NASA Prepares for Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Officials say all systems are in good shape and that weather conditions for launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida are likely to be favorable

Dirty Brown Clouds Impact Glaciers, Agriculture And The Monsoon Cities from Beijing to New Delhi are getting darker, glaciers in ranges like the Himalayas are melting faster and weather systems becoming more extreme, in part, due to the combined effects of man-made Atmospheric Brown Clouds (ABCs) and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The brown clouds, the result of burning of fossil fuels and biomass, are in some cases and regions aggravating the impacts of greenhouse gas-induced climate change, says a new report.