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NOAA, NASA To Restore A Key Climate Sensor
April 15, 2007 NOAA and NASA announced a plan to restore a key climate sensor, designed to give climate researchers a more precise depiction of the structure of the Earth's ozone ... > full story -
New Asthma Inhaler Propellant Effective, But Costlier
March 29, 2007 Reviewers examine the consequences of switching to hydrofluoroalkane, which is replacing chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC, as a key ingredient in albuterol inhalers designed to relieve asthma. The FDA has ... > full story -
Is Solar UV Frying Fish?
March 23, 2007 Marine and freshwater organisms could be facing damage due to increasing levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, according to a United Nations (UN) commissioned ... > full story -
Solar Blast From The Past Dwarfed Modern Ozone Destruction
March 22, 2007 A burst of protons from the Sun in 1859 destroyed several times more ozone in Earth's atmosphere than did a 1989 solar flare that was the strongest ever monitored by satellite, a new analysis ... > full story -
First Ozone And Nitrogen Dioxide Measurements From The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
March 14, 2007 The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 launched in October 2006 and currently undergoing commissioning has delivered the first geophysical products for monitoring the Earth's ozone layer, and ... > full story -
Airborne Pollutants Know No Borders
March 9, 2007 Mounting evidence suggests that gas and aerosol pollutants are routinely transported by winds across and between continents and can affect the air and climate of areas far from their ... > full story -
Computer-Designed Molecule To Clean Up Fluorocarbons?
March 2, 2007 The chemical bond between carbon and fluorine is one of the strongest in nature, but researchers at NIST and Philip Morris's Interdisciplinary Network of Emerging Science and Technology group have ... > full story -
In Presence Of Fragrant Cleaning Products, Air Purifiers That Emit Ozone Can Dirty The Air
February 22, 2007 Indoor air purifiers that produce even small quantities of ozone may actually make the air dirtier when used at the same time as household cleaning products, scientists at UC Irvine have ... > full story -
Antarctic Temperatures Disagree With Climate Model Predictions
February 15, 2007 A new report on climate over the world's southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models. This comes ... > full story -
Cloning The Smell Of The Seaside
February 1, 2007 Scientists from the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly what makes the seaside smell like the seaside -- and bottled it! The age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria ... > full story
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