Saturday, June 2, 2012

Arctic air offers scientist clues about the speed of global warming

Arctic Sounder: In the 18 years he's been an atmospheric chemist at Purdue University, Paul Shepson has visited the Arctic many times, and through many countries. Now the head of the chemistry department, Shepson made "a trip of a lifetime" to Barrow this March. While Shepson has spent many such trips studying the unique Arctic atmosphere and the chemical gases found there, the big difference this time was the ride. They called it ALAR (Aircraft Laboratory for Atmospheric Research) and it provided his team with...

URL: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/arctic-air-offers-scientist-clues-about-speed-global-warming

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