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Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts
February 15, 2013 — A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission -- the perfect platform for this pint-size, ... > full story -
Isotope Patterns in Ancient Volcanic Sulfur Tell Which Global Cooling Episodes Were Caused by Volcanic Eruptions
February 11, 2013 — Volcanoes are well known for cooling the climate. But just how much and when has been a bone of contention among historians, glaciologists and archeologists. Now a team of atmosphere chemists has ... > full story -
NASA Scientists Build First-Ever Wide-Field X-Ray Imager
February 7, 2013 — Three NASA scientists teamed up to develop and demonstrate NASA's first wide-field-of-view soft X-ray camera for studying "charge exchange," a poorly understood phenomenon that occurs when the solar ... > full story -
Smartphones, Tablets Help Researchers Improve Storm Forecasts
February 6, 2013 — Atmospheric scientists are using pressure readings from some new smartphones and tablet computers to improve short-term thunderstorm forecasts. A weather station in every pocket would offer an ... > full story -
Twenty NASA Balloons Studying the Radiation Belts
February 5, 2013 — In the bright, constant sun of the Antarctic summer, a NASA-funded team is launching balloons. There are twenty of these big, white balloons, each of which sets off on a different day for a leisurely ... > full story -
Gases Work With Particles to Promote Cloud Formation
February 4, 2013 — Researchers have shown that certain volatile organic gases can promote cloud formation in a way never considered before by atmospheric scientists. They say this is the first time gases have been ... > full story -
Evidence of Geological 'Facelift' in the Appalachians
January 31, 2013 — How does a mountain range maintain its youthful, rugged appearance after 200 million years without tectonic activity? Try a geological facelift -- courtesy of Earth's ... > full story -
Ozone Depletion Trumps Greenhouse Gas Increase in Jet-Stream Shift
January 31, 2013 — Depletion of Antarctic ozone is a more important factor than increasing greenhouse gases in shifting the Southern Hemisphere jet stream in a southward direction, according to ... > full story -
Ozone Thinning Has Changed Ocean Circulation
January 31, 2013 — A hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has changed the way that waters in the southern oceans mix, a situation that has the potential to alter the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and ... > full story -
Disappearing Homing Pigeon Mystery Solved
January 30, 2013 — Homing pigeons are remarkable navigators. Although they are able to find their loft from almost any location, they do get lost occasionally. The reason why had been a mystery until a scientist ... > full story
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