279890 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://phys.org/news/2014-07-antarctic-lakes-theory-dries.html(Phys.org) —Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, and always has been, with new research showing the previous "mega-lake theory" holds no water.Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:08:00 +0200phys-b42f071e0feb68a87b706050882bda0820140722150800http://phys.org/news/2014-07-tropical-storm-wali-remnants-hawaii.htmlOn July 19, NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center noted that Wali didn't even make it to the Big Island, but moisture associated with the storm did. NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured an image of the remnant low southwest of the Big Island, and a moisture stream that extended over it.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:06:00 +0200phys-4926af0cec98578bd0f3b915a005002620140721190600http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=267770851&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner&utm_campaign=Feed:%20staradvertiser_rss%20%28Staradvertiser%20Headlines%29Wali is no longer a tropical storm, but still poses a threat to the Hawaiian Islands with heavy rain. It's due to arrive Saturday morning at the Big Island's doorstep.Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:21:00 +0200HonululuAdvertiser-2720c0396dab486330c805de2f1740af20140719142100http://phys.org/news/2014-07-nasa-satellite-birth-tropical-storm.htmlThe first tropical cyclone of the season has formed in the Central Pacific Ocean as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Tropical Storm Wali formed southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii, and now that it's nearing, a Flash Flood Watch has been posted for all of the islands.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:26:00 +0200phys-3471070d5300c207d445e037f004c44620140718192600