Uncertainties Limit Climate Change Predictions
Gaps in our understanding of climate response in the tropics and polar regions limit our ability to predict future climate change impacts.
(Aug '08)
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Climate Change From Short-Lived Emissions
Three climate models were used to study the climatic effects through the year 2050 of short-lived atmospheric species such as sulfates, aerosols, and tropospheric ozone.
(Jul '08)
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Modeling the Dust Bowl Climate Forcings
A series of climate model simulations studied how dust storms altered precipitation during the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s.
(Jun '08)
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Earth Impacts Linked to Climate Change
A new study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of natural systems, from Arctic permafrost thawing to African lakes declining in productivity.
(May '08)
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GISS Best Publication of 2007
GISS scientists voted "Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?" by Del Genio et al. as the top work among 100 research publications by institute staff published in 2007.
(May '08)
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Dr. Robert Jastrow, 1925-2008
The founder of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies and its director for two decades recently passed away at the age of 82.
(Mar '08)
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2007 Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year
NASA scientists have determined that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earth's second warmest year in a century.
(Jan '08)
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Data Update
NASA Climate Experts Aided Nobel Effort
NASA scientists made important contributions to the International Panel on Climate Change's studies of global warming, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
(Dec '07)
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Earth's Temperature Tracker
After tracking Earth temperature for decades, scientist James Hansen is confident the global warming trend is mainly the result of
human-produced greenhouse gases.
(Nov. '07)
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