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NASA News: August 2007

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  1. NASA Study Predicts More Severe Storms With Global Warming August 30, 2007

    NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms.

  2. Satellites Eye Coastal Water Quality August 29, 2007

    Armed with data from two NASA satellites, researchers have invented a way to map the fleeting changes in coastal water quality from space - something that has long evaded researchers and coastal managers relying only on ground-based measurements.

  3. NASA and NOAA Partner to Monitor Algae in Great Lakes August 28, 2007

    Researchers at NASA have teamed up with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to monitor harmful algae in the western basin of Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron.

  4. Long-Term Increase in Rainfall Seen in Tropics August 27, 2007

    NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise with the longest and most complete data record available.

  5. NASA, U.S. Forest Service Partner on Wildfire Imaging Mission August 22, 2007

    NASA and the U.S. Forest Service are testing aerospace agency-developed technologies to improve wildfire imaging and mapping capabilities.

  6. Ozone Instrument Laid to Rest August 15, 2007

    During its almost 30-year lifespan, NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) program provided unique and valuable information that shaped public policy and international perspectives on the environment.

  7. Scouting Out Aerosols in Oklahoma August 15, 2007

    Slicing through the atmosphere from 28,000 feet, High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) from NASA's Langley Research Center can see some of the smallest atmospheric particles, including natural and human-made components.

  8. Web Page, Video Gives Educators an In-Depth Look at Hurricanes August 14, 2007

    Educators will have the opportunity to bring a hurricane expert into their classroom with the release of a new NASA Web page and video.

  9. NASA Helps Texas Respond to Flooding August 3, 2007

    A NASA aircraft equipped with a state-of-the-art sensor provided emergency response officials with critical soil moisture data for several regions across Texas that were threatened by flooding.

  10. Nation's Most Active Wildfires Rage in Montana August 2, 2007

    An image, taken on July 31, 2007, by an instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, highlights six of the largest fires in Montana, which currently has the most wildfire activity of any state.