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Ozone May Provide Environmentally Safe Protection For Grains
January 31, 2003 — Taking a clue from air purification systems used in surgical suites, Purdue University researchers have discovered that ozone can eliminate insects in grain storage facilities without harming food ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Set To Catch Some Rays
January 24, 2003 — A new NASA satellite is ready to leave the sandy coast of Florida and head to space to catch some rays. The SORCE (Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment) mission will study our sun's influence ... > full story -
Earth Likely Spared From One Form Of Cosmic Doom
January 22, 2003 — We have one less thing to worry about. While the cosmic debris from a nearby massive star explosion, called a supernova, could destroy the Earth's protective ozone layer and cause mass ... > full story -
Two Global Pollutants Work To Offset Each Other, According To Colorado Study
January 7, 2003 — University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have found, ironically, that two pollutants -- carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons emitted from agricultural forest trees -- offset each other somewhat in ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Global Warming Linked To Increase In Tropopause Height Over Past Two Decades
January 6, 2003 — Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered another fingerprint of human effects on global climate. Recent research has shown that increases in the height of the ... > full story -
Mercury In California Rainwater Traced To Industrial Emissions In Asia
December 20, 2002 — Industrial emissions in Asia are a major source of mercury in rainwater that falls along the California coast, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa ... > full story -
Studies Dispute Ultraviolet Effect On Amphibian Population Declines
December 6, 2002 — For several years it has been widely believed that increased ultraviolet-B radiation because of thinning of atmospheric ozone was a major culprit in deforming amphibian offspring and dwindling ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Flies High To Monitor Sun's Influence On Ozone
November 18, 2002 — In October, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) completed the first measurement of the solar ultraviolet radiation spectrum over the duration of an 11 year solar cycle, a period marked by ... > full story -
Fussy Microbe Holds Promise For Environmental Cleanup
November 1, 2002 — Scientists at Michigan State University have found an elusive microbe whose world-class pickiness is a key to one of the most nagging concerns in the cleanup of a common type of environmental ... > full story -
Control Of Methane Emissions Would Reduce Both Global Warming And Air Pollution, Researchers Find
October 10, 2002 — Both air pollution and global warming could be reduced by controlling emissions of methane gas, according to a new study by scientists at Harvard University, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the ... > full story
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