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Category Archives: Scientists
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill as seen from Satellite
By Dr. Charles Ichoku, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The recent oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is an example of a large environmental event that can have multiple ramifications. The oil slick resulted from … Continue reading
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Volcanic Eruptions and Cooling of the Planet
By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland marked by the spectacular “curtain-of-fire” and near-complete shut-down of air travel in Europe in mid-April will probably earn a place … Continue reading
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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Earth Detectives: How We Know What We Know
By Dr. Lin Chambers, NASA Scientist for GLOBE In December 2009, I attended the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, a huge annual meeting of scientists that Dr. Gatebe wrote about earlier in this space. I have been attending … 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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