NASA data helps pinpoint wildfire threats
. While information from sophisticated satellites and instruments have recently allowed scientists to quickly determine the exact location of wildfires and to monitor their movement, this geoscience research offers a step toward predicting their development and could complement data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellites used to help calculate fire potential a...NASA-funded robotic sub finds bottom of world's deepest sinkhole
PITTSBURGH -- A robotic vehicle designed for underwater exploration plunged repeatedly into the depths of Mexicos mysterious El Zacatn sinkhole in late May, finding its previously undiscovered bottom 318 meters below the surface and generating a sonar map of its inner dimensions. The vehicle employed autonomous navigation and mapping systems developed by Carnegie Mellon Universitys Robotics Inst...Fused nasal bones helped tyrannosaurids dismember prey
... ... Snively and co-authors, number-crunching physicist Donald Henderson from th...NASA-funded robotic sub makes final dive to reach bottom of Earth's deepest sinkhole
... ... Previous expeditions tested the robotic probe that will make the dive. The Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer, known as DEPTHX, is a tangerine-shaped submarine design...NASA mission explores world's deepest sinkhole
PITTSBURGH -- A NASA-funded expedition, including researchers from Carnegie Mellon Universitys Robotics Institute, will begin searching for the submerged bottom of Mexicos El Zacatn sinkhole with a robotic submarine the week of May 14.... Zacatn, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, is a geothermal sinkhole, or cenote, that is more than 282 meters deep. Nobody has ever reached bottom and at leas...NASA predicts nongreen plants on other planets
... ... "We can identify the stronges...Global study concludes 'attack rate' of flu in kids is 55 percent lower with nasal spray vaccine
... "Children get the flu twice as often as adults," said Robert Belshe, M.D., a vaccine researcher at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the lead author of the study. "It's important to vaccinate kids against influenza -- and to identi...Walking tall: UH student working on space suit redesign for NASA
... ... To begin her study, Scott-P...Flu shot effective against drifted influenza, nasal spray vaccine less so
... ... Earlier studies had suggested that the nasal spray, sold by MedImmune as FluMist, might offer better protection against drifte...NASA ice images aid study of Pacific walrus arctic habitats
... Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus d...NASA sets briefing on how climate warming affects marine life
... ... http://www.nasa.gov/cen...NASA snow data helps maintain nation's largest, oldest bison herd
... The Yellowstone bison are the only herd in lower North America to survive since prehistoric times. Hunting and later poaching dwindled their number down to fe...NASA satellite data helps assess the health of Florida's coral reef
... The project was the first comprehensive assessment of the resiliency of reefs along the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary is administered by NOAA in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Sanctuary stretches from the Dry Tortugas to the southern boundary of Biscayne National Park....NASA hosts Arctic sea ice media teleconference
... ... With the annual minimum perennial sea ice period less than one month away, researchers from NASA and the Natio...NASA study solves ocean plant mystery
... ... The study focused on phytoplankton in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It is an area of the ocean that plays a particularly important role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide and the world's climat...NASA announces media briefing about ocean plant growth
... ... Paula Bontempi, ocean biology and biogeochemistry program scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington... Michael J. Behrenfeld, ocean plant ecologist, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.... Scott Doney, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.... Oscar Schofield, Associate Professor, A...NASA assists search for woodpecker thought to be extinct
... ... The question of whether the species still exists started when a kayaker reported sp...Global coral reef assessment built on NASA images
... ... The assessmen...NASA helps researchers diagnose recent coral bleaching at Great Barrier reef
An international team of scientists are working at a rapid pace to study environmental conditions behind the fast-acting and widespread coral bleaching currently plaguing Australia's Great Barrier Reef. NASA's satellite data supply scientists with near-real-time sea surface temperature and ocean color data to give them faster than ever insight into the impact coral bleaching can have on global ec...NASA scientists study pollution's origins and air quality impact
In Mexico City, a team of researchers from NASA and other institutions have kicked off the first phase of one of the most complex field campaigns ever undertaken in atmospheric chemistry. Researchers will use data from research satellites, aircraft and ground-based instruments to investigate the transformation of air pollution as it flows downwind from Mexico City and learn more about impacts of...NASA sees 2004's Hurricane Charley slice a Florida island
Hurricane Charley came ashore on the southwest coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, and changed the look of North Captiva Island. ... ...The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are studying the effects of Charley as part of a cooperative research project investigating coastal change. ... ...The USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Pr...NASA technology monitors wildlife habitats from the air
Two rare species, California spotted owls in the Sierra Nevada and the Delmarva fox squirrel in the mid-Atlantic U.S. have something in common. Using NASA technology, scientists have been able to identify habitats to help forest managers monitor and protect these species and other wildlife. ......The recent research shows that airborne laser scanning with Light Detecting And Ranging (LiDAR) can b...NASA develops a 'nugget' to search for life in space
Astrobiologists, who search for evidence of life on other planets, may find a proposed Neutron/Gamma ray Geologic Tomography (NUGGET) instrument to be one of the most useful tools in their toolbelt....... As conceived by scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., NUGGET would be able to generate three-dimensional images of fossils embedded in an outcrop of rock or ben...UT Southwestern gets NASA grant to study human cells' response to radiation
