Earth - Climate Topics
Students to learn what's hot at Earth Day celebration
1999 — April 6, 2011
Open house at Global Hydrology and Climate Center on April 22 will have 5th graders learning from 2nd graders and everyone learning something new about planet Earth.
Planet in a Test Tube
1999 — Sept. 20, 2011
What do the racing winds on Jupiterand the snail's pace circulation of molten rock inside the Earth have in common? They're all fluids whose movements were studied in a "planet in a test tube" experiment flown aboard the Space Shuttle.
Earth Day Education
1999 — April 6, 2011
Students in the Huntsville, Ala. area used a "ray gun" to measure temperature and launched a weather balloon to measure stratospheric ozone, getting a hands-on experience in how climate scientists monitor changes in our atmosphere.
Welcome to the Thunder Dome
1999 — April 6, 2011
Climate scientists report that urbanization has altered weather patterns over Atlanta, Georgia. Data collected for the last 25 years link deforestation and the use of heat-absorbing materials with oddities such as severe morning weather.
First CAMEX-3 hurricane brewing in mid-Atlantic
1998 — April 6, 2011
Scientists may get the chance to study Bonnie, which may develop into a full-fledged hurricane this week.
Preparing for hurricane Danielle
1998 — April 6, 2011
NASA team rests after "quite incredible" work with Bonnie
Hurricane research team stays busy
1998 — April 6, 2011
Team flies 4 missions in 5 days, collecting humidity information in clear air, and oceanic convection data.
Hurricane Season passes its prime
1998 — April 6, 2011
Thunderstorm studies continue as a new hurricane candidate wends its way from Africa.
Now a hurricane, Bonnie may force evacuation
1998 — April 6, 2011
of the hurricane hunters to a safer base but science operations are underway
CAMEX hurricane hunters prepare
1998 — April 6, 2011
to take data from T.S. Bonnie