Southern Mississippi: Next round of potential severe weather arrives March 3rd/4th

Enjoy the sunshine and dry weather this weekend. The next round of storms arrives on March 3rd / 4th. the Storm Prediction Center has highlighted the area with a Slight Risk for severe weather. From…

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Liquid water may exist near the surface of Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Interactive Europa graphic provided by NASA We may all be focused on finding liquid water on Mars, but some planetary scientists are looking for liquid water in some very – VERY! – remote places. A…

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Forecast: “Rain. Because we are in Oregon. And when is there not rain?”

KBVR-TV, the campus TV station at Oregon State, was one of my favorite places to test my broadcasting skills. And it looks like, for current students, not much has changed. I’m not sure if Tanis…

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Biogeographer Andy Reese discusses his research of an underwater forest in the Gulf of Mexico

In South Mississippi, counting pollen is usually done by sneezes. Or square feet. Not individually under a microscope. But, most of the pollen being counted by south Mississippians isn’t 60,000 years old. Trapped under the…

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Ask NASA: Melting arctic ice could lead to increase in atmospheric methane

Your browser does not support the video tag. For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic’s permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth’s climate continues to warm, that…

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