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NASA News: August 2006

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  1. NASA Study Solves Ocean Plant Mystery August 31, 2006

    A NASA-sponsored study shows that by using a new technique, scientists can determine what limits the growth of ocean algae, or phytoplankton, and how this affects Earth's climate.

  2. NASA, NOAA Data Indicate Ozone Layer is Recovering August 30, 2006

    A new study using NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data finds consistent evidence that Earth's ozone layer is on the mend.

  3. NASA Satellites Can See How Climate Change Affects Forests August 29, 2006

    A NASA-funded study shows that satellites can track the growth and health of forests and detect the impact of a changing climate on them.

  4. NASA Looks Back at Hurricane Katrina One Year Later August 28, 2006

    Several NASA satellites gave important details about Katrina's storm structure and strength throughout her life cycle, and in the storm's aftermath the information became useful in recovery efforts, damage assessments, and analysis of the storm's environmental impacts.

  5. NASA Assists Search for Woodpecker Thought to be Extinct August 3, 2006

    There's new evidence that a woodpecker long-thought to be extinct may be alive and now scientists from NASA and the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., have launched a project to identify areas where it may be living.

  6. Washington Getting a Summertime Air Quality Exam August 3, 2006

    Scientists have gathered in the nation's capital this summer in an effort to better understand intense urban air pollution episodes and how they can be tracked by satellites.

  7. Small-Scale Logging Leads to Clear-cutting in Brazilian Amazon August 1, 2006

    A NASA-funded study has discovered an important indicator of rain forest vulnerability to clear-cutting in Brazil.