New NASA-funded research shows that Saharan dust clouds that contain iron help to set the stage for blooms of toxic Red Tide algae in the Gulf of Mexico. (Weather.com, Associated Press)
Local climate may be more important than carbon dioxide in determining which plants will thrive. (United Press International online)
Saharan dust clouds travel thousands of miles and fertilize the water off the West Florida coast with iron, which kicks off blooms of toxic algae, shows a new NASA funded study. (MSNBC.com)
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite is providing global daily coverage of wildfires, and helping the USDA Forest Service make decisions in fighting them. (Reuters, Washington Post)
NASA Scientists have decided to boost the orbit of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite, which will continue to help weather forecasters for up to six more years. (Weather.com)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite tracked warmer waters and identified a massive die-off of coral reefs around the world during the El Ninos of 1982-1983 and 1997-1998. (United Press International online)
The World Meteorological Organization's climate program has seen some indications that a weak El Nino may be forming. (Associated Press)
A geochemical analysis of sediments taken in one of Alaska's lakes indicates that two other periods of climate warming has occurred there in the last 2,000 years. (United Press International online)
Study finds air pollution from exhaust pipes and smoke stacks is killing people worldwide. (CBS News)
The nation's top hurricane hunters are refining how storms are tracked in hopes of developing better predictions of where hurricanes will hit and how much they will intensify. (CBS News)
Two thirds of the world's population never see a truly dark starry sky because light pollution from human activity obscures the view, scientists say. (BBC News)
Experiments conducted in a Northern Carolina pine forest show that after an initial growth spurt, trees grow more slowly and do not absorb as much excess carbon from the atmosphere as expected. (USAToday.com)
A looming water crisis could threaten one in three people by 2025, a United Nations Forum said. (Reuters)
Britain's declining population of farmland birds may have an unlikely savior: global climate change. (Independent News)
NOAA forecasts the formation of a weak or moderate El Nino by late 2001 or early 2002 as sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific warmed in July. (Reuters)
A $100 million NASA Earth-observing spacecraft called Triana, originally conceived by Al Gore, will soon be stored away indefinitely due to budgetary constraints. (Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post)
Scientists are compiling the first detailed map of Britain?s receding coastline. (BBC.com)
Scientists at NASA confirmed in a recent study that large solar storm send electrically charged particles to Earth and those particles deplete upper-level ozone. (Weather.com, Spacedaily.com)
Several satellites including NASA's Terra and Landsat 7 satellites are mapping a 200-year old trail, to reveal ecological, environmental and cultural changes that have taken place since the Lewis and Clark expedition. (MSNBC.com)