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The Smoking Gun of Climate Change
May 25, 2011Professor Julia Slingo OBE, Chief Scientist of the U.K. Meteorological Office, gives us her perspective on climate change and the state of the climate.
New Ventures
May 25, 2011Noted climate researcher Graeme Stephens discusses his vision as Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's new Center for Climate Sciences.
Communicating Climate Change
May 25, 2011How do we effectively talk about climate change, and are we really communicating what we think we are? Susan Hassol of Climate Communication shares her insights, with advice about what we need to think about.
Navy bracing for climate change
March 22, 2012Climate change is here, whether we like it or not, and the Arctic is one of the fastest-changing places on the planet. The U.S. Navy has developed Arctic and climate change roadmaps to guide the way it adapts to climate change.
Working together: Kyoto's last chance?
December 6, 2011Dr. Erika Podest is representing NASA at the latest United Nations' conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa. She reports the latest from the talks on the world's forests, which must be an integral part of the solution to climate change.
My big day: Earth's climate as seen from space
December 8, 2011Dr. Erika Podest is representing NASA at the latest United Nations' conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa. She reports the latest from the talks on the world's forests, which must be an integral part of the solution to climate change.
Conclusions and reflections: Eleventh-hour agreement
December 11, 2011Dr. Erika Podest is representing NASA at the latest United Nations' conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa. She reports the latest from the talks on the world's forests, which must be an integral part of the solution to climate change.
NASA Maps How Nutrients Affect Plant Productivity
November 1, 2012A new analysis led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has estimated how much the growth of plants worldwide is limited by the amount of nutrients available in their soil.
Seeing the wood for the trees
December 5, 2011Dr. Erika Podest is representing NASA at the latest United Nations' conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa. She reports the latest from the talks on the world's forests, which must be an integral part of the solution to climate change.
A multi-faceted problem: Famine, forests and poverty
December 7, 2011Dr. Erika Podest is representing NASA at the latest United Nations' conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa. She reports the latest from the talks on the world's forests, which must be an integral part of the solution to climate change.
Great expectations: See what tomorrow brings
December 9, 2011Dr. Erika Podest is representing NASA at the latest United Nations' conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa. She reports the latest from the talks on the world's forests, which must be an integral part of the solution to climate change.
NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'
May 9, 2012Inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and measurements of ocean heating led NASA scientists to reexamine the data to solve the puzzle.
Improving Climate Change Predictions, One Cloud at a Time
January 7, 2013Clouds are currently the greatest source of uncertainty in climate change predictions. By modeling the complexity of clouds at small scales, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working to improve climate prediction models in a big way.
Satellite Observations One Key to Climate Models
April 23, 2013Climate models are improving our understanding of Earth’s climate, but different models can produce different results. How is science addressing the disparity?