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  • EarthRisk crunches data to predict extreme weather Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:22PMBuilding off years of atmospheric data, EarthRisk Technologies does long-range weather forecasts for extreme heat and cold events.
  • The tallest tree in all the land Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:22PMKnowing how tall trees can grow in any given region can give ecologists a wealth of information, from the potential density of a forest and size of its tree canopy to the amount of carbon stored in woodlands and the overall health of an ecosystem. Now scientists have come up with a simple model to predict the maximum tree height in different environments across the United States.
  • MIT: The tallest tree in the land Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:15AM( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) Knowing how tall trees can grow in any given region can give ecologists a wealth of information, from the potential density of a forest and size of its tree canopy to the amount of carbon stored in woodlands and the overall health of an ecosystem. Now an MIT researcher, along with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the Santa Fe Institute in New ...
  • House Panel Denies Funding for Space Climate Probe, Satellite Constellation Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:24AMThe proposed 2012 spending bill would deny funds for the Deep Space Climate Observatory, among others.
  • NASA invites Council Rock teacher to see last shuttle launch Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:01PMScience teacher Jerry Fetter, 47, remembers watching the Apollo moon missions on TV.
  • West Papua: AWPA update, June 2011 Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 12:10AMA number of urgent appeals from various NGO organizations were released this month including from the Asian Human Rights Commission on the stabbing of Derek Adii by soldiers on the 14 May 2011 while he was boarding a ship.
  • 'If you don't get any sparks you won't have any fires' Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:15PMThe notion that years with deep snowpacks and wet, cool springs will be quiet ones for firefighters does not reflect reality in Oregon.
  • Sen. James Inhofe to Kick Off Heartland Institute’s Sixth International Conference on Climate Change on June 30 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:26AMSen. James Inhofe, R-OK, the leading critic of global warming alarmism in Congress, will kick off The Heartland Institute’s sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6) at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, with a breakfast keynote address. ...
  • AWT Wins Prestigious Safety at Sea Award Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:00AMApplied Weather Technology, Inc. , today announced that an expert judging panel has selected AWT, with its innovative fleet management system GlobalViewâ¢, as the winner of the Systems category for the fifth annual Safety at Sea International Awards.  AWT was also recognized as a finalist in the category of Security. Â
  • Lightning's the joker when it comes to fire season forecasting Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:03PMNoel Livingston understands that the conventional wisdom, when it comes to predicting the severity of wildfire seasons in Northeastern Oregon, isn’t all that, well, wise.
  • NASA's Messenger disproves several theories about Mercury Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 5:52PMScientists grapple with first orbital data provided by mission led by Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Only three months after NASA's Messenger spacecraft became the first to orbit the planet Mercury, scientists are already tossing out some long-held ideas about the place, and wondering at some surprising and unexpected discoveries.
  • Ash clears but New Zealand flights stall Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 5:49PMUpdate: TRANS-Tasman flights will begin to come back today but some New Zealand services remain stalled due to ash cloud.
  • Most New Zealand flights to resume Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 4:46PMUpdate: TRANS-Tasman flights will begin to come back today but some New Zealand services remain stalled due to ash cloud.
  • Ash cloud flight chaos hits New Zealand Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:11PMUpdate: AIRLINES have resumed flying to and from Perth, but flights to New Zealand are still suspended because of volcanic ash.
  • Extra flights to clear passenger backlog Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 9:00AMUPDATE 12.55pm: VIRGIN will send extra flights to Tasmania to help passengers stranded after an ash cloud caused cancellations.
  • Perth planes grounded till tomorrow Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 9:00AMUPDATE 4.10pm: MAJOR carriers have extended a flight ban to and from Perth until tomorrow as the volcanic ash drama rolls on.    
  • Perth planes grounded until tomorrow Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 9:00AMMAJOR airlines have extended a flight ban to and from Perth until tomorrow as the volcanic ash drama rolls on.    
  • Qantas, Jetstar resume Perth flights Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 7:43AMUPDATE: 9.45pm: AIRLINES will resume flying to and from Perth tomorrow after cancelling flights today because of volcanic ash.
  • Office of Naval Research engages international partners at OCEANS 2011 Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 3:54PM( Office of Naval Research ) The Office of Naval Research's Global department joined the international scientific community at OCEANS 11 IEEE Santander Conference from June 6-9 in Spain to exchange ideas and support student participation to develop future experts in marine technology. Sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Oceanic Engineering Society, the annual ...
  • NRL fully integrates GPS radio occultation into global weather prediction Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 9:57AMAfter rigorous validation for its positive impact on improving forecast accuracy, scientists at the NRL Marine Meteorology Division have transitioned the assimilation of GPS Radio Occultation (RO) data into the operational U.S. Navy Global Prediction System (NOGAPS). The assimilation of GPS RO reduces the NOGAPS upper-tropospheric and lower stratospheric temperature biases, introducing a ...
  • Tiny particles, big impact Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 8:42AMAtmospheric aerosols may be small, ranging in size from a few nanometers to a few microns, but they have a big impact on climate.  At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, capabilities developed through the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program are delivering new insights into the formation, aging and transport of aerosol particles, whether they are created by nature or human ...
  • Philippine's Q1 GDP 4.9% Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 3:57AMPhilippine's Q1 GDP 4.9%
  • Australia's Q1 companies gross operating profits down 2.0% Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 3:28AMAustralia's Q1 companies gross operating profits down 2.0%
  • Savola reports 44% downturn in Q1 Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 3:11AMSavola reports 44% downturn in Q1
  • IPIC to cooperate with Omani govt Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 2:56AMIPIC to cooperate with Omani govt
  • SAA passengers up 4.1m in Q1 Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 2:41AMSAA passengers up 4.1m in Q1
  • News in Brief: Earth & Environment Saturday, May 28, 2011 @ 1:14PMCities can break up passing storms, plus wild boar contamination, altered spider sense and more in this week?s news
  • AWT Announces New Features in GlobalView Fleet Management System Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:00AMNor-Shipping Conf., Stand D01-01A, May 24, 2011 â Applied Weather Technology, Inc. , today announced significant safety enhancements to its innovative fleet management system, GlobalViewâ¢.
  • Joplin, Missouri, tornado: Warnings pale in season of violent twisters Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 3:23PMResidents of Joplin had about 20 minutes of warning before a tornado struck. But this spring, early warnings have not been enough to prevent high death tolls from tornadoes.
  • Compass aims for $61.5b market by 2020 Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 10:04PMThe application of the Compass Navigation Satellite System, a Chinese global navigation system, will create a market as big as 400 billion yuan ($61.54 billion) by the end of 2020, the head of China's navigation management office said.
  • Winds of reform sweep Swiss weather service Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 2:49PMReforming the national weather service MeteoSwiss is a huge challenge but will force it to become more flexible and customer-oriented, say officials.
  • Wild weather causes severe damage Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 7:45AMWild weather causes widespread damage to buildings across the West Midlands
  • Saudi Arabia rejects BBC claim of Zamzam water contamination Sunday, May 8, 2011 @ 12:52AMJEDDAH: Saudi authorities have refuted a BBC report claiming that the Zamzam well in Makkah is polluted and that drinking the holy water could cause diseases such as cancer.
  • Steven Orszag, Pioneer in Fluid Dynamics, Dies at 68 Saturday, May 7, 2011 @ 3:47PMDr. Orszag’s research had wide-ranging applications in airplane and auto design, meteorology and astrophysics.
  • NASA announced key pre-selected Discovery Missions [Life at the SETI Institute] Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 4:04PMToday, NASA announced three future key missions preselected as part of the Discovery program named GEMS, TiME and Comet Hopper. This is an important announcement, which was eagerly expected by our community. The NASA Discovery program is a low-cost mission ($425 million FY2010) program aimed at developing and supporting a well-defined and narrow-range science mission in the field of planetary ...
