- Researchers Link Tiny Sea Creatures to Large-Scale Ocean Mixing July 29, 2009
Using a combination of theoretical modeling, energy calculations, and field observations, researchers have for the first time described a mechanism that explains how some of the ocean's tiniest swimming animals can have a huge impact on large-scale ocean mixing. (California Institute of Technology press release)
- NASA and NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image July 28, 2009
The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
- Putting Plankton in Perspective, from Sea to Sky July 24, 2009
One researcher has used a decade's worth of NASA satellite data to revise old models of plankton blooms in the North Atlantic.
- Oceanographer Gene Feldman is Going Home for the First Time July 21, 2009
Oceanographer Gene Feldman has studied the Galapagos Islands for 25 years. This summer, he visits them for the first time.
- Some Shovels of Dirt Ring in NASA Langley's Future July 18, 2009
With a push of her right foot on a shovel Friday morning, Lesa Roe celebrated the 92nd birthday of NASA's Langley Research Center by ushering in its future.
- NASA Releases Orbiting Carbon Observatory Accident Summary July 17, 2009
A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful Feb. 24 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory has completed its report.
- NASA's Unmanned Aircraft 'Fired Up' For Arctic Sea Ice Expedition July 16, 2009
Scientists using 2009 NASA satellite data have reported a rapid and extreme loss of the oldest and thickest types of ice from within the Arctic Ocean.
- Taking Flight to Seek out the Least Understood Climate Driver July 16, 2009
A NASA research plane crisscrossed the southern Great Plains studying small particles in the air and their relationship to climate change.
- After Five Years, NASA's Aura Shines Brightly July 15, 2009
Two JPL instruments that are helping improve our understanding of Earth's atmosphere and global change mark five years in orbit this week.
- NASA JPL Scientist Receives Presidential Early Career Award July 13, 2009
Josh Willis, an oceanographer at JPL, has been honored by President Barack Obama with the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
- NASA Satellite Reveals Dramatic Arctic Ice Thinning July 7, 2009
Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record.
- Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earth's Water July 6, 2009
Future concentrations of CO2 and ozone in the atmosphere and nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways.
- Finding Arctic Smoke Signals Not A Problem For ARCTAS July 2, 2009
A fleet of airplanes outfitted with sensors set out in the spring and summer of 2008 to study pollution in the Arctic atmosphere.
- Five Things About Hurricanes July 1, 2009
JPL scientist Bjorn Lambrigtsen, who goes on hurricane watch every June, lists five thoughts about hurricane research.
- Earthquakes, From Above and Below: Live Chat July 1, 2009
Earthquakes: they're among the most frightening and deadly of all natural disasters.