4MIN News March 6, 2013: Ice Age, Methane, Spaceweather

Published on Mar 6, 2013

Earth & Space Weather

Drought declared across northern New Zealand

Weatherzone By New Zealand correspondent Dominique Schwartz, Wednesday March 6, 2013 - 18:18 EDT

A state of drought has been declared in much of New Zealand's North Island.

Northland and the north of Auckland were given official drought status last month.

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Earth & Space Weather

25 Jaw-Dropping Volcano Photos

The Weather Channel Published: Mar 4, 2013, 7:40 AM EST

Pu'u O'o vent summit cone of Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. © G. Brad Lewis

Earth & Space Weather

Aquarius satellite: One year observing the salty seas

The Watchers By Adonai – Posted on February 27, 2013

Launched on June 10, 2011, aboard the Argentine spacecraft Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D, Aquarius is NASA’s first satellite instrument specifically built to study the salt content of ocean surface waters.

Earth & Space Weather

Big Story Weather – March 4, 2013

redOrbit-March 5, 2013- Joshua Kelly

Big Story Weather from March 1-3: The cold weather that hit the Gulf Coast and Southeast caused some minor damage to crops in Florida over the weekend. The other big story of the weekend was the development of our next powerful storm system which is moving into the Plains today.

Weather Outlook for March 4: High pressure over Florida will bring a nice day to the Southeast and Gulf Coast. This will also push into the Mid-Atlantic region. A few remaining snow showers will be found over Maine today. The next powerful storm system is pushing into the Northern Plains and will bring moderate snowfall to the region. Dry conditions will prevail out west. Below is the weather for a few select cities.

Earth & Space Weather

Tropical Cyclone Rusty left flooded rivers and lakes in north-western Australia

The Watchers-by Chillymanjaro-March 5, 2013

Tropical Cyclone Rusty made landfall in northwestern Australia in late February 2013, coming ashore east of Port Hedland and bringing strong winds to the community of Pardoo. Rusty’s heavy rainfall forced Australian Bureau of Meteorology to issue a flood warning for the catchment of the De Gray River on March 4, 2013.