Although global temperatures were cooled by La Niña early in the year, the 2008 meteorological year was among the ten warmest since reliable recordkeeping began.
2008 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainfall
Hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression rainfall caused many severe floods and numerous lost lives during the 2008 north Atlantic hurricane season.
Climate scientists say 2008 will be coolest year of the decade
Global average for 2008 should come in close to 14.3C, but cooler temperature is not evidence that global warming is slowing, say climate scientists.
Dust Plume off Western Africa
A plume of Saharan dust, possibly mixed with smoke, blew off the west coast of Africa on December 4, 2008.
Haze over the Yellow Sea
A thick plume of haze blew off the coast of China, across the Yellow Sea, and toward the Korean Peninsula in early December 2008.
Cyclone 06B over Sri Lanka and India
Cyclone 06B was poised over northern Sri Lanka and southern India on November 26, 2008.
Dust and Smoke: Dust over the Mediterranean Sea
Saharan dust blew across the Mediterranean Sea at the beginning of November 2008.
Holding On
The Mars Phoenix Lander battles the onset of a Martian winter.
Moderate Quantities Of Dirt Make More Rain
Drought or deluge? Scientists have now discovered how aerosols affect the when, where and how much of rainfall.
2008 Hurricane Season Kicks Into High Gear
For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day in early September.