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All stories are listed from most current to least current in archives.

December 2003

20031222 - Black Soot and Snow: A Warmer Combination

20031216 - Einstein Makes Extra Dimensions Toe the Line

20031212 - NASA Satellites Are Watching World's Cities Grow

20031211 - Are Cities Changing Local and Global Climates?

20031210 - Scientists "Reconstruct" Earth's Climate Over Past Millennia

20031210 - NASA Scientists Discover "Spring Thaw" Makes A Difference

20031209 - ICESat Captures Earth in Spectacular 3-D Images

20031208 - Extensive Destruction Powers Solar Explosions

20031208 - 25 Years of TOMS

20031208 - NASA Learning to Monitor Coral Reef Health From the Sky

20031208 - NASA Announces Press Conferences at AGU Meeting

20031203 - Stormy Space Weather Slips Through the Cracks

November 2003

20031123 - Total Solar Eclipse - November 23, 2003

20031121- Perfect Alignment for an Awesome Aurora

20031119 - Sun Sheds Skin and Flips

20031111 - Arctic And Antarctic Sea Ice Marching to Different Drivers (If the above link does not work in your browser, click here for an alternate page.)

20031105 - Voyager Spacecraft Approaching Solar System's Final Frontier

20031104 - Space Weather Gone Crazy - Another Historic Solar Flare

October 2003

20031031 - California Fires (includes all Top Story pages concerning the California fires of October 2003)

20031029 - Solar One-Two Punch - update on solar storm 10/29/03

20031028 - Green Mineral Indicates Red Planet is Dry

20031028 - NASA Funded Earth Alert System to Aid MEMA In Disasters

20031023 - SOHO Spots Jupiter-Sized Sunspot & Flares

20031023 - Recent Warming of Arctic May Affect Worldwide Climate

20031016 - Massive Antarctic Iceberg Splits

20031007 - Antarctic Penguins Thrive in Ocean "Oases"

20031006 - ICESat's Lasers Measure Ice, Clouds, and Land Elevations

20031002 - Scientists Use Satellite to "Pond-er" Melted Arctic Ice

20031001 - Huge Antarctic Iceberg Makes a Big Splash on Sea Life

September 2003

20030925 - 2003 Ozone 'Hole' Approaches, But Falls Short of Record

20030917 - Hurricane Isabel Powering Toward the U.S. - (This link also includes links to Isabel Top Stories for Sept. 11 - 16, 2003)

20030916 - Ocean Plant Life Slows Down and Absorbs Less Carbon

20030916 - NASA Looks at the Heat Engine Driving Hurricane Isabel

20030910 - NASA Approves James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Architecture

20030910 - NASA Satellites Sample Hurricane "Ingredients" To Help Forecasters

20030909 - Solar Wind Makes Waves; Killer Electrons Go Surfing?

20030905 - Oregon B&B Complex Fire

20030905 - Hurricane Fabian (also includes links to views from Sept. 3-4, 2003)

20030904 - Satellite Sees a Smaller Lake Mead

20030904 - NASA Helping to Understand Water Flow in the West

20030903 - Ocean Sponging up Some Warmth Over Next 50 Years

20030902 - Antimatter Factory on Sun Yields Clues to Solar Explosions

August 2003

20030822 - Tides Control Flow of Antarctic Ice Streams

20030821 - In Tropics Forests Are Cool But Croplands are Hotter

20030821 - NASA Helps Make Firefighting a Little Easier and Safer

20030820 - El Niño's Surprising Steady Pacific Rains Can Affect World Weather

20030815 - Earth's Night Lights

20030813 - Biggest Cosmic Explosions May Also Propel Fastest Objects in the Universe

