Origin of Earth’s Cosmic Dust September 13, 2008 | Astrobiology Magazine The origin of microscopic meteorites in cosmic dust has been revealed. A... Increased Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Linked to Decreased Soil Organic Matter? March 16, 2008 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the past few... Stellar Occultation – Probing a Planet’s Atomsphere November 8, 2007 | European Space Agency Astronomers use a technique called stellar occultation to study the composition of... “Nanominerals” Influence Earth Systems from Ocean to Atmosphere to Biosphere March 25, 2008 | National Science Foundation "The ubiquity of tiny particles of minerals--mineral nanoparticles--in oceans and rivers, atmosphere... How to Survive Rip Currents July 28, 2008 | NOAA Several people died over the past week in rip currents along the... Field Campaign To Study the Arctic’s Lower Atmosphere April 5, 2008 | NASA NASA and its partners have begun the most extensive field campaign ever... Engineering the Atmosphere with SRM February 12, 2010 | University of Calgary Solar-radiation management, or SRM, is an idea in which large amounts of... Ancient Earth had CO2 Atmosphere January 16, 2009 | National Geographic Analysis of rocks in Norway's Svalbard Islands shows low levels of oxygen... Earliest “Breathable” Atmosphere – 500,000,000 Years Ago November 5, 2007 | Earth Observatory "Ohio State University geologists and their colleagues have uncovered evidence of when... Google Oceans? May 2, 2008 | c|net News.com Google launched an advisory group consisting mainly of oceanographers to discuss creating... Galactic Framework Identified November 19, 2009 | European Southern Observatory Galaxies tend to form in clusters, and these clusters form larger groups... Mercury Cycle in the Arctic Atmosphere February 22, 2010 | University of Michigan Human activities emit mercury into the atmosphere, where it can oxidize and... Laser Creates See-Through Aluminum July 28, 2009 | University of Oxford An X-ray laser was successfully able to cause an aluminum sample to... The Great Oxidation Event November 3, 2009 | University of California, Riverside The Great Oxidation Event is thought to have occurred about 2.4 billion... Stone-6 Meteorite Experiment October 1, 2008 | Space Daily Stone-6 is an artificial meteorite that the European Space Agency dropped through... Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets February 18, 2008 | NASA Spitzer Space Telescope "Astronomers have discovered that terrestrial planets might form around many, if not... NSF: Website About Climate Change May 10, 2009 | National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation has a section of their website devoted to... Hydrocarbons From The Mantle? July 28, 2009 | Carnegie Institution Can hydrocarbons form in the mantle without organic matter? Is it... Aerosols in the Atmosphere January 23, 2009 | NASA Aerosols are particles in the atmosphere, originating from sources such as wildfires... Detecting Life Evidence in Meteorites October 15, 2008 | PhysOrg.com A recent experiment sent a piece of Orkney rock into space aboard... |