  • Goddard, Johns Hopkins APL vie for 2016 NASA mission Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 6:34PM$425 million at stake for 2016 launch Maryland institutions are involved in two of the three teams competing for $425 million in NASA funding to launch a new planetary mission in 2016.
  • Goddard, Johns Hopkins APL vie for NASA mission Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 6:34PM$425 million at stake for 2016 launch Maryland institutions are involved in two of the three teams competing for $425M
  • Faith Versus Science: How Do We Assess Evidence? Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 11:05PMIn recent times the advent of the internet has led to a plethora of new and previously non-discussed views in the public arena. One sector where this is evident is regarding religion.
  • School news - all areas Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 2:38PMDISTRICT NEWS RICHLAND 1 is accepting kindergarten registration for students who will be 5 ye
  • Carry the flame of the Cordilleras Sunday, April 3, 2011 @ 6:24AM*Mountain Province State Polytechnic College graduation speech. The drafting of the speech was a collective effort. Thanks @kabataanpl. Maimbag nga aldaw. A pleasant day to all of you. I was told several times this morning that the MPSPC is grateful for my participation in today’s graduation ceremonies. No. It is I who should thank MPSPC [...]
  • VOTE in N.C. State Student Body Elections Saturday, April 2, 2011 @ 12:32AMFrom midnight to 11:59 p.m . on March 29, Student Body Elections will be open. All students are encouraged to read up on their candidates here , and then vote here .
  • A question of balance Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 3:35PMCLASHES over climate science and policy may still be politely characterised in the media as ''the climate debate'', but many of the combatants are, more accurately, engaged in a war - and it's getting uglier.
  • A question of balance Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 8:09AMIn the final part of our series on climate change, JO CHANDLER writes that the war between science and politics is clouding the debate.
  • How Canyons became the definite article Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 7:37PMAndy Campbell reckons that he has "an unbelievable job". Few skiers would disagree with him. A former soldier from the UK, he is paid to live in a Utah ski resort, rent-free, and to go skiing. The only part of the season-long arrangement that sounds anything like work is an obligation to blog about his activities, and occasionally to tweet.
  • Inquiry finds 'nothing criminal' in likely rat poison at Fuddruckers Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 5:57PMNew legislation proposed Anne Arundel County police have closed their investigation into a food contamination incident that closed the Fuddruckers restaurant in Annapolis for a day last week.
  • Inquiry finds 'nothing criminal' over rat poison at Fuddruckers Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 5:21PMNew legislation proposed Anne Arundel County police have closed their investigation into a food contamination event that closed the Fuddruckers restaurant in Annapolis for a day last week.
  • Reportlinker Adds Global Smart Sensors Industry Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 11:22AMNEW YORK , March 21, 2011 Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Smart Sensors Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p098271/Global-Smart-Sensors-Industry.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Smart Sensors in US$ Million by the following Product Segments: Smart Flow Sensors, Smart Pressure ...
  • Messenger beings orbit around Mercury Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 9:49PMScientists cheer as spacecraft becomes first to orbit planet The scientists and engineers were a little nervous, but $446 million mission to put the Messenger spacecraft in orbit around Mercury ended with applause. Messenger — the first craft from Earth ever to circle the planet closest to the sun — was in a near-perfect orbit, the mission lead engineer said Thursday night. It was designed and ...
  • Messenger successfully goes into orbit around planet Mercury Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 9:40PMScientists cheer as spacecraft becomes first to orbit planet With a 30-minute blast from its main rocket engine, NASA's Messenger spacecraft slipped into orbit around the planet Mercury Thursday evening, becoming the first craft from Earth ever to circle the closest planet to the sun.
  • Messenger spacecraft to start orbiting Mercury | VIDEO Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 11:34AMMission is run by Hopkins' Applied Physics Lab Fifteen years of planning and 6 1/2 years of maneuvering in space will all come down to the crunch Thursday evening as mission managers in Maryland try to slip NASA's Messenger spacecraft into orbit around Mercury. The braking maneuver, playing out 96 million miles from Earth, will have to slow the planetary probe by 1,929 mph and ease it into a ...