What On Earth

February 2010
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The Uphill Road to Measuring Snow Mar 01, 2010 12:06:02 PM | Adam Voiland
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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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Greenhouse Molecules Laid Bare Feb 24, 2010 10:14:23 AM | Adam Voiland
 
B-list chemical compounds might have an A-list impact on climate
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An Award-Winning Scientist Who Came in from the Cold Feb 18, 2010 12:41:53 PM | Adam Voiland
 
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
 
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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