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Big Hole Filled in Cloud Research
July 1, 2011 — Under certain conditions, private and commercial propeller planes and jet aircraft may induce odd-shaped holes or canals into clouds as they fly through them. These holes and canals have long ... > full story -
Takeoffs and Landings Cause More Precipitation Near Airports, Researchers Find
June 30, 2011 — Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions. ... > full story -
Aircraft Influence the Local Weather, New Study Shows; Inadvertent Cloud Seeding Can Increase Precipitation Around Major Airports
June 30, 2011 — As airplanes fly through the clouds, they often punch holes through the ones that contain supercooled water, or water that has remained in liquid form below its freezing point. Now, researchers say ... > full story -
Climate Change Increases the Risk of Ozone Damage to Plants, Swedish Research Finds
June 30, 2011 — Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant that harms humans and plants. Both climate and weather play a major role in ozone damage to plants. Researchers in Sweden have now shown that climate change has ... > full story -
Understanding Impacts of Aerosols and Trace Gases on Climate and Air Quality
June 29, 2011 — Atmospheric aerosol particles (otherwise known as particulate matter) have been masking the true rate of greenhouse gas induced global warming during the industrial period. New investigations show ... > full story -
New Insights on How Solar Minimums Affect Earth
June 14, 2011 — Since 1611, humans have recorded the comings and goings of black spots on the sun. The number of these sunspots waxes and wanes over approximately an 11-year cycle -- more sunspots generally mean ... > full story -
NASA Sees the Sun Having a Solar Blast
June 7, 2011 — The Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class (minor) radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7, 2011 from sunspot complex 1226-1227. The large cloud ... > full story -
GPS Stations Can Detect Clandestine Nuclear Tests
June 7, 2011 — At the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization meeting, American researchers are unveiling a new tool for detecting illegal nuclear explosions: the Earth's global positioning system (GPS). ... > full story -
Air Quality Worsened by Paved Surfaces: Widespread Urban Development Alters Weather Patterns
June 7, 2011 — New research focusing on the Houston area suggests that widespread urban development alters wind patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to build up during warm summer weather ... > full story -
Bleach in the Icelandic Volcanic Cloud
May 27, 2011 — Chlorine in the ash plume of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull attacked atmospheric trace gases. One year after the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland brought European air traffic to ... > full story
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