What On Earth
- February 2010
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Here is the list of entries for What On Earth based on the selected criteria.
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The Uphill Road to Measuring Snow
Mar 01, 2010 12:06:02 PM | Adam Voiland
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- One-sixth of the world’s population relies on melted snow for their freshwater, which means good estimates of snow are critical for making realistic predictions of a region’s water supply.
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Rising Temperatures in the Midst of Heavy Snow?
Feb 26, 2010 09:42:06 AM | Adam Voiland
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- The last few months have been a bit odd. Too much snow in the mid-Atlantic. Too little for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. And a dusting nearly everywhere else.
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Revisiting the Iris Effect
Mar 08, 2010 02:06:33 PM | Adam Voiland
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- A NASA scientist and others take a closer look at a paper with some buzz.
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Can Air Pollution Cause Lightning Storms?
Feb 20, 2010 12:38:00 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Strange as it may seem, the most recent Image of the Week entry from the Climate and Radiation Branch at Goddard Space Flight Center suggests that air pollution does indeed exacerbate lightning storms.
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An Award-Winning Scientist Who Came in from the Cold
Feb 18, 2010 12:41:53 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Researchers who study glaciers and polar dynamics often get into it for the love of the field work. Benjamin Smith, a researcher at the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory, was no exception.
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Are the Oceans Really Stuffed to the Gills with Carbon Dioxide?
Apr 01, 2010 07:55:43 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- Two months ago, NASA scientist Timothy Hall and colleagues published a study that described how they had estimated the amount of manmade carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean since the start of the industrial era.
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