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Top Stories Archive 14

A cloud of pollution hangs over the eastern United States in this image captured in July 2002 by NASA's MODIS instrument.
Local Sources Major Cause of U.S. Near-Ground Aerosol Pollution
Most of the pollution found here in the U.S. is from local sources, and only a small portion is brought here from other countries.
Landsat image after Katrina
Hurricane Katrina's Impact on Forests
Hurricane Katrina damaged 320 million large trees which led to massive quantities of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere.
Dr. Paul Newman
Montreal Protocol Selects Goddard's Paul Newman as Scientific Assessment Panel Co-Chair
The 191 nations of the Montreal Protocol have selected Dr. Paul A. Newman as co-chair of their Scientific Assessment Panel.
Ozone hole image from September 13, 2007
NASA Data Reveals 'Average' Ozone Hole in 2007
NASA data reveal the extent of the hole in 2007 was about average when compared to measurements from the last few decades.
Dan Rather and Waleed Abdalati
Dan Rather Interviews NASA Goddard's Waleed Abdalati
Retired CBS anchorman Dan Rather visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on September 28, to interview Dr. Waleed Abdalati for his new television program, "Dan Rather Reports," on HDNet.
Visualization of hurricane winds and updrafts
"Towering" Achievement for Goddard's Visualization Studio
A NASA visualization illustrating the complex science of hurricane hot towers has been selected for an award by Science Magazine.
Dan Rather and Waleed Abdalati
'Remarkable' Drop in Arctic Sea Ice Raises Questions
Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly below the minimum set in 2005.
Graphic representation of the Greenland ice melt anomaly
NASA Finds Greenland Snow Melting Hit Record High in High Places
A new NASA-supported study reports that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet.
During the 2005 drought in the Amazon, intact primary forest showed an increase in photosynthetic activity despite below-average rainfall
Amazon Forest Unexpectedly Resilient to Drought
A team of scientists using two NASA satellites has shown that one of the worst droughts in decades could not stop the Amazon forest from "greening up."
Satellite imagery shows the number of Antarctic melting days for the 2004 - 2005 season.
NASA Researchers Find Snowmelt in Antarctica Creeping Inland
Researchers have confirmed that Antarctic snow is melting farther inland, at higher altitudes, and on Antarctica's largest ice shelf.
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