based on the intersecti ... more		The genetic history of Ice Age Europe Analyses of ancient DNA from prehistoric humans paint a picture of dramatic population change in Europe from 45,000 to 7,000 years ago, according to a new study led by Howard Hughes Medical Institut ... more

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