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Hamilton - Nov 06, 2003Climate change in the past century has had a surprising impact on the Great Lakes region of the U.S. - more snow. A comparative study of snowfall records in and outside of the Great Lakes region indicated a significant increase in snowfall in the Great Lakes region since the 1930s but no such increase in non-Great Lakes areas. Little Islands Cut A Big Wake Across Pacific Climate 
Greenbelt - Nov 05, 2003On a map of the world, the Hawaiian Islands are barely a speck in the 64 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean. But oceanographers recently discovered that these tiny dots on the map have a surprising effect on ocean currents and circulation patterns over much of the Pacific. |
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Exploring The Unknown World Of "Cloud Nine"
Boulder - Jul 08, 2002CORRECT URL climate-02w.html Ball Aerospace has won a contract to build a NASA spacecraft that will explore the little understood 100 kilometers above the arctic in the mesosphere where polar clouds form and drift southward.Selected as part of NASA's Small Explorer (SMEX) program the mission will increase our understanding of what surely must be "cloud nine" at the edge of space. Sky-High Icebergs Carried Boulders From The Rockies To Coastal Washington 
Seattle - Nov 04, 2003Geologists have uncovered a scene in the Pasco Basin west of the Columbia River that shows how boulders piggybacked icebergs from what is now Montana and came to rest at elevations as high as 1,200 feet. Climate Change in the Vineyards: The Taste of Global Warming 
Boulder - Nov 04, 2003A study of the world's top 27 wine regions' temperatures and wine quality over the past 50 years reveals that rising temperatures have already impacted vintage quality. As for the next 50 years, climate modeling for these same wine regions predicts a 2 C temperature rise that is likely to make cool growing regions better producers of some grape varieties, and already warm wine regions less hospitable for viticulture. Water On The Gaza Strip: Time Bomb Or Ray Of Hope? 
Seattle - Nov 04, 2003Beneath the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip is a groundwater crisis that's rapidly depriving Palestinians of drinkable water. Israeli, Palestinian, and French geoscientists have worked out a way to save Gaza drinking water while offering Israelis and Palestinians a rare opportunity to work together and solve a problem for their mutual benefit. Ultra-Low Oxygen May Have Caused Extinctions, But Spurred Birds 
WASHINGTON - Nov 03, 2003Recent evidence suggests that oxygen levels were suppressed worldwide 175 million to 275 million years ago and fell to precipitously low levels compared with today's atmosphere, low enough to make breathing the air at sea level feel like respiration at high altitude. NASA Funded Earth Alert System To Aid MEMA In Disasters 
Huntsville - Oct 29, 2003The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has recently deployed a new communications system, based on NASA technology, that is designed to aid emergency management professionals when natural or man-made disasters occur. Wolves Rebalancing Yellowstone Eco System As Cottonwood Trees Return 
Corvallis - Oct 29, 2003The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park may be the key to maintaining groves of cottonwood trees that were well on their way to localized extinction, and is working to rebalance a stream ecosystem in the park for the first time in seven decades, Oregon State University scientists say in two new studies. |
Debate Heats Up On Role Of Climate In Human Evolution
Boulder - Oct 29, 2003Scientists at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Seattle next week are taking a comprehensive new look at drivers of human evolution. It now appears that climate variability during the Plio-Pleistocene (approximately 6 million years in duration) played a hugely important role. Recent Warming Of Arctic May Affect Worldwide Climate 
Greenbelt - Oct 24, 2003Recently observed change in Arctic temperatures and sea ice cover may be a harbinger of global climate changes to come, according to a recent NASA study. Satellite data -- the unique view from space -- are allowing researchers to more clearly see Arctic changes and develop an improved understanding of the possible effect on climate worldwide. Evidence Of Global Warming In The Past Supports Greenhouse Theory 
Santa Cruz - Oct 24, 2003Scientists have filled in a key piece of the global climate picture for a period 55 million years ago that is considered one of the most abrupt and extreme episodes of global warming in Earth's history. The new results from an analysis of sediment cores from the ocean floor are consistent with theoretical predictions of how Earth's climate would respond to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Columbia Research Sheds Light On Ocean Dynamics 
New York - Oct 24, 2003Currents connecting Pacific and Indian Oceans are colder and deeper than thought Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have found that currents connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans are colder and deeper than originally believed. This discovery may one day help climate modelers predict the intensity of the Asian monsoon or El Nino with greater accuracy and with more lead-time than is currently possible. Clays May Have Aided Formation of Primordial Cells 
Chevy Chase - Oct 24, 2003Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have discovered that clays may have been the catalysts that spurred the spontaneous assembly of fatty acids into the small sacs that ultimately evolved into the first living cells. New Genomic Data Helps Resolve Biology's Tree Of Life 
Madison - Oct 23, 2003For more than a century, biologists have been working to assign plants, animals and microbes their respective places on the tree of life. More recently, by comparing DNA sequences from a few genes per species, scientists have been trying to construct a grand tree of life that accurately portrays the course of life on Earth, and shows how all organisms are related, one to another. Million Dollar Partnership To Revolutionize Ocean Research 
Victoria - Oct 20, 2003The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the province of British Columbia today announced $62.4 million in funding for the NEPTUNE Canada Project. The CFI-B.C. funding investment will help the University of Victoria (UVic) develop the world's largest cable-linked seafloor observatory off North America's west coast. |
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