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A NASA Space Sleuth Hunts the Trail of Earth's Water

01.31.07 - For the first time, NASA scientists have used a shrewd spaceborne detective to track the origin and movement of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere.
NASA Tropical Ozone Studies Yield Surprises

12.14.06 - Two new NASA-funded studies of ozone in the tropics using NASA satellite data not previously available are giving scientists a fuller understanding of the processes driving ozone chemistry and its impacts on pollution and climate change.
Washington Getting a Summertime Air Quality Exam

08.03.06 - Since early July Washington area skies have been subjected to a powerful array of scientific instruments -- in space and on the ground -- to dissect the region's atmosphere.
Scientists Find Antarctic Ozone Hole to Recover Later Than Expected

06.29.06 - Read more about a NASA study that finds clock is ticking slower on ozone hole recovery.
Aura Measures Unusual Arctic Ozone Conditions

06.02.05 - Despite near-record levels of chemical ozone destruction in the Arctic this winter, observations from NASA's Aura spacecraft showed that other atmospheric processes restored ozone amounts to near average and stopped high levels of harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching Earth's surface.