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Media Alerts: June 1999

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  1. Scientists prepare New York City for future climate change June 4, 1999

    Scientists and government agencies in New York City have joined forces to meet the challenges climate change is expected to have on the city. Early results will be presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting.

  2. Warmer Wetter Winters Linked To Greenhouse Gases June 2, 1999

    Why are winters warming up so much faster over Northern Hemisphere continents than over the rest of the globe? A new study by NASA researchers in the June 3 issue of the journal Nature is the first to link the well-documented large degree of North America and Eurasia winter warming and the associated wind changes to rising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.

  3. New results from monsoon study move research a step closer to forecasting, reducing losses June 1, 1999

    An international field campaign has moved researchers closer to being able to forecast the devastating East Asian summer monsoon. New results will be presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting.