U.S. Climate Change Science Program: News from CCSP Participating Agencies

Scientists search for answers from the carbon in the clouds

Research (dtd 25 Jul 2008) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. (link posted 25 Jul 2008)

"Carbon farm" project will study ways to capture atmospheric CO2

News (dtd 23 Jul 2008) from the US Geological Survey. (link posted 23 Jul 2008)

Transcending Boundaries

News (dtd 23 Jul 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 23 Jul 2008)

New NASA 'Fire & Smoke' Web Page Shows Latest Fire Views, Research

Media release (dtd 22 Jul 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 22 Jul 2008)

Outflow from World's Largest River - the Amazon - Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon "Sink"

News (dtd 21 Jul 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 21 Jul 2008)

Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow on Arctic Warming

News (dtd 21 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 21 Jul 2008)

Scientists Offer New Explanation for Monsoon Development

News (dtd 21 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 21 Jul 2008)

Office of Biological and Environmental Research Weekly Report

Research news (dtd 21 Jul 2008) from DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. (link posted 21 Jul 2008)

NOAA Hosts Educators Climate Change Conference

News (dtd 18 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 18 Jul 2008)

Iceberg Scour Affects Biodiversity

News (dtd 17 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 17 Jul 2008)

Scientists Demonstrate the Sharpest Measurement of Ice Crystals in Clouds

News (dtd 17 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 17 Jul 2008)

A different pattern of sea ice retreat

News (dtd 17 Jul 2008) from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. (link posted 17 Jul 2008)

Plight of the Puffins

News (dtd 17 Jul 2008) from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (link posted 17 Jul 2008)

Eighth Warmest June on Record for Globe

News (dtd 16 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 16 Jul 2008)

For Toy-Like NASA Robots in Arctic, Ice Research is Child's Play

News (dtd 15 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 15 Jul 2008)

Future Snowmelt in West Twice as Early as Expected

News (dtd 15 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 15 Jul 2008)

Projecting Climate Change From Short-Lived Emissions Due To Human Activities

Science Brief (dtd Jul 2008) from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (link posted 15 Jul 2008)

Unmanned Aircraft to Get Bird's Eye View of Shrinking Greenland Ice Sheet

News (dtd 15 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 15 Jul 2008)

EPA Lays Groundwork for Promising Technologies to Help Mitigate Climate Change

News release (dtd 15 Jul 2008) from the Environmental Protection Agency. (link posted 15 Jul 2008)

Scattered Nature of Wisconsin's Woodlands Could Complicate Forests' Response to Climate Change

News (dtd 14 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 14 Jul 2008)

Office of Biological and Environmental Research Weekly Report

Research news (dtd 14 Jul 2008) from DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. (link posted 14 Jul 2008)

Forest Management Important for Water Supplies

News (dtd 14 Jul 2008) from the National Academies. (link posted 14 Jul 2008)

EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Document for Public Comment

News release (dtd 11 Jul 2008) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (link posted 11 Jul 2008)

Projected California Warming Promises Cycle of More Heat Waves, Energy Use for Next Century

News (dtd 10 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 10 Jul 2008)

Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered

Discovery (dtd 10 Jul 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 10 Jul 2008)

One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction

News (dtd 10 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 10 Jul 2008)

New NOAA Coral Bleaching Prediction System Calls for Low Level of Coral Bleaching in Caribbean this Year

News (dtd 10 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 10 Jul 2008)

Restoration of Climate Sensors Needed

News (dtd 10 Jul 2008) from the National Academies. (link posted 10 Jul 2008)

Climate of 2008: U.S. Tornado Overview

Report (dtd 10 Jul 2008) from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. (link posted 10 Jul 2008)

Climate Change Study and Summit

News (dtd 9 Jul 2008) from the National Academies. (link posted 9 Jul 2008)

American Carbon: Vulcan Project Maps Nation's Fossil Fuel Emissions in Detail

Feature (dtd 9 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 9 Jul 2008)

Warm June for U.S. with Wet and Dry Extremes

News (dtd 9 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 9 Jul 2008)

NOAA Takes First Broad Look at Soot from Ships

News (dtd 9 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 9 Jul 2008)

Ocean Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Wind Energy Sources

News release (dtd 9 Jul 2008) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (link posted 9 Jul 2008)

Climate of 2008: Midwestern U.S. Flood Overview

Report (dtd 9 Jul 2008) from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. (link posted 9 Jul 2008)

NASA Mission to be Crystal Ball into Oceans' Future, Mirror to the Past

Feature (dtd 8 Jul 2008) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (link posted 8 Jul 2008)

TOMS web site to be phased out

News (dtd 8 Jul 2008) from NASA's TOMS team. (link posted 8 Jul 2008)

NOAA Report States Half of U.S. Coral Reefs In "Poor" or "Fair" Condition

News (dtd 7 Jul 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 7 Jul 2008)

Human Influences Challenge Penguin Populations

News (dtd 1 Jul 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 1 Jul 2008)

USGS Accelerates Access to Satellite Data

News (dtd 1 Jul 2008) from the US Geological Survey. (link posted 1 Jul 2008)

Unravelling the 'Inconvenient Truth' of Glacier Movement

News (dtd 27 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 27 Jun 2008)

Modeling the Dust Bowl Climate Forcings

Science brief (dtd Jun 2008) from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (link posted 26 Jun 2008)

Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming

News (dtd 26 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 26 Jun 2008)

Destruction of Greenhouse Gases Over Tropical Atlantic

News (dtd 26 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 26 Jun 2008)

Oak Ridge pegged for national ecological network

News release (dtd 26 Jun 2008) from DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (link posted 26 Jun 2008)

NASA Mission to Answer Lingering Questions From Deep Blue Sea

News release (dtd 25 Jun 2008) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (link posted 25 Jun 2008)

Climate Change Could Severely Impact California's Unique Native Plants

News (dtd 24 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 24 Jun 2008)

Climate Change Could Impact Vital Functions of Microbes

News (dtd 23 Jun 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 23 Jun 2008)

Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft

Report (dtd 2008) from the National Research Council. (link posted 23 Jun 2008)

Two 500-Year Floods Within 15 Years: What are the Odds?

News release (dtd 20 Jun 2008) from the U.S. Geological Survey. (link posted 20 Jun 2008)

Heatwave in Northern Europe

Image and information (dtd 20 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 20 Jun 2008)

NASA Launches Ocean Satellite to Keep A Weather, Climate Eye Open

Press release (dtd 20 Jun 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 20 Jun 2008)

Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End of Last Ice Age

News (dtd 19 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 19 Jun 2008)

Ocean Warming on the Rise

News (dtd 19 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 19 Jun 2008)

NASA, Air Resources Board to Examine California Air Quality

News release (dtd 19 Jun 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 19 Jun 2008)

Ocean temperatures and sea level increases 50 percent higher than previously estimated

News release (dtd 18 Jun 2008) from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (link posted 18 Jun 2008)

Researchers explain nitrogen paradox in forests

Research (dtd 18 Jun 2008) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. (link posted 18 Jun 2008)

UC Davis researcher leads climate-change discovery

Research (dtd 18 Jun 2008) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. (link posted 18 Jun 2008)

Administration Announces Plan To Develop National Environmental Indicators

Press release (dtd 17 Jun 2008) from the Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (link posted 17 Jun 2008)

NASA Mission Poised to Help Us Gauge Our Rising Seas

Feature (dtd 16 Jun 2008) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (link posted 16 Jun 2008)

Global Temperature Seventh Warmest for Spring, Eighth Warmest for May

News release (dtd 13 Jun 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 13 Jun 2008)

National Archives to Include Earth Imagery

News release (dtd 13 Jun 2008) from the U.S. Geological Survey. (link posted 13 Jun 2008)

NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in the Southeast

Press release (dtd 13 Jun 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 13 Jun 2008)

Computer Models Show Major Climate Shift as a Result of Closing Ozone Hole

Media alert (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

Scientist Highlights Urgent Need for New Computer Models to Address Climate Change

News (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

NASA Aircraft Examine Impact of Forest Fires on Arctic Climate

News release (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change?

Discovery (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

Field Project Seeks Clues to Climate Change in Remote Atmospheric Region

Press release (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

NOAA Selects Two Universities for Arctic and Climate Research Programs

News release (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

International Mission Studying Sun to Conclude

News release (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

DOE Announces International Agreement on Global Science Online Gateway

News release (dtd 12 Jun 2008) from the U.S. Department of Energy. (link posted 12 Jun 2008)

Freshwater Runoff From the Greenland Ice Sheet Will More than Double by the End of the Century

Media alert (dtd 11 Jun 2008) from NASA's Earth Observatory. (link posted 11 Jun 2008)

OSTM/Jason 2 Satellite Ready for June 20 Launch From California

Media advisory (dtd 11 Jun 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 11 Jun 2008)

Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

News release (dtd 10 Jun 2008) from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. (link posted 10 Jun 2008)

DOE Data Explorer

News (dtd 10 Jun 2008) from DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. (link posted 10 Jun 2008)

USGS Crews Measure Severe Flooding in the Midwest

News release (dtd 10 Jun 2008) from the US Geological Survey. (link posted 10 Jun 2008)

U.S. Has 36th Coolest Spring on Record

News release (dtd 6 Jun 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 6 Jun 2008)

New research shows how marine organisms help oceans sequester carbon

Press release (dtd 6 Jun 2008) from the DOE's Argonne National Laboratory. (link posted 6 Jun 2008)

Ocean Life Under Threat from Climate Change

News (dtd 6 Jun 2008) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (link posted 6 Jun 2008)

Study of Glacial Earthquakes Shakes Up Idea of How Ice Streams Move

News release (dtd 5 Jun 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 5 Jun 2008)

Early And Intense Tornado Season Could Be Record

News release (dtd 4 Jun 2008) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (link posted 4 Jun 2008)

Arctic sea ice still on track for extreme melt

News (dtd 3 Jun 2008) from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. (link posted 3 Jun 2008)

Large-Scale Experiments Needed to Predict Global Change

Press release (dtd 1 Jun 2008) from the National Science Foundation. (link posted 1 Jun 2008)

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