News articles tagged with 'stratosphere'
Scientists reach beyond the clouds with mobile phone app to explore the outer atmosphere
— 30 Mar 2011 17:01 | EnvironmentEngineering scientists at the University of Southampton have reached above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to develop new technologies that probe the stratosphere using…
Jupiter scar likely from rocky body
— 27 Jan 2011 18:50 | AstronomyA hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009, according to two papers published recently in the journal Icarus…
What impact would sun dimming have on Earth's weather?
— 25 Jan 2011 19:08 | EnvironmentSolar radiation management projects, also known as sun dimming, seek to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth to counteract the effects of climate change. Global dimming can…
U of C scientist offers better ways to engineer Earth's climate to prevent dangerous global warming
— 8 Sep 2010 11:12 | EnvironmentThere may be better ways to engineer the planet's climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a University of Calgary climate scientist says in two new studies…
New discovery could pave the way for identification of rogue CFC release
— 3 Sep 2010 12:31 | EnvironmentA new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released…
NRL scientist seeing clearly the effects of pyrocumulonimbus
— 26 Aug 2010 20:25 | EnvironmentWildfires can wreak widespread havoc and devastation, affecting environmental assets lives, property and livelihoods. Meteorologist Mike Fromm of the Naval Research Laboratory, in collaboration…
Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratospheric heights
— 26 Mar 2010 13:21 | EnvironmentThe economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding,…
Scientists uncover solar cycle, stratosphere, and ocean connections
— 27 Aug 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentSubtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe,…
After five years, NASA's Aura shines brightly
— 16 Jul 2009 02:46 | EnvironmentOn 15 July 2004 NASA's Aura spacecraft launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to study Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. Aura's data are helping…
New isotope cluster could lead to better understanding of atmospheric carbon dioxide
— 15 Jul 2009 01:17 | EnvironmentA team of researchers has discovered an unexpected concentration of a certain isotopic molecule in parts of the stratosphere that could have implications for understanding the carbon…