What On Earth
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Here is the list of entries for What On Earth based on the selected criteria.
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Has Sulfate Pollution from Asia Masked a Decade of Warming?
Jul 06, 2011 03:40:19 PM | Adam Voiland
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- A new study suggests the decade-long lull in global warming that’s caused some to question the scientific underpinnings of climate change stems from large increases in sulfur dioxide emissions in Asia.
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Searching for Rainbows
Feb 24, 2011 09:48:51 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Could searching for rainbows help scientists pinpoint the impact of aerosols?
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A Moment for Glory
Mar 16, 2011 03:33:43 PM | Adam Voiland
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- NASA held a press conference about its soon-to-launch Glory satellite this afternoon in Washington, DC.
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Speaking of Contrails...
Nov 16, 2010 12:19:25 PM | Adam Voiland
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- The prospect of a renegade missile transfixed newscasters last week after a videographer captured imagery of an unusual contrail near the coast of California.
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Volcano Music
Nov 05, 2010 02:59:30 PM | Adam Voiland
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- What on Earth was that sound? Was it a bird? A plane? A humpbacked whale?
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Glory Versus the Curse of the Black Carbon
Oct 15, 2010 09:14:58 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Kick back, make yourself some popcorn, and enjoy one of the newe offerings from NASA Television: a tongue-in-cheek trailer about the horrors of aerosols. Black carbon plays the villain and the sooty particle (which comes from wildfires, campfires, various industrial processes, and diesel fumes) gets the blame for “cursing” atmospheric scientists with a “scourge of ignorance”.
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What on Earth is That? #1
Oct 20, 2011 04:41:16 PM | Adam Voiland
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- We are constantly stumbling across all sorts of odd photos, video, and audio clips from our exploration of the Earth (be if from space, the field, or the lab.) Whether it is a satellite image captured from thousands of miles up, the roar of a B-200 research aircraft, or a microscopic view of a cloud droplet, there is always something strange and wonderful passing across our desks.
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Smog Blog Outtakes
Jun 23, 2011 12:10:06 PM | Adam Voiland
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- On Earth Day, we published an interview about the "smog blog" created by Ray Hoff of the University of Maryland – Baltimore County.
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Fun with Aureoles and Aerosols
Apr 30, 2010 03:21:38 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) recently ran a series of photos that illustrates nicely the impact that small airborne particles called aerosols can have on light.
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Black Carbon's Day on the Hill
Aug 28, 2011 05:31:00 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Leading aerosol scientists, including NASA's Drew Shindell, explained the intricacies of a sooty component of smoke called black carbon to members of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming during a hearing on Capitol Hill last month.
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Soaring for Science
Apr 05, 2010 08:57:44 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- The newest bird in NASA's flock -- the unmanned Global Hawk -- took off from Dryden Flight Research Center today.
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A Closer Look at Dust
Mar 08, 2010 02:12:46 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Each summer, sandstorms lift millions of tons of dust from the Sahara, carrying it off the West Coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Can Something Out in Space be Good for Your Health on Earth?
Mar 15, 2010 08:20:20 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- Stanley Morain's career has led him to a spot as director of the Earth Data Analysis Center at the University of New Mexico, where he has encouraged his colleagues and students to follow their hearts in the projects they pursue. He’s set the example by spending 10 years using NASA satellite data to create daily dust forecasts to improve health alerts.
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Same Words But Different Meanings
Mar 02, 2010 07:19:24 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- There are many words that have distinctly different meanings to scientists and the public. Have any good examples to add to the list?
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Smelling the Air in Kanpur
Feb 26, 2010 08:52:30 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- “When the plane was about 30 minutes from touchdown, we could start to smell the air,” said David Giles. “It was shocking.”
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How Do Global Soot Models Measure Up?
Feb 17, 2010 09:23:32 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- A new study shows that models generally underestimate black carbon’s warming effect on climate.
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