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NEWS ABOUT: atmosphere

atmosphere stories: 7 news summaries

 MIT Students 
 Snap Space Pics 
 on the Cheap 

'Project Icarus' sends camera to the stratosphere for under $150

Sep 22, 09 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A trio of MIT students managed to take photographs from the edge of space for less than $150, the Guardian reports. The students sent a digital camera and a GPS-equipped mobile phone in a coolbox into the stratosphere by attaching the kit to a helium balloon. They retrieved the photos... More »

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MIT • camera • photography • atmosphere • outer space

The Latest Ozone Villain:
Laughing Gas

Nitrous oxide nothing
to chuckle about, climate scientists say

Aug 28, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nitrous oxide is the new chlorofluorocarbons. A study published today fingers N2O, aka laughing gas, as the most dangerous ozone-depleting gas in the air, Time reports. Nitrous oxide isn’t as dangerous as CFCs, but it’s incredibly common, emitted by everything from fertilizer to sewage treatment plants to... More »

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greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • Kyoto Protocol • atmosphere • ozone • ozone layer • nitrous oxide • Montreal Protocol

(Newser) - A dust cloud weighing nearly a million tons kicked into the atmosphere by a massive storm in China's Taklamakan desert circled the world almost intact in 13 days, the Telegraph reports. Scientists, who used NASA satellites to track the path of the dustball until it fell apart over the Pacific... More »

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China • atmosphere • satellite • desert • climate

Thawing Arctic Could Set Off Methane Climate Bomb

Billions of tons of strong greenhouse gas lie on ocean floor

Apr 17, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate scientists meeting this week in Vienna are contemplating a terrible prospect—the release of billions of tons of methane gas from the Arctic Ocean, Der Spiegel reports. Methane, 20 times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, lies frozen in gas hydrates on the ocean floor, but rising... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Siberia • atmosphere • methane • Arctic Sea • carbon emissions

Get Ready for a Light Show

Geminids will benefit from a moonless night

Dec 11, 07 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - This week's incarnation of the annual Geminid meteor shower should be particularly awe-inspiring, reports National Geographic, because it coincides with dark, moonless sky for the first time since 1996. Skywatchers can expect at least 110 meteors per minute, with the best viewing on Thursday and Friday. The peak will be... More »

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Earth • atmosphere • Perseids • meteor shower • comet • Geminid meteor shower • 3200 Phaethon

Comet Dust Will Light Sky

Aug 11, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comet debris will light up the sky tomorrow night and Monday morning with shooting stars as Earth passes through the Perseid meteor shower. For the best view, pick a dark spot away from city lights and look east, says the Discovery Channel. "It's going to be a great show,... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • star • atmosphere • Perseus • Perseids • meteors • meteor shower • shooting stars • comet • Swift Tuttle

Astronaut Takes Out the Trash, Into Space

Discarded equipment expected to burn up
in Earth's atmosphere

Jul 23, 07 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A NASA astronaut hurled two large pieces of space junk—a 1,400-pound reservoir filled with ammonia and a 212-pound piece of video equipment—off the International Space Station and into the Earth's orbit today. NASA does not approve of space littering, Reuters reports, but the agency had no other... More »

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NASA • space • ocean • garbage • astronauts • space shuttle • atmosphere • International Space Station

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