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U.S. Coast Guard Sinks Japanese Ghost Ship – Photos and Video by FYI Daily News on Apr 7, 2012U.S. Coast Guard Sinks Japanese Ghost Ship – Photos and VideoJapanese Ghost ShipA massive tsunami that hit Japan last year made a devastating damage to the affected cities and seaports of Japan.It was reported by several international news sites th...

X-Class Solar Flare May Endanger Astronauts And Satellites In Orbit (Video) by FYI Daily News on Mar 7, 2012 X-Class Solar Flare May Endanger Astronauts And Satellites In Orbit (Video)The sun erupted with two major flares on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.  One of the major solar flare is the second most powerful eruption in the sun.The two major solar f...

SOLAR FLARE 2012: Sun, Releasing X5.4-Class Solar Flare (Video) by FYI Daily News on Mar 7, 2012SOLAR FLARE 2012: Sun, Releasing  X5.4-Class Solar Flare (Video)There are two (2) huge major solar flares erupted on Sun late Tuesday night, March 6, 2012, reports said.One of the solar storms is considered as the most powerful and intense solar...

Hurricane Irene is a big one! by digital explorations on Aug 27, 2011Here is a photo of a current active hurricane which makes some of my US based High School classmates apprehensive. From NOAA.gov, here is the latest announcement: Category 2 Hurricane Irene Approaches the Outer Banks Having weakened slightly overnigh...

NOAA: Record 226 tornadoes in 24 hours last week – Associated Press by Philippines on May 2, 2011WASHINGTON (AP) — Preliminary government estimates say there were more tornadoes in a single day last week than any other day in history. Government analysts say there were 312 tornadoes during last week’s outbreak, including a record-set...

Research Problems for the SERC Subcenter by Padre Faura's Notebook on Nov 17, 201017 Nov 2010 Dear Fr. Dan, Below are four research problems that may interest your students. The problems are mostly data analysis.  I’ll look for other problems if you still need more, depending on your students’ research interests. Rese...

Supertyphoon Megi updates: Stunning flash animations of wide Pacific in various light frequency bands by digital explorations on Oct 17, 2010Call it luck, but finally we were able to find the best source of animated flash videos of current weather in the wide Pacific including the Philippines region. The url is NOAA.gov . Yes it caters mostly to US weather reporting but still there is a w...

Looking for the oil? NOAA says it’s mostly gone – The Associated Press by Online News 28 - Top Stories in U.S. on Aug 4, 2010The Hindu Looking for the oil? NOAA says it's mostly goneThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — With a startling report that some researchers call more spin than science, the government said Wednesday that the mess made by the BP oil spill in the G...

Remaining Oil Rapidly Degrading in Gulf, NOAA Chief Says – Bloomberg by Top Stories in the U.S. on Aug 4, 2010The Guardian Remaining Oil Rapidly Degrading in Gulf, NOAA Chief SaysBloombergThe oil remaining in the Gulf of Mexico from BP Plc's damaged well is undergoing “rapid degradation” and most of the spilled crude has been skimmed, burned, evapo...

NOAA: Gulf seafood tested so far is safe to eat by Philippines on Jul 11, 2010By BRIAN SKOLOFF 2010-07-10T11:47:35Z APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) — Shrimp, grouper, tuna and other seafood snatched from the fringes of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico are safe to eat, according to a federal agency inspecting the catch…. View...