Wednesday, January 02, 2008

New Light Shed On Night Clouds

HAMPTON, Va. - A Hampton University professor is shedding new light on night-shining clouds that might be affected by climate change. Jim Russell is the lead scientist for the NASA-funded AIM satellite, the first to study the wispy "noctilucent" clouds, which only appear above Earth's poles.

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See also:

Scientists: We've Entered a New Epoch, the Anthropocene

What's Your Consumption Factor? by Jared Diamond