News from the National Science Foundation

Explore the links below to learn more about the science funded by the United States National Science Foundation.

08/27/09 Connections among Solar Cycle, Stratosphere and Ocean Discovered
08/16/09 Solar Cycle Linked to Global Climate
06/29/09 Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows
06/23/09 Survey Finds That Americans Think Weather Forecasts Are Important
06/18/09 Scientists Create First Comprehensive Computer Model of Sunspots
06/11/09 Global Warming Can Impact Monsoons and Lower Crop Production
06/02/09 The Abyss: Deepest Part of the Oceans No Longer Hidden
05/27/09 Arctic Tundra May Contribute to Warmer World
05/27/09 Sea-level Rise May Pose Greatest Threat to Northeast U.S., Canada
05/18/09 How Solid is Concrete's Carbon Footprint?
05/17/09 Scientists Make First Direct Observations of Biological Particles in High-Altitude Clouds
04/29/09 Glacial Advances
04/21/09 As World Warms, Water Levels Dropping in Major Rivers
04/07/09 Scientists Learn About Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume
03/25/09 Tornado-like Rotation is Key to Understanding Volcanic Plumes
03/18/09 Earth's Crust Melts Easier Than Thought
03/16/09 Warmer Temperatures are Changing Antarctic Phytoplankton
03/02/09 Geologic Findings Undermine Theories of Permian Mass Extinction Timing
02/26/09 Not Just a Guy in a White Coat
02/24/09 Research Team Confirms Alps-like Mountain Range Exists under East Antarctic Ice Sheet
02/23/09 Scientists to Investigate Role of Equatorial Pacific Ocean in Global Climate System
02/05/09 Microbe Survives in Ocean’s Deepest Realm, Thanks to Genetic Adaptations
02/05/09 Researchers Observe Evolution Chain Reaction
02/04/09 Prehistoric Fossil Snake is Largest on Record
02/03/09 Early Whales Gave Birth on Land
01/30/09 "Hot Spot" for Toxic Algal Blooms Discovered off Washington Coast
01/30/09 New Galactic Distance Measurements Increase Milky Way's Mass and Rotation Speed
01/30/09 Can Forests Survive Without Birds?
01/15/09 International Year of Astronomy Kicks Off With Strong Support from the National Science Foundation
01/08/09 NSF, NASA Successfully Flight-Test New Balloon Over Antarctica
01/07/09 Microscopic Fossils Offer Big Clues to Earth's Climate
01/07/09 Flying from Pole to Pole to Measure Greenhouse Gases
12/12/08 New Online Report on Massive Jellyfish Swarms Released
11/24/08 Unlocking Climate Mysteries and Engaging Students from Harlem to Antarctica
11/17/08 Small Satellite Takes on Large Thunderstorms
11/09/08 Storms Shaped the Himalayan Mountains
11/07/08 Ecologists Use Oceanographic Data to Predict Future Climate Change
11/02/08 In Alaska's Forests, Dried Mushrooms to the Rescue?
10/15/08 Details of Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Land Animals Revealed
10/09/08 Health Standards Exceeded by Ozone Pollution in Wildfires
10/08/08 Fish Adapting to a Changing World
10/08/08 Scientists Study Hurricanes of the Future
10/03/08 Gas From the Past Gives Scientists New Insights into Climate and the Oceans
10/02/08 Paleozoic "Sediment Curve" Provides New Tool for Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements
09/26/08 Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Rock on Earth
09/24/08 Pine Bark Beetles Affecting More than Forests
09/17/08 From Sugar to Gasoline
08/08/08 Water Refineries?
08/07/08 Scientists to Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts
07/31/08 Cold and Ice, and Heat, Episodically Gripped Tropical Regions 300 Million Years Ago
07/29/08 Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion
07/22/08 Scientists Test System to Forecast Flash Floods along Colorado's Front Range
07/21/08 Outflow from World's Largest River – The Amazon – Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon “Sink”
07/17/08 Newly-Found Rock May Prove Antarctica and North America Were Connected
07/17/08 Scientists Discover Fish that Talk
07/03/08 How Many Species Have There Been on Earth?
06/18/08 Newly Born Twin Stars are Far From Identical
06/17/08 The Mystery of Mass Extinction is No Longer Murky
06/12/08 If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change?
06/05/08 Study of Glacial Earthquakes Shakes Up Idea of How Ice Streams Move
06/02/08 Small Planet, Small Star
05/28/08 Scientists Search for the Cause of Ancient Global Warming
05/28/08 Rock Eating Bacteria Found at the Bottom of the Sea
05/21/08 Finding Answers in the Clouds: Using tiny planes to discover how air pollution can impact weather, climate, and global warming
05/08/08 Ancient Beachcombers May Have Traveled Slowly
05/01/08 Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star
04/30/08 Global Warming Affects World's Largest Freshwater Lake
04/24/08 Injecting Sulfate Particles into Stratosphere Could Have Drastic Impact on Earth's Ozone Layer
04/24/08 Genetic Sequencing of Protein from T. rex Bone Confirms Dinosaurs' Link to Birds
04/23/08 Catching a Glimpse of a Black Hole's Fury
04/16/08 Star Wars Exhibition Brings Reality to Fantasy
04/11/08 Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts
04/10/08 Picture This: Explaining Science Through Drawings
04/07/08 Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, But Gasoline Might
02/18/08 Giant Fossil Frog Found in Madagascar
02/14/08 A Newly Discovered Solar System Contains Scaled-Down Versions of Saturn and Jupiter
02/11/08 Fossil Record Suggests Insect Assaults on Foliage May Increase with Warming Globe
02/07/08 Pacific Coral Reefs May Not Get Into Hot Water
01/15/08 NSF Dedicates New South Pole Station
01/11/08 Quakes Under Pacific Ocean Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulation System
12/20/07 Missing Link Between Whales and Four-Footed Ancestors Discovered
12/10/07 Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Faster
12/04/07 Did Life First Form in a Mica Sandwich at the Bottom of an Ancient Sea?
11/27/07 Newly Unveiled Satellite Map of Antarctica Is a Unique Tool for Scientists, Educators and the Public
10/31/07 Reef Health Depends on Algae Chomping Fish
10/24/07 Solar Telescope Reaches 120,000 Feet on Jumbo-Jet-Sized Balloon
09/07/07 Acid Rain Has Greater Impact on Coastal Ocean Waters


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