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Russia will launch a new meteorological satellite on Tuesday, starting the process of restoring the country’s weather forecasting capabilities, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Monday.
Read MoreUsing NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot per year over the past decade. Researchers concluded the loss is almost entirely due to human activity.
Read MoreAccording to its August Atlantic hurricane season outlook, NOAA now expects a near- to below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, as the calming effects of El Nino continue to develop.
Read MoreAlthough Tropical Storm Goni is "gone" as a tropical cyclone, its remnants are still bringing rains to southeast China. — Felicia is the storm that rules the Eastern Pacific Ocean this week, but Enrique refuses to give up. — Satellite imagery over the last two days has shown Typhoon Morakot to be a monster, and over the last two days, NASA satellites have confirmed the typhoon doubled its size.
Read MoreOn July 17th, Boeing [NYSE: BA] transferred Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-O to NASA, completing the company's third on-orbit satellite handover this year.
Read MoreIn July 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center reported that ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific had shifted into El Ni?o — anomalously warm — conditions.
Read MoreEUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has signed a Framework Agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program.
Read MoreThe National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team reached a major milestone as the final portion of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) ground system was transitioned to operations.
Read MoreA small NASA aircraft completed its first successful science flight Thursday as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and improve understanding of its life cycle and the long-term stability of the Arctic ice cover.
Read MoreCarlos became a hurricane for about 24 hours over the previous weekend, then powered down to a tropical storm and now atmospheric conditions have enabled him to power back into a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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