Earth Science

New NASA Layer Incorporated into Google Earth, Nano2Sol“Posted the other day on the Google Lat Long Blog is mention of a new NASA layer being added to Google Earth. It […]

Squeeze on NASA Earth Science Budget Causing Alarm, Congressional Quarterly“A squeeze on funding for satellites to look down on the Earth’s environment at a time of growing need for research […]

Missed Opportunity, Planetary Society“It might be reasonable to accept that this was only a faux pas by a blunt, bright guy who likes to be unconventional. Indeed, Griffin has expressed […]

– David A. Powner – Rep. Nick Lampson – John Marburger – Susan MashikoHearing Charter: Status Report on the NPOESS Weather Satellite ProgramPolar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites: Restructuring Is Under Way, […]

Editor’s note: Stephen Colbert has refered to Mike Griffin’s global warming comments twice this week. This is what he said on Tuesday. This is from ‘Colbert Report: Mission Control’ on […]

NASA head regrets global warming remarks, AP“NASA administrator Michael Griffin said in the closed-door meeting Monday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena that “unfortunately, this is an issue which […]

Pentagon to pare climate satellites, AP“The Bush administration is drastically scaling back efforts to measure global warming from space, just as the president tries to convince the world that the […]

Ignorance on global warming, Boston Globe“Berrien Moore, director of the Institute for the Study of Earths, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire, said Griffin’s comments were “bizarre,” […]

Hot Enough in Here?, editorial, NY Times“Michael Griffin, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is renowned for speaking bluntly so it was no surprise when he stuck his […]