20030807 - NASA Ozone Satellite Improves Snowstorm Forecasts

July 2003

20030730 - Forest Fires Burn Across Northwest US

20030729 - Fires in Glacier National Park

20030722 - Cool "Eyes" Above Help Track Hot Fires Below

20030715 - Dust Deals Droughts, Deluges

20030714 - Satellites See Lightning Strikes in Ozone's Origins

20030709 - Hubble Helps Confirm Oldest Known Planet

20030708 - Rocket Telescope Gets Closest Look at the Sun

20030702 - Einstein's Gravitational Waves May Set Speed Limit for Pulsar Spin

June 2003

20030630 - NASA Creates Clouds Over the East Coast

20030626 - Mars Odyssey Orbiter Watches a Frosty Mars

20030619 - The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey

20030619 - NASA Research Helps Lightning Safety Awareness Week

20030618 - Spacecraft Trio Peeks at Secret Recipe for Stormy Solar Weather

20030618 - "Rosetta Stone" Found to Decode the Mystery of Gamma Ray Bursts

20030605 - Global Garden Grows Greener

20030603 - Study Finds Space Shuttle Exhaust Creates Night-Shining Clouds

May 2003

20030529 - Hurricane Resource Reel

20030529 - NASA's Aqua Satellite Marks One Year of Viewing Earth

20030528 - GALEX Mission Honors Columbia Crew With First Light

20030528 - RHESSI'S Lucky Break May Lead to Secret of Ultimate Explosions

20030528 - Coastal Cities Turn Up the Heat on Rainfall

20030527 - Hidden Supernova Reveals Dust-Enshrouded "Supernova Factory"

20030520 - Newly-Discovered Star May Be Third-Closest

20030515 - Scientists Dust Off Desert Sands from the French Alps

20030513 - NASA Finds Soot Has Impact on Global Climate

20030512 - Unique NASA Satellite Watches Rainfall From Space

20030508 - NASA Warms Up to Maryland's Trash

20030508 - NASA Scientist Paints With Ice and Light

20030502 - NASA Observatory Tracking Rare Solar Event

20030501 - NASA Discovers a Soggy Secret of El Niño

April 2003

20030424 - Hurricane Winds Carried Ocean Salt and Plankton Far Inland

20030418 - NASA Spins Up New Vehicle Rollover Test

20030418 - NASA and Native American Students Explore North Pole Via Live Webcasts

20030417 - Blackwater Turns the Tide on Florida Coral

20030409 - Giant Solar Tadpoles Born in Explosion

20030403 - Pioneer NASA Spacecraft Celebrates 20 Years of Service

20030402 - NASA Ties El Niño Induced Drought to Record Air Pollution From Fires

March 2003

20030321 - Fire Frequency Determines Forest Carbon Storage

20030320 - NASA Study Finds Increasing Solar Trend That Can Change Climate

20030319 - Race to Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Gigantic Explosion, Death & Birth

20030319 - Surprise! Lightning Has Big Effect on Atmospheric Chemistry

20030312 - The 1991 Mt. Pinatubo Eruption Provides a Natural Test for the Influence of Arctic Circulation on Climate

20030306 - Climate Changes May Increase Extreme Rain/Snow Events in California

20030305 - NASA-Funded Research Looking at El Nino Events to Forecast Western U.S. Snowfall

20030304 - Changes in the Earth's Rotation Are in the Wind

February 2003

20030227 - Many Applications Possible for Largest Quantum Infrared Detector

20030214 - News Tips: NASA Supports Earth Science Presentations at Annual AAAS Meeting

20030213 - Grab a Front-Row Seat For The Sun-Dancing Comet

20030211 - New Image of Infant Universe Reveals Era of First Stars, Age of Cosmos, and More

20030210 - NASA Goes On-Line With Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks

20030210 - Scientists in the Snow: Improving Water, Weather, and Climate Forecasts

20030206 - 83rd Annual American Meteorological Society Highlights

20030206 - NASA Scientists Autograph Books at the AMS Conference

20030205 - El Nino, The Usual Suspect?

20030205 - NASA Satellite Helps Scientists See Effects of Earthquakes in Remote Areas

200302 Science Highlights From NASA's Sun-Earth Connection

January 2003

20030130 - Environmental Satellite Readied to Detect Solar Storms

20030129 - Ocean Surface Saltiness Influences El Nino Forecasts

20030129 - NASA Joins Snow Study Over the Sea of Japan

20030121 - Getting to the SORCE of Climate Change:
The SOlar Radiation & Climate Experiment to Launch

20030117 - NASA Gets Ready to Launch the Largest Super Pressure Balloon Ever Flown

2030115 - NASA Scientists Take First "Full-Body Scan" of Evolving Thunderstorm

20030114 - Lightning Really Does Strike More Than Once

20030113 - NASA Successfully Launches the ICESat/CHIPSat Satellites

20030109 - Astronomers Glimpse Feeding of A Galactic Dragon

20030108 - Earth Likely Spared From One Form of Cosmic Doom

20030106 - NASA Begins New Year with International Arctic Ozone Study

20030103 - The Sun Does the Wave