Atmosphere News

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Deconstructing a Mystery: What Caused Snowmaggedon?

Posted February 1, 2012:

• NASA's GCPEx Mission: What We Don't Know About Snow
• Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth
• Less Summer Arctic Sea Ice Cover Means Colder, Snowier Winters in Central Europe
• First Plants Caused Ice Ages, New Research Reveals
• Coastal Waters Produce Halogenated Organic Molecules That Exacerbate Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Earth's Energy Budget Remained out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity, Study Finds

Posted January 27, 2012:

• NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'
• Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects: RAD Measures Radiation from Solar Storm

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Injecting Sulfate Particles Into Stratosphere Won't Fully Offset Climate Change
• Classifying Solar Eruptions

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Space Weather Arrives: Relatively Minor Impacts Expected from Solar Storm

Posted January 23, 2012:

• Strongest Solar Radiation Storm Since 2005

Posted January 22, 2012:

• Sunshade Geoengineering More Likely to Improve Global Food Security, Research Suggests

Posted January 19, 2012:

• NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
• Low Temperatures Enhance Ozone Degradation Above the Arctic

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Climate Balancing: Sea-Level Rise Vs. Surface Temperature Change Rates

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Power Generation Is Blowing in the Wind

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Cold Winters Caused by Warmer Summers, Research Suggests
• Offsetting Global Warming: Molecule in Earth's Atmosphere Could 'Cool the Planet'

Posted January 9, 2012:

• Could Siberian Volcanism Have Caused the Earth's Largest Extinction Event?

Posted January 8, 2012:

• Global Warming Caused by Greenhouse Gases Delays Natural Patterns of Glaciation, Researchers Say

Posted December 28, 2011:

• Weather Deserves Medal for Clean Air During 2008 Olympics

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Climate Sensitivity Greater Than Previously Believed

Posted December 19, 2011:

• New Kind of Metal in the Deep Earth: Iron Oxide Undergoes Transition Under Intense Pressures and Temperatures

Posted December 18, 2011:

• Upper Atmosphere Facilitates Changes That Let Mercury Enter Food Chain

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Scientists Find Microbes in Lava Tube Living in Conditions Like Those on Mars

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Increasing Atmospheric Concentrations of New Flame Retardants Found

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Elusive Ultrafine Indoor Air Contaminants Yield to Analysis

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Global Warming 'Not Slowing Down,' Say Researchers
• Global Winds Could Explain Record Rains, Tornadoes
• Early Earth May Have Been Prone to Deep Freezes, Study Finds
• Historic Spanish Analysis of Atmospheric Ozone Highlights the Importance of Chlorofluorocarbon Gases

Posted December 2, 2011:

• Gulf Stream: Charting the Chaotic Current That Warms Norway

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen More Complicated Than Previously Thought

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All the (Geologic) Time
• Gone With the Wind: Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Lightning-Made Waves in Earth's Atmosphere Leak Into Space

Posted November 28, 2011:

• The Shadows in a City Reveal Its Energy Flow

Posted November 24, 2011:

• Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide More Limited Than Extreme Projections, Research Shows

Posted November 20, 2011:

• Carbon Cycling Was Much Smaller During Last Ice Age Than in Today's Climate

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Separating Signal and Noise in Climate Warming

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Deforestation Causes Cooling in Northern U.S., Canada, Study Finds

Posted November 14, 2011:

• New Sources Found for Accumulated Dust on Chinese Loess Plateau

Posted November 13, 2011:

• Rising Air Pollution Worsens Drought, Flooding, New Study Finds

Posted November 11, 2011:

• 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility, Experts Say

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Greenhouse Gas Index Continues to Climb
• Scientists Prepare for Coming ATTREX Climate Study

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