NASA Co-Sponsors Ocean Voyage to Probe Climate-Relevant Gases
February 21 — More than 30 scientists will embark next week on a research mission to the Southern Ocean. Researchers will battle the elements to study how gases important to climate change move between the atmosphere and the ocean under high winds and seas. More

Greenland's Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss at Surface and Beyond
February 20 — A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, fueling the loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout the mass beneath. More

2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late
February 8 — The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. More

CALIPSO Takes Its One-Billionth Measurement
February 7 — A NASA satellite that offers information on how tiny particles in the air or clouds warm or cool the Earth took its billionth measurement since its launch in April 2006. More

Ocean-Observing Satellites Help Break Current Records
February 7 — Maps of ocean currents made possible by satellite data helped two different teams of ocean adventurers set records this winter crossing the Tasman Sea. More

NASA Scientist Leads International Expedition to Antarctica In Search of Extreme Organisms
February 5 — NASA's Richard Hoover is leading a team of explorers and scientists to a remote location in Antarctica to search for and characterize its unique microorganisms. February 5, 2008 More

NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast
February 1 — Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends. More

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