DALLAS July 27, 2005 A team of researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has embarked on a four-year research mission funded by a $1.2 million grant from NASA to explore the damage to human DNA caused by radiation that penetrates hulls of spacecrafts and space stations. ...Led by principal investigator Dr. Sandeep Burma, assistant professor of radiation oncology, the UT Southwestern team wi...NASA probe could reveal comet life, scientists claim
Cardiff (UK) scientists are playing a major role in a NASA mission, which they believe could reveal living matter in the icy layers beneath the surface of a comet....... NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will make a historic encounter with Comet Tempel-1 on 4th July, when a metre-long projectile will crash into the comet and tunnel through its outer layers, producing a crater and a plume of gas and d...NASA satellite data capture a big climate effect on tiny ocean life
Turns out that the old clich, "it's the little things that make a difference," is especially true when it comes to our atmosphere and oceans. Tiny ocean plants, or phytoplankton, help regulate the Earth's climate by accounting for about half of the carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, absorbed annually from the atmosphere by plants. But, these organisms are also the base of the marine food web...AGU statement on future of Earth and space science research at NASA
The American Geophysical Union will issue a statement on the...future of Earth and space science research at NASA, in light of the...agency's current priorities. The statement will be issued Tuesday, 7...June 2005, at 0930h EDT by e-mail to recipients of AGU press...releases, on the AGU Web site[ ], and on EurekAlert!.... ...AGU will hold a press conference at its Washington headquarters...to exp...News tips: NASA presentations at Annual 2005 Joint Assembly Meeting
NASA and NASA-funded scientists from will present findings on a variety of Earth and space science topics at the 2005 Joint Assembly Meeting, to be held at the Morial Convention Center, in New Orleans, La., May 23-27, 2005. The press room is located in room 235. ... ... Following are some presentations that members of the media may find newsworthy: ... ... Human "Footprints" in the Atmosphere: An...NASA study finds snow melt causes large ocean plant blooms
A NASA funded study has found a decline in winter and spring snow...cover over Southwest Asia and the Himalayan mountain range is creating...conditions for more widespread blooms of ocean plants in the Arabian...Sea. ......The decrease in snow cover has led to greater differences in both...temperature and pressure systems between the Indian subcontinent and the...Arabian Sea. The pressure differe...NASA study finds tiny particles in air may influence carbon sinks
A NASA-funded study provides direct measurements confirming aerosols, tiny particles in the atmosphere, may be changing how much carbon plants and ecosystems absorb from or release to the air. ......The research is important for understanding climate change and the various factors that influence how much carbon gets transferred from the air into belowground carbon sinks. Carbon dioxide acts as a...NASA study finds soot may be changing the Arctic environment
NASA continues to explore the impact of black carbon or soot on the Earth's climate. NASA uses satellite data and computer models that recreate the climate. ...... New findings show soot may be contributing to changes happening near the North Pole, such as accelerating melting of sea ice and snow and changing atmospheric temperatures. ...... Dorothy Koch of Columbia University, New York, and NASA...NASA satellite sees ocean plants increase, coasts greening
A few years ago, NASA researcher Watson Gregg published a study showing that tiny free-floating ocean plants called phytoplankton had declined in abundance globally by 6 percent between the 1980s and 1990s. A new study by Gregg and his co-authors suggests that trend may not be continuing, and new patterns are taking place....... Why is this important? Well, the tiny ocean plants help regulate our...NASA announces breakthrough in understanding ocean health
...NASA and university researchers are announcing a major breakthrough using satellites to understand the health of our oceans. ......... ......... Thursday, Feb. 10 from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Reporters may dial in toll free at: 877-960-9069. The passcode is PLANKTON. ... ...... Michael Behrenfeld, a former research...NASA research to aid federal invasive species council efforts
NASA recently accepted an invitation to join the National Invasive Species Council (NISC). NASA, in a research capacity, will assist 12 other federal agencies' efforts to combat invasive species across the country. ......An invasive species is an organism, such as a microbe, plant or animal, which entered America through natural processes or with human assistance and whose presence poses a threat...NASA's aura satellite sheds new light on air quality and ozone hole
NASA scientists announced the agency's Aura spacecraft is providing the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and many other pollutants affecting air quality. ... ...For the first time, Aura will help scientists monitor global pollution production and transport with unprecedented spatial resolution. Aura's measurements offer new insights into how climate changes influence th...NASA finds trees and insect outbreaks affect carbon dioxide levels
Winds and changing climate converted parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Texas into a giant 'dust bowl' in the 1930s. In response, the 1937 'Shelterbelt Project' involved the planting of trees to reduce erosion and provide relief from the biting winds that blew soil from farms and drove people west to California. Now, almost 75 years later, NASA scientists have found that planting trees also...NASA and IUCN - The World Conservation Union, the ...world's largest environmental knowledge network, signed a ...joint declaration today in Bangkok, Thailand, to use NASA ...satellite data to help in worldwide conservation efforts....... The purpose of the joint declaration is to improve IUCN ...access to NASA data, technology, images and remote sensing ...products. IUCN members and commissions...A NASA-funded project has created an archive of approximately 1,500 images of worldwide coral reefs. The archive is a tool international researchers will use, as they track reef health.... ...The collection of coral reef images is the basis for a new Internet-based library for the Millennium Coral Reef Project. It was created in a partnership between NASA and the University of South Florida (US...