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New NASA Climate Programs

 

The DC-8 airborne laboratory is one of several NASA aircraft that will fly in support of five new investigations into how different aspects of the interconnected Earth system influence climate change.
DC=8 Airborne Lab                          Image NASA  



NASA has released details of 5 new programs starting in 2015 to see  how long-range air pollution, warming oceans and fires in Africa affect our climate. these are:-

Atmospheric chemistry and air pollution
Ecosystem changes in a warming ocean
Greenhouse gas sources
African fires and Atlantic clouds 
Melting Greenland glaciers 

The study will involve seven NASA  centers  25 education institutions there US Government departments and two private sector partners.

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