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New Study Debunks Myths About Amazon Rain Forests

Source: NASA News - Posted: March 19, 2010 10:45
A new NASA-funded study has concluded that Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected in the face of once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a previously published report and claims by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Boston University Medical Center press release)
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The Smell of Salt Air, a Mile High and 900 Miles Inland

Source: NASA News - Posted: March 19, 2010 10:45
In a surprise with implications for air quality, researchers have found that chemistry involving airborne chloride, thought to be restricted to sea spray, occurs at similar rates in air above Boulder, Colo., nearly 900 miles away from any ocean. (University of Washington press release)
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Southern Ocean Winds Open Window to the Deep Sea

Source: NASA News - Posted: March 19, 2010 10:45
Scientists have discovered how changes in winds blowing on the Southern Ocean drive variations in the depth of the surface layer of sea water responsible for regulating exchanges of heat and carbon dioxide between the ocean and the atmosphere. (CSIRO Australia press release)
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