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Aura Spacecraft Launched To Better Understand The Air We Breathe
July 15, 2004 — Aura, a mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere, successfully launched today at 3:01:59 a.m. Pacific Time from the Western Range of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard a ... > full story -
New Space-Borne Instrument To Track Greenhouse Gases, Ozone Destroyers, And Other Pollutants
July 8, 2004 — A powerful new instrument heading to space this Saturday is expected to send back long-sought answers about greenhouse gases, atmospheric cleansers and pollutants, and the destruction and recovery of ... > full story -
Gene At Root Of Urban Air Pollution's Lung Effects
May 31, 2004 — Duke University Medical Center pulmonologists have linked a gene to the lung irritation commonly suffered following chronic exposure to ozone, a major component of urban air ... > full story -
NASA Plans To Put An Aura Around The Earth
May 18, 2004 — On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth-observing satellite. Aura will supply the best information yet about the health of Earth's ... > full story -
Increasing Ozone Over The Atlantic Ocean
May 17, 2004 — Ship-borne ozone measurements, performed by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the German Weather Service over the Atlantic Ocean during the period 1977-2002, show that the ... > full story -
Missing Chemical Important To Air Pollution Estimates
May 6, 2004 — Something is missing in the analysis of emissions of volatile organic compounds from a Michigan forest, and, according to a team of atmospheric scientists, what they do not know can have a large ... > full story -
NASA Satellites And Balloons Spot Airborne Pollution 'Train'
May 4, 2004 — NASA scientists discovered pollution could catch an airborne "express train," or wind current, from Asia all the way to the southern Atlantic ... > full story -
Arctic Ozone Loss More Sensitive To Climate Change Than Thought
April 26, 2004 — A cooperative study involving NASA scientists quantifies, for the first time, the relationship between Arctic ozone loss and changes in the temperature of Earth's ... > full story -
Like Ozone Hole, Polar Clouds Take Bite Out Of Meteoric Iron
April 16, 2004 — Scientists have found that polar clouds play a significant role in removing meteoric iron from Earth's mesosphere. The discovery could help researchers refine their models of atmospheric ... > full story -
Nighttime Chemistry Affects Ozone Formation
April 13, 2004 — When it comes to air pollution, what goes on at night can be just as important as what happens during the day, say National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists and their ... > full story
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