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	+ Home   Choose another category:   + Humans in Space + Exploring the Universe		+ NASA Home > Life on Earth > The Environment       10.18.07 - NASA Data Reveals 'Average' Ozone Hole in 2007 NASA data reveal the extent of the hole in 2007 was about average when compared to measurements from the last few decades. + Read More     09.25.07 - Drop in Arctic Sea Ice Raises Questions Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly below the minimum set in 2005. + Read More     09.25.07 - Greenland Snow Melting Hits Record High A new NASA-supported study reports that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet. + Read More     09.21.07 - Amazon Unexpectedly Resilient to Drought A team of scientists using two NASA satellites has shown that one of the worst droughts in decades could not stop the Amazon forest from "greening up." + Read More     08.30.07 - NASA Study Predicts More Severe Storms With Global Warming NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth’s climate warms. + Read More     08.28.07 - Long-Term Increase in Rainfall Seen in Tropics NASA has detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise. + Read More     08.15.07 - Scouting out Aerosols in Oklahoma NASA Langley researchers use lidar to support Department of Energy field campaigns. + Read More     05.30.07 - Research Finds That Earth's Climate is Approaching 'Dangerous' Point Researchers find that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earth’s climate close to potentially dangerous consequences for the planet. + Read More     05.30.07 - Checking the Health of Greenland's Ice Sheet, Glaciers Researchers measured critical areas of Greenland's ice sheet as well as its glaciers and monitored changes that may be connected to global climate change. + Read More     05.29.07 - Days of Snow Melting on the Rise in Greenland In 2006, Greenland experienced more days of melting snow and at higher altitudes than average over the past 18 years. + Read More     05.11.07 - An Unprecedented Polar View The International Polar Year will have unprecedented access to an out-of-this-world platform -- 210 miles up in space. + Read More + NASA's IPY Site     05.09.07 - NASA Study Suggests Extreme Summer Warming in the Future NASA study suggests that greenhouse-gas warming may raise average summer temperatures in the eastern U.S. nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the 2080s. + Read More     04.30.07 - NASA Models Show Trees Can Slow Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Converting marginal agricultural land to forests may help slow the increase of carbon in the atmosphere, according to model-based results obtained by NASA scientists using space-based Earth observations and a state-of-the-art ecosystem model. + Read More     04.24.07 - Satellites Offer Sunny Outlook on Understanding Polar Climate, With Help of Cloudy Skies Clouds play a significant role in how much of the sun's radiation reaches Earth's surface and what amount of heat energy Earth reflects back into the atmosphere. + Read More     03.28.07 - Did Dust Bust the 2006 Hurricane Season Forecasts? NASA study suggests tiny dust particles may have foiled 2006 hurricane season forecasts. + Read More     03.19.07 - Clearing the Air: NASA and the EPA Work to Understand the Quality of the Air We Breathe Using advanced instruments -- in the air, on the ground, and in space -- EPA and NASA researchers are studying air quality. + Read More     03.01.07 - Wildfire Flare-Up Linked to Recent El Nino NASA scientists have linked the recent El Nino to the greatest rise in wildfire activity in Indonesia. + Read More     02.12.07 - Study: Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts NASA scientists may have discovered how a warmer climate in the future could increase droughts in certain parts of the world. + Read More     02.08.07 - 2006 Was Earth's Fifth Warmest Year Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century. + Read More     01.30.07 - NASA Probes Sources of World's Tiny Pollutants Pinpointing pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and to understand its impact on climate. + Read More   + Back to Top Archive Page 1 of 8 + Next
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