Unmanned aircraft could boost hurricane-monitoring
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Unmanned aircraft like those used by the U.S. military in Iraq will increasingly be used to monitor storms, a role currently performed by manned aircraft, weather officials said on Tuesday.
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Tropical activity is possible in a couple of days in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a report Tuesday.
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Thousands of miles from the rain and wind of Hurricane Ivan, a model of the storm swirls in the memory and processors of a supercomputer that can predict its likely course and strength.
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Is our mishandling of the environment to blame for  the well-documented increase in the frequency and  severity of hurricanes? The answer is unclear.
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Watching for changes in the inner eyewall of a hurricane may help forecasters overcome one of their most perplexing challenges: predicting sudden strengthening or weakening.
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COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&amp;M University is chipping in to help Florida forecasters track monstrous Hurricane Frances as it approaches the coast.
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Human pilots too dangerous to tolerate any longer? American air-safety authorities have issued a lengthy list of new recommendations regarding the operation of flying robots in US airspace, following the crash of a Predator drone on border-patrol duties last year.â¦
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The first wave of hurricane hunter planes penetrated and circled Hurricane Frances on Sunday as scientists employed every tool at their disposal to learn more about an intense
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The latest tiny flying robot that could help in search and rescue or surveillance has been unveiled in Japan.
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Moth antennae have gyroscope-like sensors to help them control their flight, scientists say.
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The latest tracking research from UK scientists may prove vital in protecting the endangered albatross.
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A sea-going robotic glider that harvests heat energy from the oceans is tested by US scientists.
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Radar technology to provide 3D data on players and golf ball movement to viewers.
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The European polar satellite MetOp-A, launched last year, is already improving weather predictions and will soon help global environmental and security monitoring, scientists said here Monday.
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The prospect that a tropical storm and a hurricane &#151; or possibly two hurricanes &#151; could strike Florida on the same day is something meteorologists say they have never seen.
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The Army Corps of Engineers is rethinking the way it assesses hurricane risk.
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OTTAWA (CP) - An unmanned surveillance aircraft that could one day be used to patrol Canada's sprawling coastline will start zooming through the skies over the Atlantic and the Arctic within days.