The nation's largest estuary just happens to be in the backyard of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Boosted by the influence of a larger climate event in the Pacific, one of the strongest La Niñas in many years is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
In commemoration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, we asked JPL Earth scientists to reflect on the event and what it means to them. Here are some of their responses:
The first three-week phase of the ARCTAS campaign is nearing its conclusion.
Researchers have compiled years of data from NASA's QuikScat satellite to create three new atlases of ocean wind patterns around the globe.
Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of the ice sheet.
Wildlife and humans benefit by volunteers' unselfish actions.
In January 2008, NASA's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica.
NASA is collaborating with the Air Force on an investigation that will study unique plasma bubbles that have the potential to disrupt critical radio signals.