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  Bugs in the Atmosphere: Significant Microorganism Populations Found in Middle and Upper Troposphere

  January 28, 2013 — In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers used genomic techniques to document the presence of significant numbers of living microorganisms -- principally bacteria -- in the ... > full story
• Atmosphere
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  Cities Affect Temperatures for Thousands of Miles

  January 27, 2013 — Even if you live more than 1,000 miles from the nearest large city, it could be affecting your weather. New research shows that the heat generated by everyday activities in metropolitan areas ... > full story
• Tsunamis
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  The Storm That Never Was: Why Meteorologists Are Often Wrong

  January 24, 2013 — Have you ever woken up to a sunny forecast only to get soaked on your way to the office? On days like that it's easy to blame the weatherman. But engineering professor Julie Crockett doesn't get mad ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  2012 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend, NASA Finds

  January 15, 2013 — Scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998, the nine warmest years in the 132-year record ... > full story
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  Where There's Smoke or Smog, There's Climate Change

  January 15, 2013 — In addition to causing smoggy skies and chronic coughs, soot -- or black carbon -- turns out to be the number two contributor to global warming. It's second only to carbon dioxide, according to a ... > full story
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  Gas That Triggers Ozone Destruction Revealed

  January 13, 2013 — Scientists have made a significant discovery about the cause of the destruction of ozone over ... > full story
• Climate
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  NASA Chases Climate Change Clues Into the Stratosphere

  January 9, 2013 — Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how ... > full story
• Air Pollution
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  Groundbreaking Air-Cleaner Saves Polluting Industrials

  December 28, 2012 — Industries across Europe are threatened with shutdown as European Union emission rules for Volatile Organic Compounds are tightened. Now an air cleaning invention has proven its ability to remove ... > full story
• Air Quality
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  Plumes Across the Pacific Deliver Thousands of Microbial Species to North American West Coast

  December 17, 2012 — Microorganisms -- 99 percent more kinds than had been reported in findings published just four months ago -- are leaping the biggest gap on the planet. Hitching rides in the upper troposphere, ... > full story
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  'Gusty Winds' in Space Turbulence: First Direct Measurement of Its Kind in the Lab

  December 17, 2012 — Imagine riding in an airplane as the plane is jolted back and forth by gusts of wind that you can't prove exist but are there nonetheless. Similar turbulence exists in space, and a research team has ... > full story

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