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Particulate Pollution Combined With Airborne Soot Adds To Global Warming
Particulate pollution
thought to be holding
climate change in check by
reflecting sunlight instead
enhances warming when
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First Global Map Of Ammonia Emissions Measured From Space Reveals New Hotspots
The first complete map of
global ammonia emissions has
recently been achieved using
to satellite data. It
reveals an underestimation
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World's Largest Aerosol Sensing Network Has Leafy Origins
From his office at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, Md., Brent
Holben helps manage the
world's largest network of
... > full story
Space Shuttle Science Shows How 1908 Tunguska Explosion Was Caused By A Comet
The mysterious 1908 Tunguska
explosion that leveled 830
square miles of Siberian
forest was almost certainly
caused by a comet entering
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Global Sunscreen Won't Save Corals
June 26, 2009 — Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would do ... > full story -
Ozone Hole Reduces Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Uptake In Southern Ocean
June 24, 2009 — Does ozone have an impact on the ocean’s role as a “carbon sink”? Yes, according to researchers. Using original simulations, they have demonstrated that the hole in the ozone layer ... > full story -
Sunspots Revealed In Striking Detail By Supercomputers
June 21, 2009 — In a breakthrough that will help scientists unlock mysteries of the Sun and its impacts on Earth, an international team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research has created ... > full story -
Some Particles Cool Climate, Others Add To Global Warming
June 19, 2009 — Particles cool down the climate, but to which extent? This has remained an unanswered question for scientists. A new article in Science brings the scientific community a step closer to solving the ... > full story -
Are Changes In Earth's Main Magnetic Field Induced By Oceans' Circulation?
June 15, 2009 — A researcher has defied the long-standing convention by applying equations from magnetohydrodynamics to our oceans' salt water (which conducts electricity) and found that the long-term changes in the ... > full story -
Drinking Water From Air Humidity
June 8, 2009 — Not a plant to be seen, the desert ground is too dry. But the air contains water, and research scientists have found a way of obtaining drinking water from air humidity. The system is based ... > full story -
Predicting Droughts With Greater Certainty
June 3, 2009 — Using new data and reconstructions of the "Dust Bowl" drought in America during the 1930s, climatologists have shown for the first time a three-dimensional picture of the atmospheric circulation that ... > full story -
Atlantic And East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin For 2009
June 3, 2009 — Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What do Atlantic and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and heights tell forecasters about ... > full story -
Findings From New Upper Atmospheric Radar System For Scientific Research
June 2, 2009 — Scientists have investigated the common horizontal and vertical structures of radar and optical mesospheric clouds. These are the highest altitude clouds, which form in the mesopause, the coldest ... > full story -
Positive Feedback Hint Between Tropical Cyclones And Global Warming
June 1, 2009 — Tropical cyclones could be a significant source of the deep convection that carries moist air upward to the stratosphere, where it can influence climate, according to new ... > full story
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