Atmospheric

Origin Puzzle: It Wasn't The Sun's Energy That Sustained Early Life On Earth

The mystery of why life on Earth evolved has gotten more complicated, not less. Scientists in a new paper say they have ruled out a theory as to why the planet was warm enough to sustain the planet's earliest life forms when the Sun's energy was ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 4 2013 - 6:33pm

Is Global Warming really a recovery from regional cooling?

This page is a rewrite of the page that was here a few days ago, I had some issues with getting the sign of the data right. The values are the same, only the direction of the change in minimum temperature changed. I apologize for any confusion this may hav ...

Blog Post - Mi Cro - Jun 13 2014 - 5:10pm

Martian Clouds Created On Earth

Clouds on Mars look a lot like those on Earth: images of the Martian sky taken by NASA's Opportunity rover depict gauzy, high-altitude wisps, similar to our cirrus clouds. These clouds likely consist of either carbon dioxide or water-based ice crysta ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 10:32am

Game Theory Shows The Way To Control Climate Change

A week ago, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered to massive media coverage an unsettling message – climate change is real, humans are the main cause of it, and unless we stop the warming of the planet, in 50 years life as we k ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Oct 11 2013 - 9:48am

Stadium Wave Propagation Could Explain Lull In Global Warming

One of the more controversial issues from the recent first part of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is the failure of global climate models to predict a hiatus in warming of global surface temperatures since 1 ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2013 - 10:52am

Phailin: Catastrophic Category 5 Storm Closes On India

Tropical Cyclone Phailin is closing on northeastern India and by morning will bring winds exceeding 100 miles per hour and a storm surge up to 20 feet.  Windgusts near landfall could be 150 MPH. They were higher than that a few hours ago. NASA would ordina ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 11 2013 - 10:04pm

The Long Engineering Road To Political Emissions Standards

Emissions standards are easy for politicians. They just consult some people whose opinion they happen to like and pick a number.  Then it is up for science and engineering to make it possible, whatever the cost.  In 2012, California approved standards to ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2013 - 11:05am

The Disaster That Wasn't: Super Typhoon Francisco

Typhoon Francisco passed by Guam today- on its way to becoming a super typhoon. Francisco developed in the Western Pacific Ocean on October 16th, 2013 and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over on October 18th, 2013 a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2013 - 5:20pm

Typhoon Francisco Bears Down On Japan

Typhoon Francisco was already spreading fringe clouds over southern Japan when NASA's Aqua satellite flew overhead and captured a picture of the storm from space on Oct. 22nd at 04:30 UTC/12:30 a.m. EDT. Aqua captured Typhoon Francisco approaching Ja ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2013 - 2:40pm

Can We Get Better Heat Wave Forecasts?

Might we one day predict summer heat waves? A distinctive atmospheric wave pattern high above the Northern Hemisphere can foreshadow the emergence of summertime heat waves in the United States more than two weeks in advance, according to research led by s ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2013 - 7:18pm