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Extended Solar Minimum Linked to Changes in Sun's Conveyor Belt
August 12, 2010 — A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates ... > full story -
Texas Petrochemical Emissions Down, but Still Underestimated, Says Study
August 11, 2010 — A thick blanket of yellow haze hovering over Houston as a result of chemical pollution from petroleum products may be getting a little bit thinner, according to a new study. But the new findings -- ... > full story -
Rain Contributes to Cycling Patterns of Clouds: Researchers Demonstrate How Honeycomb Clouds Exhibit Self-Organization
August 11, 2010 — Like shifting sand dunes, some clouds disappear in one place and reappear in another. New research shows why: Air movement due to rain forms patterns in low clouds that remain cohesive structures ... > full story -
NASA Instrument Tracks Pollution from Russian Fires
August 7, 2010 — Drought and the worst heat wave Russia has seen in 130 years have sparked a devastating outbreak of wildfires across the nation this summer, primarily in the country's western and central ... > full story -
First Nearshore Survey of Antarctic Krill Reveals High Density, Stable Population in Shallow Waters
August 4, 2010 — Using smaller vessels that allow access to shallow, nearshore waters, researchers conducted the first multi-year survey of the population of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in coastal waters and ... > full story -
Travelling by Car Increases Global Temperatures More Than Travelling by Plane, but Only in the Long Term
August 4, 2010 — Driving alone in a car increases global temperatures in the long run more than making the same long-distance journey by air according to a new study. However, in the short run traveling by air has a ... > full story -
Aurora Alert: The Sun Is Waking Up
August 2, 2010 — Sky viewers might get to enjoy some spectacular Northern Lights, or aurorae. After a long slumber, the Sun is waking up. Early Sunday morning, the Sun's surface erupted and blasted tons of plasma ... > full story -
Ice Core Drilling Effort Will Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks
August 2, 2010 — An international science team that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help ... > full story -
New Carbon Dioxide Emissions Model
August 2, 2010 — Meteorologists have determined exactly how much carbon dioxide humans can emit into the atmosphere while ensuring that the Earth does not heat up by more than two degrees, experts ... > full story -
Oxygen Fuels the Fires of Time
August 2, 2010 — Variations in the Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels are thought to be closely linked to the evolution of life, with strong feedbacks between uni- and multicellular life and oxygen. Over the past 400 ... > full story
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