Geography in the news (9/15/08)

Detailed aerial images of coastal Texas after Hurricane Ike passed through (9/13/08). Web site developed by NOAA. http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/ike/IKE0000.HTM

Geography in the news (9/10/08)

View recent images and animations of our earth at NASA's Visible Earth. Web site suggested by Professor John Cottrell (MCC). For more, go to: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/. The image below shows 3 typhoons in the western Pacific (Aug. 7, 2006).

Geography in the news (9/1/08)

Fall semester starts Tuesday, Sept. 2. Welcome back!

Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. Image taken on August 31, 2008. Image from Earth Observatory (NASA).

Geography in the news (7/21/08)

Weather and Climate starts Monday, July 21st.

Picture below shows a dust storm over Chile and Argentina. Image from Earth Observatory (NASA).

Geography in the news (5/7/08)

Four geography classes @ MCC submitted their essay and poster electronically, saving more than a thousand pages of paper! Please go to the following web site to learn how professors can access students’ class folder and how students’ can access their student storage.

Visit MCC's Sustainability Green Tip of the week.

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Geography in the news (4/29/08)

Dust plumes over Kazakstan and the Aral Sea. Millions of cloud condensation nuclei! Photo credit: Operational Significant Event Imagery and NOAA. http://www.osei.noaa.gov/iod.html

Geography in the news (3/28/08)

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a massive ice shelf is breaking off from Antarctica Peninsula. The Wilkins ice shelf, 7 times the size of Manhattan Island is just about to break off. For more, see CNN's article or the NY Times.

Geography in the news (3/13/08)

Dust Storms over Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the coasts of Yemen and Oman. The image combines the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on two diffferent NASA satellite's. For more, go to Earth Observatory Natural Hazards web page.

NASA image Credit: Jeff Schmaltz (MODIS Rapid Response team).

Geography in the news (3/4/08)

View a recent photograph of Perth, New Jersey, taken by an astronaut with a Kodak 760C digital camera. William L. Stefanov (NASA-JSC) writes, the "rich clay beds in the region, formed during the Cretaceous Era (about 65–144 million years ago), provided raw materials for numerous pottery and terra cotta manufacturers during the nineteenth century." Read more below...

"The city was an industrial and shipping center and a resort destination through the early to mid-twentieth century. While the majority of the industrial factory facilities have left Perth Amboy, petroleum processing and storage remains part of the economic base."

To click on a larger image, go to: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images_large/ISS016-E-18493_lrg.jpg Photo courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

Geography in the news (2/24/08)

1) View a recent MODIS image of ice cover on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario (Feb 24th, 2008).

2) "The mega-iceberg A53a (below, middle image) measured close to 50 kilometers by 22 kilometers, about seven times the area of Manhattan Island, in mid-January 2008 when astronauts took the photographs for this mosaic." Photos from NASA Earth Observatory.

Geography in the news (2/7/08)

Tornado's cause widespread damage and fatalities in TN and AR. 

For more, read the preliminary storm team survey from NWS in Nashville.  Radar loop of severe storm outbreak on 2/5/08.  Storm damage photos from NWS Nashville. Storm velocities radar loop from NWS Huntsville, AL. More storm photos from NWS Huntsville.

Geography in the news (1/31/08)

Strong cold front drops temperature from 50 degrees F to 27 degrees F in two hours.  Gusts up to 61 mph @ ROC. Detailed Weather Obs.

Wind Chill temperatures to - 49 degrees F and air temperature down to - 21 degrees F in Duluth, MN on 1/30/08.  More cold details from the NWS in Duluth.

Geography in the news (1/21/08)

2007 - 10th Warmest in US, 5th warmest Worldwide. 
For more, read article from NOAA's National Climate Data Center.

Geography in the news (1/9/08)

Damaging Winds in Rochester, NY

January EF3 Tornado in Northern Illinois

Photo by: Aaron Brackett http://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/

2008/01/dramatic_photo_captures_twiste.html 

Geography in the news (12/29/07)

Climate Change and Permafrost

Photo: Thawing of ice-rich permafrost on North

Slope, Alaska.  Photo taken June 2003 by J. Little.

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