13th Annual NOAA CREST Day

Time : April 30, 2014 from 10 a.m. Location : The City College of NY 140 Convent Ave-Steinman Hall Room 107 New York, NY 10031 Address : Get Directions Learn about CREST Opportunities– fellowships, Summer Internships and jobs after graduations Interact one-on-one
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Polar Vortex Enters Northern U.S.

Polar Vortex Enters Northern U.S. The polar vortex is a whirling and persistent large area of low pressure, found typically over both North and South poles. The northern polar vortex was pushing southward over western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota on Monday, Jan.
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Blast from the sun on path towards Earth

Forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) are expecting G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm conditions to occur on Earth Jan. 9 and 10. The source of this pulse to the geomagnetic field is an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), a burst of charged particles
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Rising Tide Is a Mystery That Sinks Island Hopes

LAGO ENRIQUILLO, Dominican Republic — Steadily, mysteriously, like in an especially slow science fiction movie, the largest lake in the Caribbean has been rising and rising, devouring tens of thousands of acres of farmland, ranches and whatever else stands in its way.
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Extreme Weather Events : More to Come?

By Carolyn Gramling, via Washingtom Post While 2012 was a rough year around the globe, it wasn’t because of the Planet X/Mayan calendar doomsday reasons people feared. Instead, it was a year of extreme weather: drought and heat waves in the United
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