Early modeling work by Syukura Manabe and Richard Wetherald has proven to be remarkable prescient decades later.
A Climate Model for the History Books
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Early modeling work by Syukura Manabe and Richard Wetherald has proven to be remarkable prescient decades later.
After abundant precipitation fell in California’s Colorado Desert, satellite and ground-based images show colorful, blooming vegetation.
Aroundup of some of the latest Earth science news from NASA.
Photographs show the ground-based view of East Owinat, one of Egypt’s land reclamation projects aimed at making some desert areas suitable for agriculture.
Between 1950 and 1970, sea ice was growing. A new study explains why.
On March 17, 2002, two small satellites (nicknamed Tom and Jerry) blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. In the 15 years since, there is nothing funny about what this pair has accomplished.
In February 2013, scientists saw algae growing amid the snow and ice on an Antarctic island.
Editor’s note: Here’s a roundup of the latest eye-catching earth science videos from NASA and beyond. In March, snow emerged as a theme. Where there is snow, there is water. Scientists trudged through thick white powder in Grand Mesa and the Senator Beck Basin to measure the depth of snow — and its water content — for […]
In Hawaii, land of palm trees, pineapples, and year-round surfing, a full-blown blizzard hit last week. The early March storm brought more than 8 inches (20 centimeters) to the top of Mauna Kea volcano, leading authorities to shut the road to the peak. The snow was all the more surprising given how little has fallen […]
