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Why Don't Snowstorms Produce Thunder and Lightning?
Light Show: Wintry conditions limit lightning strikes to an average of just six times a year across the countryDan Farrall/Getty ImagesChilly weather brings burning questions Nearly every summer...
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Mars Rovers Batten Down for Rough Season
What Spirit SawNASA/JPL-CaltechConcerns grow about the health of the aging hardware Like painted kites, those days and nights went flyin' byThe world was new, beneath a blue umbrella skyThen softer...
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Sensors Mounted On Commercial Airliners Networked For Most Accurate Weather...
Storm SeekersAirDat's Tamdar sensors, currently installed on the nosecones of 160 commercial airplanes, beam real-time atmospheric data to forecasters.Courtesy AirDat; Courtesy EMBRAERAirDat's sensors,...
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Since When Did We Have a Colony On Mars?
Sydney Dust StormGavin Marchio/FlickrThat's what it looks like, doesn't it? In reality this is Sydney, Australia, Earth, shrouded in a severe dust storm that has covered much of the country's eastern...
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National Weather Service Enlists Twitter Users and Drivers to Crowdsource...
Roving Weather ReportBeep beep, I'm using Twitter!NOAAYou're the meteorologist now! Well, you and your car Give the National Weather Service some credit for some clever crowdsourcing experiments. It...
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This Is Your Massive Snowstorm, America
Huge Winter StormNASA Goddard Flickr StreamThis January may have been the snowiest month on record here in New York, but it looks like the winter isn't anywhere near ready to stop vomiting snow all...
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Unseen Currents: A Blind Oceanographer Chases Undersea Storms
The Good Ship KnorrChris GallOn the Labrador Sea, the scientific crew of the research vessel Knorr hunts for underwater storms, sinks a two-mile mooring--and gathers clues to the planet's fate As we...
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Storm Watch: Driven By Warm Air, Massive Tornado Outbreak Forecast for Friday
TornadoNOAA via Wikimedia CommonsA storm system brewing in the Rockies today might trigger an outbreak of deadly tornadoes in the nation's midsection on Friday, according to meteorologists. In case you...
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Hurricane Isaac Captured in Eerily Beautiful Images from Orbit
Isaac at Night, August 28, 2012NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via FlickrHurricane Isaac has now made two landfalls in southern Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast region is no doubt in for a long...
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Hurricane Sandy, The "Bride Of Frankenstorm," From Above
Hurricane SandyClick here to see this scary storm even larger!NASA GOES ProjectHurricane Sandy, nicknamed "Bride of Frankenstorm" because it's almost Halloween and because meteorologists are just the...
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Having weathered the storm, PopSci staff in New York venture out on Tuesday to inspect the aftermath.
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How To Save The Electrical Grid
Dark NightWhen Hurricane Sandy hit New York City on October 29, 2012, most of Lower Manhattan lost power.Iwan Baan/Reportage by Getty ImagesExtreme storms such as Hurricane Sandy have pushed the U.S....
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How To Create A More Resilient Power Grid
Home GridDavviWhen a failure occurs along a line now, everything downstream from that point loses power. But there's a better way. HOME1) Generate Power Home solar systems can save money and reduce...
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Oklahoma Students Design Drones That Can Fly Into Tornadoes
Category F5 tornado near Elie, Manitoba, on June 22, 2007Justin Hobson via Wikimedia CommonsThe remotely piloted vehicles could one day replace storm chasers, who risk their lives to capture valuable...
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How Mayor Bloomberg Plans To Strengthen NYC Against Rising Seas
East Williamsburg floodingMartha HarbisonThe New York City mayor's new $20 billion storm preparation plan is based on some scary data about how the city will look by the 2050s. Earlier today, New York...
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Sensors Mounted On Commercial Airliners Networked For Most Accurate Weather...
Storm Seekers AirDat's Tamdar sensors, currently installed on the nosecones of 160 commercial airplanes, beam real-time atmospheric data to forecasters. Courtesy AirDat; Courtesy EMBRAER Last...
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Since When Did We Have a Colony On Mars?
Sydney Dust Storm Gavin Marchio/FlickrThat's what it looks like, doesn't it? In reality this is Sydney, Australia, Earth, shrouded in a severe dust storm that has covered much of the country's eastern...
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National Weather Service Enlists Twitter Users and Drivers to Crowdsource...
Roving Weather Report Beep beep, I'm using Twitter! NOAA Give the National Weather Service some credit for some clever crowdsourcing experiments. It has just launched a Twitter-based program to...
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This Is Your Massive Snowstorm, America
Huge Winter Storm NASA Goddard Flickr Stream This January may have been the snowiest month on record here in New York, but it looks like the winter isn't anywhere near ready to stop vomiting snow all...
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Unseen Currents: A Blind Oceanographer Chases Undersea Storms
The Good Ship Knorr Chris Gall As we pass through the Strait of Belle Isle and emerge from the shelter of Newfoundland's lee, the first mate pipes instructions from the bridge: Lash down or stow all...
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