Public spending watchdogs in the US have slammed NASA for having such terrible property control procedures that employees have "lost" $94m worth of kit in the last decade. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

The private college said it has offset emissions of 2,488 tons over the past 15 months by investing in a greenhouse gas reduction project in Oregon. The cost: about $25,000. picked by mandolinorange 8 months ago

Planning a romantic atmosphere has never been an easy task. Release you imagination, arouse the senses with beautiful sights, sounds and aromas. I"m sure you are aware of all the details, So I"ll just remind you the essentials. picked by goldy 2 years ago

Mars and Venus, those seemingly contrasting planets of self-help book fame, have more in common than you might think. Two nearly identical spacecraft around Mars and Venus have compared the two worlds' atmospheres and found them to be surprisingly similar. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Researchers from the UK and Germany have found that the insects can judge the best conditions for flight based on direction and windspeed, selecting the fastest moving layers of atmosphere so, with their own speed of 10mph, can cruise at speeds of up to 55 mph. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

When the magnetic poles reverse, a number of changes will probably occur. Communications and navigational equipment, even the composition of the atmosphere could all be affected. The reversals happen on the average every 200k years. It has been 400k years since the last one. And a year since the last omg warning. :-) picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

The tell-tale signature of the molecule methane in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet HD 189733b has been found with the Hubble Space Telescope. Under the right circumstances methane can play a key role in prebiotic chemistry – the chemical reactions considered necessary to form life as we know it. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Settling a long-standing scientific debate, Los Alamos scientists have demonstrated conclusively how electromagnetic waves accelerate ordinary electrons in the belts of radiation outside Earth's atmosphere to a state where they become "killer electrons," particles that are hazardous to satellites, spacecraft, and astronauts. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Venus is more Earth-like than previously thought-including lightning where theory held that none could exist. Venus is the world closest to Earth in terms of size, mass, distance and chemical makeup, but while Earth is a haven for life, Venus is typically described as hellish, with a crushing atmosphere holding choking clouds of sulfuric acid over a rocky desert surface hot enough to melt lead. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A full scale vortex engine would produce a funnel cloud that would stretch several kilometers into the atmosphere. The artificial tornado would be powered at the base by waste heat (ideally from a power-generating facility). picked by deepchill 1 year ago

Every once and a while a rare event occurs called a "nimbus", or "icebow." These rings around the sun are caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. That, or G-d is trying to tell Florida something... ;-) Either way, still a pretty cool sight! picked by ziggyguy 4 months ago

President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite - and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel - by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday.
*update to this story. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours. picked by mutil8or 4 weeks ago

With its thin atmosphere and scant moisture, Mars is often largely cloud-free. But new observations reveal clouds of dry ice thick enough to cast significant shadows on the red planet. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Analogous to the Earth's current situation, greenhouse warming 55 million years ago was caused by a relatively rapid increase of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. This phase, known as the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), was studied using sediments that accumulated 55 million years ago on the ocean floor. The new study shows that a large proportion of the greenhouse gases was released ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Human civilisation might have been millions of years more advanced today had it not been for massive chains of undersea volcanoes that erupted billions of years ago. New research has found that the birth of the oxygen-rich atmosphere we breathe was delayed 200 million years by marine volcanoes that destroyed the vital gas almost as fast as it was being exhaled by early bacteria. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

How may a little boy know such things? Space became the permanent theme of his stories when the boy turned two years old. Once he said that he used to live on Mars himself. He says that the planet is inhabited now too, although it lost its atmosphere after a mammoth catastrophe. The Martians live in underground cities, Boriska says. picked by deepchill 6 months ago

Jon Lieber rumbled into spring training yesterday in his $211k Ford F650 SuperTruck, a customized blue-and-black beast, 9 feet, 2 inches tall and 25,000 pounds, with six doors, 45-inch wheels, seating for seven, a satellite dish and customized leather interior. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Bright hazes that mysteriously appear and then disappear on Venus in a matter of days have revealed a new dynamic feature of the planet's cloudy atmosphere that is unlike anything on Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago