Did Dust Bust the 2006 Hurricane Season Forecasts?
March 28 — A recent NASA study suggests that tiny dust particles may have foiled forecasts that the 2006 hurricane season would be another active one. More

Reindeer and Snowflakes: NASA Helps During International Polar Year
March 28 — Two things that come to mind during wintertime are snowflakes and reindeer, and NASA is providing technology to help study both in various ways during a kick off of the International Polar Year in Norway. More

Golden State Heating Up, New NASA/University Study Finds
March 28 — Average temperatures in California rose nearly two degrees Fahrenheit during the second half of the 20th century, with urban areas blazing the way to warmer conditions, according to a new study. More

Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice Mysteries
March 23 — Recent NASA satellite measurements show that Greenland's ice cap is melting much faster than expected. More

'Cool' Science: JPL Observes International Polar Year
March 21 — Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have joined their colleagues from other NASA centers, agencies, and universities in a worldwide campaign to better understand the polar regions of Earth. More

NASA Finds Sun-Climate Connection in Old Nile Records
March 19 — Scientists have found a convincing link between long-term solar and climate variability in directly measured ancient water level records of the Nile. More

Clearing the Air: NASA and the EPA Work to Understand the Quality of the Air We Breathe
March 19 — NASA and the EPA recently completed a short but intense field campaign to study air quality in the San Joaquin Valley in central California. More

Global 'Sunscreen' Has Likely Thinned, Report NASA Scientists
March 15 — A new NASA study has found that an important counter-balance to the warming of our planet by greenhouse gases � sunlight blocked by dust, pollution and other aerosol particles � appears to have lost ground. More

NASA Studies How Airborne Particles Affect Climate Change
March 14 — A recent NASA study links natural and human-made aerosol particles to how much Earth warms or cools. More

NASA Studies True Colors of Evergreen Rainforests
March 12 — NASA satellites reveal that Amazon forests are neither evergreen nor dependent on constant rain, and are capable of manufacturing their seasons. More

Spacecraft to Study Clouds at Edge of Space Arrives at Vandenberg
March 12 — NASA spacecraft designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space will launch soon. More

Satellite Offers a Room With the Best View of Antarctica
March 7 — Researchers have woven together more than a thousand images from the Landsat 7 satellite to create the most detailed high-resolution map ever produced of Antarctica. More

NASA's Advanced Technology Peers Deep Inside Hurricanes
March 6 — Determined to understand why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle, NASA scientists recently looked deep into thunderstorms off the African coast using satellites and airplanes. More

Antarctic Ice Sheet's Hidden Lakes Speed Ice Flow Into Ocean, May Disrupt Climate
March 5 — Researchers have unearthed how water from a vast subglacial system contributes to the formation of ice streams and plays a crucial role in transporting ice from the remote interior of Antarctica toward the surrounding ocean. More

Airborne Science in the Classroom: The Next-Best Thing to Being There
March 5 — An innovative aircraft tool took center stage in a recent research mission to better understand hurricanes. More

NASA Detects Trends in Rainfall Traits from Drizzles to Downpours
March 2 — Using a new technique NASA scientists confirm that extremely heavy rainfall in the tropics is indeed on the rise. More

Pacific Shows Signs of Morphing From Warm El Nino to Cool La Nina
March 2 — New data from NASA satellites show that the tropical Pacific Ocean has transitioned from a warm (El Ni�o) to a cool (La Ni�a) condition during the prior two months. More

NASA Data Link Indonesian Wildfire Flare-Up to Recent El Nino
March 1 — Scientists using NASA data have linked the recent El Nino to the greatest rise in wildfire activity in Indonesia since the record-breaking 1997-98 El Nino. More

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