extreme weather events

Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025 – NASA

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Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025 – NASA

Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument played a significant role in the ability of machine learning algorithms to predict wildfire susceptibility. This result could help support development of effective strategies for predicting, preventing, monitoring, and … Read more

NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets – NASA

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NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets – NASA

Roads and sidewalks in some areas get so hot that skin contact could result in second-degree burns. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have mapped scorching pavement in Phoenix where contact with skin — from a fall, for example — can cause serious burns. The image shows land surface temperatures across a … Read more

NASA Announces New System to Aid Disaster Response – NASA Science

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NASA Announces New System to Aid Disaster Response – NASA Science

The team behind NASA’s Disaster Response Coordination System gathers science, technology, data, and expertise from across the agency and provides it to emergency managers. The new system will be able to provide up-to-date information on fires, earthquakes, landslides, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme events. Source link

What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays! – NASA Science

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What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays! – NASA Science

There are an estimated 1,800 thunderstorms occurring on Earth at any given moment. Over its first 10 years in space, Fermi spotted about 5,000 terrestrial gamma-ray flashes. But scientists estimate that there are 1,000 of these flashes every day – we’re just seeing the ones that are within 500 miles of Fermi’s regular orbits, which don’t cover the U.S. … Read more

Hawaii starts probe into wildfire handling, as toll hits 80

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Hawaii starts probe into wildfire handling, as toll hits 80

Hawaii‘s chief legal officer said Friday she was opening a probe into the handling of devastating wildfires that killed at least 80 people in the state this week, as criticism grows of the official response. The announcement and increased death toll came as residents of Lahaina were allowed back into the town for the first … Read more

Inflation, extreme weather events could spoil the party for India Inc in Bharat

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Inflation, extreme weather events could spoil the party for India Inc in Bharat

On Sunday afternoons in April 2020, 27-year-old Ashima Dhawan stealthily took driving lessons within her apartment complex on Madh Island in Mumbai. A nationwide lockdown was on to contain the spread of coronavirus, and asking a friend to teach her to drive was Dhawan’s way of coping with the isolation. She soon bought a Maruti … Read more