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Understanding Why Climate Change is Human-Induced: A Day in the Life of the Earth

guest blog by Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Science Educator and Planetary Scientist and Director of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, reprinted from Dr. Jeff’s Blog on the Universe, posted 13 June 2009, with permission of the author … Continue reading

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The Year 2064: A look at the Unmanned Aircraft Systems!

By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The year is 2064 and you’re telling students how Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) first made debut flights to make measurements of atmospheric composition, way, way up … Continue reading

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How Climate Models are Tested

by Dr. Peggy LeMone, NCAR Scientist, former GLOBE Chief Scientist and President-Elect of the American Meteorological Society Have you ever wondered how people test climate models?   We used to have a joke that climate modelers had the best job security … Continue reading

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Thinking About Climategate

By Dr. Robert Cahalan, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate News media recently dubbed “Climategate” the release of a group of private emails between climate scientists in England and the United States that contained discussion that was … Continue reading

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Atmospheric Aerosols: The Mystery Floating in the Air

By Dr. Charles Ichoku, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The following two pictures of the same place were taken on different days. Can you explain why the upper picture is clear but the lower one is … Continue reading

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