September 17, 2001 -
Dawn of a New Ozone Hole - NASA News, Our
planet's Antarctic ozone hole is opening once again as
Spring approaches in the southern hemisphere. In a few days
spring will replace winter across our planet's southern
hemisphere. At the South Pole itself the Sun will peek above
the horizon for the first time in months. And while the
returning Sun will surely be a welcome sight in that frozen
land, with it comes a less popular springtime event -- the
return of the ozone hole...
September 7, 2001 -
A
Greener Planetary Greenhouse - In recent years
Earth-orbiting satellites have seen plants growing more
vigorously than usual over northern parts of our planet. For
more than two decades, northern hemisphere vegetation has
become gradually more lush, according to new research based on
NASA satellite data...
September 27, 2001 -
CAMEX Top Guns - NASA News, Flying into the
largest storms on Earth is all in a day's work for pilots on a
NASA mission to explore hurricanes. It's a rather daunting job
description: "Multi-engine aircraft pilot, substantial
experience required, must be willing to fly into hurricanes."
But some pilots with NASA's Convection And Moisture Experiment
(CAMEX-4) do exactly that. With eyes wide open they
deliberately fly over, around, and even into the biggest
storms on Earth...
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