Global Warming May Increase Ozone Hole
March 29 — Despite measures to reduce ozone destroying halogens and to protect the ozone layer, global warming may weaken the ozone layer, says a team of German, Swiss, and British scientists. The team reports that future climate change is expected to heat the lower atmosphere and to cool air at the altitude of the ozone layer. (CNN Interactive)

Rainy Night in Georgia, at Least in Atlanta
March 27 — By using high-resolution satellite data of Atlanta, scientists have produced a detailed portrait of Atlanta’s climatic geography. Dale Quattrochi at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., says that over the past 25 years Atlanta has eaten-up 380,000 acres of forest and made it part of the growing "heat island." (Science News)

Small Temperature Changes Disrupt Ecosystems
March 26 — Temperature changes of a few degrees can dramatically affect starfish and mussels, says Eric Sanford of Oregon State University. The study, published in the journal Science, has important implications for the understanding of global warming and aquatic animals that are sensitive to temperature changes. (Associated Press)

Shrinkage Detected in Greenland’s Ice
March 5 — Greenland’s Ice Sheet has shrunk dramatically since 1993. William B. Krabill of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at Wallops Island, VA found that most of the shrinking was found at elevations below 4,900 feet, which means that they are susceptible to climate change, but are not evidence of global warming. (Washington Post)

Survey Uncover Substantial Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
March 5 — A survey done on the Greenland’s Ice Sheet shows melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet. William B. Krabill of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at Wallops Island, VA says that the team found that southwestern Greenland had remained unchanged because of a thinning and thickening of ice, but that the southeast area had shrunk. (New York Times)

NASA Finds Glaciers Thinning in Southeastern Greenland
March 4 — The ice in Greenland glaciers is shrinking by three feet a year. William B. Krabill of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at Wallops Island, VA has been examining Greenland's ice for melting and the impact that will have on sea level. (CNN News)

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