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by Debra Werner — July 2, 2020 On Aug. 31, 2012, a giant prominence on the sun erupted, sending out particles and a shock wave that traveled near Earth. This event may have been one of the causes of a third radiation belt that appeared around Earth a few days…

by Debra Werner — June 26, 2020 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks to dramatically increase the supply of radio occultation soundings it feeds into weather forecast models. At the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting in January, Steve Volz, NOAA assistant administrator for satellite and information services, said the…

On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, for the Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft.Read More

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley shared this view of the Sahara dust plume on June 21. NASA/Doug Hurley It's not just hurricanes we have to worry about in the Atlantic in 2020. A tremendous dust plume generated by the Sahara desert in northern Africa has crossed the ocean and is impacting…

Artwork shows Xplore’s Xcraft probe observing the sun in different spectral bands. (Xplore Illustration)Seattle-based Xplore has won a $670,111 award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to look into the feasibility of sending a solar observatory to a gravitational balance point that’s a million miles from Earth. From that…

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, right, gives a tour to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, of the Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Doral, Fla. Wolf, who also toured the National Hurricane Center, spoke during a news conference on the on DHS's operational readiness for the…

There are two lightly reported stories in the news that really highlight the norm-breaking and criminality of the Trump administration. One involves the nation’s inspectors general and the other the administration’s treatment of science. Anyone who might care about these subjects is most likely already in Biden’s camp, but they should get wider circulation…

Markers aren’t magic — Report finds problems but can’t talk to the people who ordered a key statement. Scott K. Johnson - Jun 16, 2020 4:40 pm UTC Enlarge / President Trump points to a map that has undergone some post-printing modifications. Chip Somodevilla President Trump not only refused to…

The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Last month was the joint-hottest May on record, according to new data, signalling that 2020 is likely to have some of the highest temperatures the planet has experienced in modern history.…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. agency that warns of dangerous weather violated its policy on scientific integrity with a statement last year backing a tweeted forecast by President Donald Trump about the path of a hurricane, according to a report released on Monday. Trump wrote on Twitter…