Now scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. (sciencedaily.com)
The ISCCP dataset quantifies the variations of cloud properties at mesoscale resolution (3 hr, 30 km) covering the whole globe for more than a decade, making it possible to study cloud system evolution over whole life cycles, watching interactions with the atmospheric general circulation. (pubs.giss.nasa.gov)
This research was funded by: the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) through the Earth System Evolution Program (sciencedaily.com)