- 'Broken Heart' Image the Last for NASA's Long-Lived Polar Mission April 28, 2008
NASA's Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora.
- NASA Web Tool Enhances Airborne Earth Science Mission April 24, 2008
NASA is taking flight over the Arctic to uncover how pollution and wildfires may affect its atmosphere and sea ice.
- NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery April 22, 2008
The nation's largest estuary just happens to be in the backyard of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
- Larger Pacific Climate Event Helps Current La Niña Linger April 21, 2008
Boosted by the influence of a larger climate event in the Pacific, one of the strongest La Niñas in many years is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
- Researchers Warm Up to Melt's Role in Greenland Ice Loss April 17, 2008
Satellite and ground-based observations confirm that summertime melt contributes to the speed up of ice loss in Greenland, but that the seasonal melt is not as critical a factor as other causes.
- New Atlases Use NASA Data to Chart Ocean Winds April 17, 2008
Researchers compiled seven years of data from NASA's QuikScat satellite to create a never-before-available monthly atlas of how frequently high winds blow over the open oceans.
- NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution April 1, 2008
The Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites, or ARCTAS, is the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.