A team of scientists embark this week on a two-month expedition to Greenland and Iceland to use a pair of new airborne radars that can help monitor climate change.
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'Breaking the Ice' on New Airborne Radars
NASA Study: Climate Fuels Asian Wildfire Emissions
Fires in equatorial Asia are growing more frequent and having a serious impact on the air as well as the land.
NASA’s Earth Observatory: A Decade of Imagery
For the last decade, NASA's Earth Observatory has been using stunning satellite imagery to tell the story of our planet and the NASA scientists who are working to help us understand how it works.
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NASA Envisions Clean Energy From Algae
Astronauts were inspired by their living quarters to create a process that produces clean biofuels.
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With a Pinch of Salt
An upcoming NASA mission will track sea salinity, helping scientists monitor and predict climate change.
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NASA Plants 'Moon Tree' in Celebration of Earth Day
NASA, the United States National Arboretum and American Forests teamed up Wednesday to celebrate Earth Day 2009.
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Earth Day 2009
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CALIPSO Sees Through the Haze
New research shows that the warming effect of aerosols, or small particles in the air, increases with the amount of cloud cover below the aerosols.
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NASA Selects Northrop Grumman To Build Earth Science Instrument
05.01.09 - NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman of Redondo Beach, Calif., to support the design, manufacture, assembly, test and calibration of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, or CERES, Flight Model 6 instrument.
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NASA's Apollo 14 Legacy Continues with Earth Day Tree Planting
04.20.09 - Media representatives are invited to join NASA, the National Arboretum and American Forests to celebrate Earth Day and the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing with a tree planting ceremony April 22 at the National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue N.E., Washington.
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02.17.09
OCO Ready for Launch
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NASA's New Decadal Survey Missions: SMAP, ICESat-II
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