NASA Climate Change 'Peacemakers' Aided Nobel Effort
December 17 — Hundreds of NASA scientists contributed to the United Nations effort recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month. More

Saharan Dust Has Chilling Effect on North Atlantic
December 14 — NASA has discovered that the chilling effect of dust was responsible for the difference in hurricane activity between 2005 and 2006. More

Air Quality Forecasts See Future in Space
December 13 — Weather broadcasts have long been a staple for people planning their day. Now with the help of NASA satellites, researchers are working to broaden daily forecasts to include predictions of air quality, a feat that is becoming reality in some parts of the world. More

NASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change
December 12 — New findings from NASA’s CloudSat and other spacecraft in NASA’s “A-Train” constellation of five Earth observing satellites offer important insights into this year’s record reduction of Arctic sea ice, global rainfall patterns and the effects of pollution on clouds. More

NASA Hurricane Animation Improves Storm Damage Prediction
December 11 — New hurricane animation developed by NASA can help forecasters predict overall storm damage more accurately, thanks to a student intern science team that developed new computer graphics using satellite imagery. More

Smaller Storms Drop Larger Overall Rainfall in Hurricane Season
December 7 — According to a new study using NASA satellite data, smaller tropical storms do more to alleviate droughts than hurricanes do over the course of a season by bringing greater cumulative rainfall. More

NASA to Use Balloon Flotilla to Study Radiation That Affects Earth
December 5 — A new NASA project will use more than 40 high altitude balloons to return new scientific insights about Earth's Van Allen Belts. More

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