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Tropical Cyclone Atu had a brief but memorable life last week, and NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a day-by-day look at its growth and death.
AIRS provides infrared image…
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, will present these findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17-21.
Presentation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions …
Now a remnant low pressure area, former Tropical Storm Carlos continues to move southwest inland over Australia’s Northern Territory and dump heavy amounts of rainfall. NASA’s Aqua satellite saw some of the high thunderstorms within Carlos over …
Infrared satellite data from NASA is showing some strong thunderstorms over west-central Madagascar today as Tropical Storm Bingiza continues to hug the western coast of the island nation.
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument tha…
Australia is getting hit with two “tropical fists” as NASA satellites watch two low pressure areas develop near the Northern Territory and Western Australia. System 99S is currently strengthening near Darwin, Australia and another low pressure a…
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a low pressure area known as System 99S that appears to be strengthening very close to Darwin, Australia. Aqua satellite data indicated that the strongest thunderstorms were over the Timor Sea on Feb. 15.
System …
Tropical Cyclone Bingiza has made landfall in northeastern Madagascar, and NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites captured visible infrared satellite data of the storm’s progression over the weekend, revealing the power behind the storm.
The movemen…
Tropical Cyclone Yasi has continued moving through inland Queensland, Australia and has weakened to a tropical depression today. NASA and JAXA’s TRMM satellite passed over Yasi as it continued to drop moderate to heavy rainfall.
On February 3…
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured visible and infrared imagery of powerful Cyclone Yasi as it was making landfall in Queensland. The center of the monster cyclone Yasi made landfall on Australia’s northeastern coast early Thursday (Australia local ti…
Following a series of tests, doctors at Duke University Hospital determined that Jesica Santillan, 17, meets the criteria for the declaration of brain death. She was pronounced dead at 1:25 pm today (Feb. 22). “All of us at Duke University Hospital are deeply saddened by this,” said William Fulkerson, M.D., CEO of the hospital. “We want Jesica’s family and supporters to know that we share their loss and their grief. We very much regret these tragic circumstances.”