Climate
Grab Your Smartphone And Become A Citizen Scientist For NASA
NASA's new GLOBE Observer app allows users to observe the sky in their location and share the data with NASA.
NASA and NOAA Satellites Image Crippling Blizzard of 2015 Pounding New England
NEW JERSEY - Record breaking snow from the ‘Blizzard of 2015’ hit vast regions of the US Northeast today, Jan.…
Why Is Venus So Horrible?
Venus really sucks. It's as hot as an oven with a dense, poisonous atmosphere. But how did it get that…
Weather Forecasting on Mars Likely to be Trickier Than on Earth
Predicting the weather here on Earth is never an easy thing, but predicting it on Mars may be ever trickier.…
Cat 4 Hurricane Gonzalo Threatens Bermuda and Delays Antares Launch to Space Station
Hurricane Gonzalo, the first major Atlantic Ocean basin hurricane in three years, has strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm,…
MAVEN Arrives at Mars! Parks Safely in Orbit
138 million miles and 10 months journey from planet Earth, MAVEN moved into its new home around the planet Mars this evening. Flight…
“Carbon Copy” Spacecraft Ready to Track Global Carbon Dioxide
On February 24, 2009, the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission — designed to study the global fate…
The Rise of Carbon Dioxide in a Single Video
I’m always amazed by the power of data visualization. In this case a video shrinks the rising levels of carbon…
Why People Resist the Notion of Climate Change
One of the most striking features of the climate change 'debate' is that it’s no longer a debate. Climate scientists…
Latest Data Shows Global Climate Continues Warming Trend
The latest statistics are in from 2013 and both NASA’s and NOAA’s measurements of global temperatures show Earth continued to…