Atmosphere News

Posted February 15, 2011:

• If Greenhouse Gas Emissions Stopped Now, Earth Would Still Likely Get Warmer, New Research Shows
• New Way to Estimate Global Rainfall and Track Ocean Pollution

Posted February 11, 2011:

• Airborne Sensor to Study 'Rivers in the Sky'

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Paper Archives Reveal Pollution's History

Posted February 5, 2011:

• Air Pollutants from Fireplaces and Wood-Burning Stoves Raise Health Concerns

Posted February 2, 2011:

• Ice Cores Yield Rich History of Climate Change
• NASA Satellite Captures U.S. 'Big Chill'
• Monster Cyclone Yasi Eyes Australia in NASA Image

Posted February 1, 2011:

• Cluster Encounters 'Natural Particle Accelerator' Above Earth's Atmosphere: How Northern and Southern Lights Are Generated
• Clean Streets and Intact Road Surfaces Help to Keep the Air Clean

Posted January 31, 2011:

• NASA Satellite Tracks Menacing Australian Cyclone

Posted January 24, 2011:

• No Longer Pining for Organic Molecules to Make Particles in the Air
• What Impact Would Sun Dimming Have on Earth's Weather?

Posted January 21, 2011:

• Stratospheric Warmings: Meteorologists Identify Cause of Cold and Warm Periods During Winter

Posted January 20, 2011:

• NASA Prepares to Launch Next Earth-Observing Satellite Mission

Posted January 18, 2011:

• Loss of Reflectivity in the Arctic Doubles Estimate of Climate Models
• Scientists Develop 3-D Model of the Ionosphere F-Region

Posted January 13, 2011:

• Earth's Hot Past Could Be Prologue to Future Climate

Posted January 11, 2011:

• NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter Into Space

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Earth Is Twice as Dusty as in 19th Century, Research Shows

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Atmosphere's Self-Cleaning Capacity Surprisingly Stable

Posted December 27, 2010:

• Dust Shatters Like Glass: Several Times More Dust Particles in Atmosphere Than Previously Thought

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Global Rivers Emit Three Times IPCC Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Nitrous Oxide

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Wind Turbines Help Crops by Channelling Beneficial Breezes Over Nearby Plants

Posted December 8, 2010:

• 'Greener' Climate Prediction Shows Plants Slow Warming

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Using Chaos to Model Geophysical Phenomena

Posted December 3, 2010:

• Ozone Hole Affects Upper-Atmosphere Temperature and Circulation
• Anesthetic Gases Heat Climate as Much as One Million Cars Do, New Research Shows

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Dark Matter Could Transfer Energy in the Sun

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Air Above Dead Sea Contains Very High Levels of Oxidized Mercury

Posted November 28, 2010:

• Earth's Lakes Are Warming, NASA Study Finds

Posted November 23, 2010:

• Cloud Atlas: Scientist Maps the Meaning of Mid-Level Clouds

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Global Warming Could Cool Down Northern Temperatures in Winter

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Earth's Lower Atmosphere Is Warming, Review of Four Decades of Scientific Literature Concludes

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Extreme Global Warming in the Ancient Past

Posted November 8, 2010:

• Discovery Could Reveal Secrets of Ancient Martian and Terrestrial Atmospheres
• Threshold Sea Surface Temperature for Hurricanes and Tropical Thunderstorms Is Rising

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Volcanoes Have Shifted Asian Rainfall

Posted November 1, 2010:

• New Portable Radiation Detector Can Assess Safety of Potentially Contaminated Areas

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Predicting Smoggiest Days: Experiments Improve Accuracy of Ozone Predictions in Air-Quality Models

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Introducing the 'A-Train': Satellites Help Scientists Understand Earth's Changing Climate

Posted October 25, 2010:

• As Arctic Warms, Increased Shipping Likely to Accelerate Climate Change
• Global Warming to Bring More Intense Storms to Northern Hemisphere in Winter and Southern Hemisphere Year Round

Posted October 22, 2010:

• Falkland Islands Radar Study Impacts Climate Research: New Equipment Will Monitor Activity Which Creates the ‘Southern Lights’

Posted October 21, 2010:

• Plants Play Larger Role Than Thought in Cleaning Up Air Pollution, Research Shows

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Space Weather Mystery Solved: Link Found Between Electrons Trapped in Space and Upper Atmosphere's Diffuse Aurora
• Fire-Breathing Storm Systems

Posted October 15, 2010:

• Studies of Radiative Forcing Components: Reducing Uncertainty About Climate Change

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