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Airborne Campaign Preparing to Probe Pollution-Climate Link
The floor of a NASA hangar
and an adjacent laboratory
in Southern California's
high desert have been in
constant motion this month
as scientists prepare their
... > full story
Catching Aerosols in a CATS Eye
Quick looks by a special
CATS-eye attached to the
International Space Station
will help scientists catalog
and track particles in
Earth's atmosphere and act
as a pathfinder for a new
... > full story
Planetary 'Runaway Greenhouse' More Easily Triggered, Research Shows
It might be easier than
previously thought for a
planet to overheat into the
scorchingly uninhabitable
"runaway greenhouse" stage,
... > full story
Removing Pollutants and Contaminants from Wastewater
Scientists have developed
several effective processes
for eliminating persistent
pollutants from wastewater.
Some of these processes
generate reactive species
... > full story
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More Accurate Model of Climate Change's Effect on Soil
August 1, 2013 — Scientists have developed a new computer model to measure global warming's effect on soil worldwide that accounts for how bacteria and fungi in soil control ... > full story -
Radio Waves Carry News of Climate Change: Surprising Tool to Measure Our Changing Climate
July 30, 2013 — Radio waves reflecting back to Earth from the ionosphere can offer valuable news about the extent of climate change. His simple, cost-effective measurement can be a valuable contribution to the ... > full story -
Seeing Photosynthesis from Space: NASA Scientists Use Satellites to Measure Plant Health
July 24, 2013 — NASA scientists have established a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside plants at a cellular level. Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts ... > full story -
Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rises
July 24, 2013 — NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon dioxide when temperatures rise, unlike ecosystems in other parts of the ... > full storyMore: -
Atmospheric Rivers Set to Increase UK Winter Flooding
July 24, 2013 — The prolonged heat wave that has bathed the UK in sunshine over the past month has given the country an unexpected taste of summer that has seemed to be missing in recent years. However, a new study ... > full story -
It's Not Just the Heat, It's the Ozone: Hidden Heat Wave Dangers Exposed
July 19, 2013 — During heat waves – when ozone production rises as plants’ ozone absorption is curtailed -- more pollution is left in the air. This resulted in the loss of an estimated 460 lives in the ... > full story -
Air Pollution Responsible for More Than 2 Million Deaths Worldwide Each Year, Experts Estimate
July 12, 2013 — More than two million deaths occur globally each year as a direct result of human-caused outdoor air pollution, a new study has found. In addition, while it has been suggested that a changing climate ... > full story -
Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Observed in Europe
July 12, 2013 — This summer, Canada is experiencing unusually extensive wildfires. This week alone, 341 new forest fires have consumed a total area of 616,000 hectares. The smoke clouds produced by the fires in ... > full story -
Earth's Core Affects Length of Day
July 11, 2013 — Researchers have found that variations in the length of day over periods of between one and 10 years are caused by processes in the Earth's ... > full story -
Trees Use Water More Efficiently as Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises
July 10, 2013 — Though studies have long predicted that more efficient forest water use would result from increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, biologists, using data collected in the northeastern ... > full story
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