Computer Model Suggests Future Crop Loss Due to Potential Increases in Extreme Rain Events Over Next Century
October 28 — An increased frequency of extreme precipitation events has been observed over the last 100 years in the United States. Global climate models project that similar trends may continue and even strengthen over the coming decades, due to climate change. More

Shuttle Radar Clears the Air on Central America’s Topography
October 23 — NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, has completed the first comprehensive high-resolution topographic map of Central America, a region where persistent cloud cover had made high-quality satellite imagery difficult to obtain. More

NASA to Develop Biohazard ‘Smoke’ Detector
October 23 — Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, have demonstrated a prototype device that automatically and continuously monitors the air for the presence of bacterial spores. More

NASA Mission Demonstrates Practical Use of UAV Technology
October 22 — A solar-powered uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully loitered more than four hours over Hawaii’s largest coffee plantation on the island of Kauai, taking digital images to make a “clear-sky” mosaic. More

Pennsylvania’s West Nile Virus Surveillance System gets an Assist from NASA Data
October 15 — Recently, NASA has contributed weather and climate data to assist Pennsylvania state agencies in their response to the incidence of West Nile Virus throughout the Keystone state. More

NASA Researchers Developing Tools to Help Track and Predict West Nile Virus
October 8 — NASA researchers are conducting Earth Science research that may one day allow public health officials to better track and predict the spread of West Nile Virus. NASA’s goal is to provide people on the front lines of public health with innovative technologies, data and a unique vantage point from space through satellites, all tailored into useful tools and databases for streamlining efforts to combat the disease. More

Landcover Changes May Rival Greenhouse Gases as Cause of Climate Change
October 1 — While many scientists and policy makers have focused only on how heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide are altering our global climate, a new NASA-funded study points to the importance of also including human-caused land-use changes as a major factor contributing to climate change. More

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