- NASA Study Finds Tiny Particles in Air May Influence Carbon Sinks December 16, 2004
A NASA-funded study provides direct measurements confirming aerosols, tiny particles in the atmosphere, may be changing how much carbon plants and ecosystems absorb from or release to the air.
- NASA Scientists Discuss Giant Atmospheric Brown Cloud December 15, 2004
NASA scientists announced a giant, smoggy atmospheric brown cloud, which forms over South Asia and the Indian Ocean, has intercontinental reach.
- Greenland's Ice Thinning More Rapidly at Edges December 15, 2004
Researchers found that ice thinned along the coastlines between 1997 and 2003 much more substantially than it had in the past.
- NASA Eyes Ice Changes Around Earth's Frozen Caps December 14, 2004
Scientists present findings on dramatic changes to Arctic sea ice and warming, glacier acceleration, and newly discovered relationships between ice sheets, sea level rise and climate warming.
- NASA Finds Trees and Insect Outbreaks Affect Carbon Dioxide Levels December 13, 2004
Insect control and tree planting could greatly affect Earth's greenhouse gases, according to NASA scientists.
- NASA's ICESat Satellite Sees Changing World Affecting Many December 13, 2004
NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite's (ICESat) precise measurements of Earth's ice sheets, atmosphere, land masses and volcanoes provide a unique look at our planet.
- NASA Announces Science News Conferences At AGU Fall Meeting December 8, 2004
NASA researchers will present findings on a variety of Earth and Space science topics at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Dec. 13-17. NASA press conferences are in the Moscone Convention Center West, Room MCC 2012.
- NASA Satellites Witnessed El Niño Creep in from the Indian Ocean December 1, 2004
A new index was created using satellite rain and wind data to see the development of El Niño events by looking at the Indian Ocean.