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When fuels such as coal, wood, and oil burn incompletely, they produce carbon monoxide. The gas is spread by winds…
These maps show the average amount of water vapor in a column of atmosphere by month. Water vapor is the…
Sea surface temperatures have a large influence on climate and weather. Even changes of just a few degrees Celsius can…
The Earth’s land surfaces, life, oceans, and atmosphere endlessly recycle the planet’s water. Liquid water on the surface is transformed…
On Earth, something is always burning: wildfires started by lightning or people, controlled agricultural fires, or fossil fuels. When anything…
The concentration of methane in the atmosphere has been fluctuating, mostly rising. The question is why. Scientists wonder if they…
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 has compiled its first year of data and started quantifying the cycles of emission and absorption…
NASA’s new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 calibrated its sensors by taking data from an area where ground stations could provide ground…
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reached record levels in 2013.
