Category Archives: General Science

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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Understanding the Structure of Scientific Meetings: The 2009 Fall AGU Meeting

By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The 2009 Fall American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting being held in San Francisco, California, USA, from 12 December to 18 December is billed as one of … 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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Sailboat of Opportunity

By Dr. Lin Chambers, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate. READ THIS BLOG IN SPANISH.  translation by Camelia Deller While scientists often carefully plan field campaigns in areas of the world that they are interested in, sometimes … Continue reading

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Some Final Thoughts from Copenhagen

by Dr. Donna Charlevoix, GPO Climate Research Campaign Coordinator Well, today is my last day here in Copenhagen, unfortunately. The Climate Conference is such an interesting meeting and there is so much to learn. However, it is not possible to … Continue reading

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