Category: Atmospheric Science
14 July 2009
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Ancient Climate-Change Event Puzzles Scientists
An unexplained warming haunts the paleoclimate record
9 July 2009
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Problem Child El Niño Has Returned
Makings of the disruptive weather pattern are brewing in the Pacific
7 July 2009
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Did an Ancient Volcano Freeze Earth?
Models gauge eruption's catastrophic potential
23 June 2009
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Free Vaccines, Big Money for Small Business Research
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10 June 2009
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Raging Typhoons May Soothe Quakes
Storms crossing Taiwan seem to trigger slow, harmless earthquakes
1 June 2009
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Thin the Air, Save the Biosphere?
Team suggests way to prevent plant Armageddon
8 May 2009
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Keep Biofuels Out of the Gas Tank
New analysis argues it's more environmentally friendly to convert corn and other crops to electricity first
27 April 2009
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China Falls Short on Olympic Cleanup
Attempt to control emissions did little to curb pollution, study finds
17 April 2009
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The Mother of All Pileups
Crash of giant gas clouds suggests dark matter's hand
16 April 2009
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How Early Was Oxygen's Rise?
New lab experiments challenge ideas about when oxygen arrived in Earth's atmosphere
31 March 2009
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New Climate Negotiations, Tougher Standards for Animal Experiments, and a Boost for Autism Research
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18 March 2009
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Giant Ice Sheet Is Safe ... for Now
Historical data and a new model show a long, slow slide for the West Antarctic
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13 March 2009
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A Hitch in Plans for "Sunshade Earth"
Dusting the skies could help with global warming but harm solar power
11 March 2009
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The Danger of Living With Ozone
First long-term study suggests pollutant promotes lung diseases
6 February 2009
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Climate Change Is Friend and Foe to Ozone Layer
Faster recovery in North America, slower in Australia and South America
29 January 2009
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Tucking Carbon Deep Into the Ocean
Iron-fed blooms of algae help suck CO2 from the atmosphere and keep it in the ocean.
26 January 2009
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A Millennia-Long Greenhouse Disaster
The physics of global warming would make for essentially irreversible global damage
3 December 2008
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Another Big One for Indonesia?
New analyses show continuing threat of a major earthquake and possible Indian Ocean tsunami
1 December 2008
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Lasers Uncover Craters
New technology pinpoints previously unknown meteor impacts
29 October 2008
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A Disaster Spelled Out in Sand
Clues to earlier tsunamis embedded in soil
24 October 2008
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A Cosmic Formula?
Galaxies seem to have evolved according to a single, simple rule
22 October 2008
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When Did the Planet Get Planted?
Photosynthesis may have emerged later than previously thought
24 September 2008
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U.S. Oceans Chief Sets Sail
Outgoing head Conrad Lautenbacher led NOAA for 7 years
15 September 2008
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Texas Universities Weather Hurricane Ike
Buildings flooded, but research escapes largely unscathed
3 September 2008
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Stronger Winds A' Blowin'
Tropical cyclones are becoming more powerful, potentially due to global warming
5 August 2008
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The Year the World Froze Over
During the Younger Dryas period, Europe iced over in just 1 year
29 July 2008
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Take a Deep Breath--and Thank Mount Everest
Plate tectonics gave rise to atmospheric oxygen
9 July 2008
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Fair Warning From Earthquakes?
Drill holes near the San Andreas fault have yielded a possible harbinger of temblors
25 June 2008
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African Lion-Killer Had Help
Virus conspired with tick-borne parasites and extreme droughts
19 June 2008
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A Wounded Bird Takes New Hits
Challenges mount for $14 billion climate satellite system
12 June 2008
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Ozone Layer to the Rescue?
The protection from harmful UV rays might also help ease climate change
10 June 2008
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Sea Ice Melt Could Thaw Permafrost, Too
Computer model predicts rapid inland warming
28 May 2008
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Climate Change Is Bad News for U.S. Agriculture
New report says cacti, crops, and streams at risk
8 May 2008
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A Slow Birth for the Sahara
African desert didn't dry out as quickly as thought
15 April 2008
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Hurricane Watching on the Cheap
Underwater microphones rival aircraft in judging a storm's intensity
19 February 2008
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Chilling Lessons from Ice Ages Past
Warming climate could do to Antarctic life what 20 glaciations could not
11 February 2008
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Navigating Uncertain Seas
New study says researchers lack data to determine whether global warming is redirecting ocean currents
1 February 2008
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Minding the Climate-Change Gap
Government to launch radiation sensor in 2010 to avoid a devastating data loss
5 December 2007
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Did Carbon Save Earth From a Deep Freeze?
Dissolved minerals in seawater appear to have prevented a planetary snowball
9 November 2007
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Giving Climate Change a Kick
Researchers warm up to study of dramatic approaches to counter global warming
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