Aerosols Boost Warming Potential
of Some Gases
Certain gases that cause warming are so closely linked with aerosol production that the emissions of one type of pollutant can affect the quantity of the other. +
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Climate Simulation Computer
Becomes More Powerful
More powerful computers needed to process the sophisticated
computer models used in climate forecasts are now being developed
at Goddard. +
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GEOS-5 Based Visualization Among
Wired's Best of 2009
A visualization of a GEOS-5 atmospheric carbon cycle simulation conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been highlighted in the list of the Best Science Visualization Videos of 2009 by Wired magazine. The visualization was produced at ORNL by Jamison Daniel and David Erickson. +
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Super-Eruptions, Climate and
Human Survival
Explosive volcanic eruptions can cool climate for a short
period, but can a super-eruption such as occurred 74 thousand
years ago lead to ice sheet formation? +
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Particles Multi-Task to Change
Climate
Tiny particulate matter in the atmosphere can both warm and
cool the climate. Which effect is dominant, and will the
balance change as the atmosphere warms due to greenhouse
gases? +
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Climate Change Will Make for
Uneven Ozone Recovery
New research by NASA suggests the ozone layer of the future
is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse
gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere. +
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Experiment May Help Forecast
Deadly Cyclones
NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve
weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones
develop. +
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GEOS-5 CloudSat Intercomparisons
A new study utilizes global analyses of the atmosphere obtained
from the new GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System (DAS) developed
for GMAO's Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research
and Applications (MERRA) to examine the relationships between
cloud parameters observed by the CloudSat satellite and
predictors of convective cloud structure derived from MERRA
re-analyses. +
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Looking Both Ways at Pollution
Regulation of pollutants often treats their air quality and
climate change effects separately, but a unified approach
may produce better results. +
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Getting a Grip On Ice Sheet
Changes
To better understand how climate change will affect the Greenland
ice sheet, scientists modeled the melting Laurentide ice
sheet of 9000 years ago. +
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