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Public Release: 20-Nov-2018

NASA sees Tropical Depression Man-yi, warnings triggered

ropical depression Man-yi for med in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and NASA captured an image of the storm. Yap state is already under watches and warnings.

Funder: NASA

Public Release: 20-Nov-2018

NASA sees Tropical Depression 33W affecting Philippines

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite revealed the extent of Tropical Depression 33W showed the tropical low pressure system moving into the central part of the Philippines on Nov. 20.

Funder: NASA

Public Release: 20-Nov-2018

NASA tracks Tropical Depression Toraji in the Gulf of Thailand

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Visible from NASA's Terra satellite revealed the extent of Tropical Depression Toraji as it continued moving through the Gulf of Thailand and affecting southern Thailand and Malaysia.

Funder: NASA

Public Release: 20-Nov-2018

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Bouchra being blown apart

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Cyclone Bouchra may have been re-born over the weekend of Nov. 17 and 18 but by Nov. 20 it was blown apart by wind shear and NASA's Aqua satellite confirmed that.

Funder: NASA

Public Release: 20-Nov-2018

Volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers

Lancaster University

Large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane are being released from an Icelandic glacier, scientists have discovered. A study of Sólheimajökull glacier, which flows from the active, ice-covered volcano Katla, shows that up to 41 tonnes of methane is being released through meltwaters every day during the summer months.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Centre for Global Eco-Innovation via European Regional Development Fund, The Royal Society

Public Release: 19-Nov-2018

Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Bouchra reborn in Southern Indian Ocean

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Cyclone 04S, known as Bouchra formed in the Southern Indian Ocean during the week of Nov. 12 and by the end of the week it had become a remnant low pressure area. Over the weekend of Nov. 17 and 18 it regenerated into a tropical cyclone and the NOAA-20 satellite passed overhead and captured a visible image of the storm.

Funder: NASA

Public Release: 19-Nov-2018

GPM satellite sees light rain occurring in Tropical Depression 33W's eastern side

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite is providing data on rain rates within Tropical Cyclone 33W as it moves over the Philippines on Nov. 19.

Funder: NASA

Public Release: 19-Nov-2018

Current climate models underestimate warming by black carbon aerosol

Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers in the School of Engineering & Applied Science have discovered a new, natural law that sheds light on the fundamental relationship between coated black carbon and light absorption.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: National Science Foundation, NASA Radiation Sciences Program, Department of Energy

Public Release: 19-Nov-2018

Less pollution can add a year to the lives of Copenhageners in 2040

University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

If air pollution in the city by 2040 is reduced to the level found in the countryside, approximately one year will be added to the lives of Copenhageners, new research from the University of Copenhagen reveals. Pollution from traffic, among other things, is the reason why Copenhageners have reduced life expectancy.

Journal: Environment International
Funder: Innovation Fund Denmark

Public Release: 16-Nov-2018

NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Gaja's landfall

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caught in the act of landfall, Tropical Cyclone Gaja was seen by NASA's Aqua satellite as it passed overhead and collected temperature information.

Funder: NASA

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