- Climate Simulation Computer Becomes More Powerful August 24, 2009
More powerful computers needed to process the sophisticated computer models used in climate forecasts are now being developed.
- NASA Researcher Nets First Measure of Africa's Coastal Forests August 20, 2009
NASA researchers finds that African mangrove forests are being destroyed by worsening pollution, encroaching real estate development, and deforestation.
- NASA Satellites Unlock Secret to Northern India's Vanishing Water August 12, 2009
Using NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot per year over the past decade.
- NASA Goes Inside a Volcano, Monitors Activity August 7, 2009
Scientists have placed high-tech "spiders" inside and around the mouth of Mount St. Helens, the site of the most active volcano in the United States.
- NASA's CloudSat Captures a Sideways Look at Fading Lana August 3, 2009
NASA satellites do some really cool things, like take a sideways look at a slice of a tropical depression -- that's what CloudSat did with Lana in the Central Pacific.
- NASA's Moon Mapper Beholds Home August 3, 2009
A false-color image of Earth was taken by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, one of two NASA instruments onboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.