Atmospheric

Hurricane Arthur's Cloud-Covered Eye

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Arthur on July 2 at 2:50 PM EDT on July 2nd, it saw a cloud-covered eye as the storm was on the way to becoming a hurricane.   This visible image of Tropical Storm Arthur was captured by the Moder ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2014 - 1:19am

How Plants Respond To Elevated CO2 Levels

The dose makes the poison, it is often said, and it is true. Lots of medicines and chemicals are harmless or beneficial in reasonable quantities but dangerous in high quantities. What about CO2 in plants? Plants need it for food but they also recognize to ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2014 - 3:00pm

Wildfire Emissions Contain New Type Of Superaggregate Soot Particle

Soot and methane were little-considered factors in climate change models a decade ago but with the drop of CO2 in Western nations, activists have begun to worry about those.  It would have been smart to factor them in all along. Every year, wildfires clea ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2014 - 10:00am

Solar Ultraviolet Radiation In South America Highest Ever Measured

Researchers have measured the highest level of ultraviolet radiation ever recorded on the Earth's surface. These extraordinary UV fluxes, observed in the Bolivian Andes only 1,500 miles from the equator, are far above those normally considered to be ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2014 - 6:30am

The Eye Of Neoguri

250 miles above Earth, in the  International Space Station, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has recently shared some incredible views- some is the usual stuff, Hurricane Arthur on the US East coast, beautiful auroras. And then there was Super Typohoon Neogur ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2014 - 11:05am

Computer Models Says Australia Drying Due To Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases

A new climate model says that southwestern Australia's long-term decline in fall and winter rainfall is caused by increases in man-made greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depletion. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2014 - 6:30pm

Natural Fluctuation: Global Warming 'Pause' Since 1998 Explained

Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according to research by McGill University physics professor Shaun ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2014 - 2:00am

Climate Change And Soil Respiration

The planet's soil releases about 60 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, which is far more than that released by burning fossil fuels. This soil respiration and the enormous release of carbon is balanced by carbon coming into the soi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2014 - 12:00pm

Matmo: Taiwan's Typhoon Deluge

When Typhoon Matmo crossed over the island nation of Taiwan it left tremendous amounts of rainfall in its wake.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2014 - 11:17am

Water Vapor Is The Most Abundant Greenhouse Gas

Though many people believe that CO2 is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, that honor actually goes to water vapor. NASA has been saying for years that water vapor is the biggest amplifier in global warming, perhaps double the effect of CO ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2014 - 6:00am