Nasa images show climate change from space

[Judi Lynn]

Source: TimesOnline

December 11, 2007

Nasa images show climate change from space

Footage of cloud patterns from space can measure temperature changes
Nico Hines

Clouds on the outer edge of the Earth’s atmosphere are operating as an “exquisite” temperature gauge monitoring climate change.

Images from a Nasa mission into space have shown for the first time that noctilucent clouds, which are only created at certain temperatures, appear to be increasing in frequency and extent.

The "night-shining" clouds can be viewed from Earth, but the new satellite images show a global overview of the clouds enabling scientists to measure them.

Build-up of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane in the upper atmosphere may be responsible for the cloud changes, scientists said.



Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3037134.ece?print=yes&randnum=1197408215093

[mikelgb]

1. fails w/o images

[annabanana]

2. night cloud patterns

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pslcQXWQz3k

[superconnected]

3. I once had a fundy co-worker who kept insisting there wasn't an outerspace.

God wouldn't let there be one...