Tropical cyclone ‘maximum intensity’ is shifting toward poles
(NOAA) – Over the past 30 years, the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting toward the poles in both the northern and southern hemispheres at a…
Category Archives: Earth Observation
More rapid, four foot sea level rise could be unstoppable due to Antarctica Glacier Melt
In some rather disturbing news a new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears…
New – See Live Streaming Video of Earth from HD IIS Cameras
The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment places four commercially available HD cameras on the exterior of the space station and uses them to stream live video of Earth for…
Report confirms that climate change is affecting every region of the United States
The National Climate Assessment provides information about climate change impacts on all major regions of the United States and critical sectors of society. (Source NOAA) – The Obama Administration unveiled the Third U.S….
NOAA GOES Satellite Shows Recent Tornado System -Video
This animation of NOAA’s GOES-East satellite data shows the development and movement of the weather system that spawned tornadoes affecting the southern and eastern U.S. states on April 27-29, 2014….
Iceberg B31, as big as a city, could move into shipping lanes
Knowledgeorb.com reported last November when Iceberg B31 broke off. This iceberg is as big as a city and is now could the enter shipping lanes. The iceberg is 33 kilometers long…
Global Warming – Study shows Earth is going to be a very warm place.
A recent study shows that the calculations which predict the global warming have been off, and not in a good way. New research shows the problem is worse than predicted….
MODIS Image of Winter Storm as it Blankets U.S.
On March 3, a major winter storm brought snow to the mid-Atlantic, freezing rain to the Carolinas and rain and some freezing rain to the Gulf Coast states. The cloud…
