Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a government agency responsible for meteorological services and environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere and pollution in the lower atmosphere, according to environmental scientists in the U.S.

HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- We communicate, listen to music, watch TV, navigate and forecast the weather from satellites.

The HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observation (HIPPO) project generated an extraordinarily detailed mapping of the global distribution of greenhouse gases, black carbon and related chemical species in the atmosphere.

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 am EDT on Thursday, June 23, to preview the upcoming series of aircraft research flights over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor to study urban air pollution.

Study helps to establish a new method to estimate rainfall in remote ocean areas.