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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 -
Unusually Small Ozone Hole Attributed To Strong Upper Level Weather Systems
October 1, 2002 — Scientists from NASA and the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have confirmed the ozone hole over the Antarctic this September is not only much smaller ... > full story -
Researchers Pursue Process By Which Oak Trees Contribute To Air Pollution
June 26, 2002 — Trees may not actually commit suicide, but certain species do produce pollutants that hamper their own growth while contributing to global climate changes and causing harm to other life forms, ... > full story -
New Study Sheds Light On Frog Malformations
June 19, 2002 — The emergence of mutant frogs with extra arms and legs may smack of a low-budget sci-fi script. But it is a reality, and a new study provides more evidence that ultraviolet radiation could be ... > full story -
Research Shows How Pollutants Affect Tree Growth
June 13, 2002 — As trees leafed out this spring, an international group of researchers is headed to northern Wisconsin to continue a long-term study that is revealing how air pollution affects northern forests. The ... > full story -
Climate Change May Become Major Player In Ozone Loss
June 6, 2002 — While industrial products like chlorofluorocarbons are largely responsible for current ozone depletion, a NASA study finds that by the 2030s climate change may surpass chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as ... > full story -
Ozone Losses May Be Speeding Up At Higher Latitudes, According To University Of Colorado Study
May 29, 2002 — New findings by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers indicate ozone losses due to the breakdown of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, occur much faster than previously believed at higher ... > full story -
Human Activity Raises Level Of Sulfur Gas That Affects Ozone Layer, Researchers Say
May 17, 2002 — New estimates obtained from ice core samples collected from the Siple Dome, West Antarctica, suggest that human activities have contributed approximately 25 percent of the modern carbonyl sulfide in ... > full story -
NASA Study Leads To Better Understanding Of Ozone Depletion
May 14, 2002 — Scientists have unraveled a mystery about hydrogen peroxide that may lead to a more accurate way of measuring a gas that contributes to depletion of Earth's protective ozone ... > full story
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