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Follow-up: NASA, Michael Griffin, global warming, and earth-science research

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The recent ITwire article “NASA boss Michael Griffin on Global Warming” was  a contrarian view to most of the controversy surrounding NASA Administrator Michael Griffin’s comments on global warming. However, there is always more than one side to any story.                    

The ITwire article “NASA boss Michael Griffin on Global Warming” is found on ITwire's UNI-verse blog.

Here is another interesting and informative story, by Jennifer Bogo, that appears on the Popular Mechanics website titled:

“NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth”,

with a subtitle of:

“UPDATE, May 31: After a mild firestorm erupted today following NASA administrator Michael Griffin's comments about the urgency of global warming, we thought the agency's earth-science priorities were worth a second look”.

Please look at another side to the complex story of global warming, NASA, and earth-science research and earth-observing missions. The story is located on the Popular Mechanics website “NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth”.