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First Measure of Africa's Coastal Forests
Insight Into Evolution of Life on Earth
Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found.
New Vision for 'Eyes on the Earth'
NASA’s "Eyes on the Earth 3D" is back and better than ever before. This online experience now offers features that allow users to view the latest data beamed back from NASA satellites.
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Atlantic Hurricane Season Springs to Life
After a rather slow start, the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season has seen a sudden surge in activity with the rapid emergence of three named storms.
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Satellites Unlock Secret of Vanishing Water in India
Groundwater beneath northern India’s farms and cities has been disappearing. Hydrologists, like NASA's Matt Rodell, have been hunting for it.
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NASA Goes Inside a Volcano, Monitors Activity
Scientists have placed high-tech "spiders" inside and around the mouth of Mount St. Helens, the site of the most active volcano in the United States.
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NASA's A-Train of Satellites "On Track" With Hurricane Research
NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones.
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NASA's Moon Mapper Beholds Home
This image of Earth taken from 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the lunar surface was taken by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, one of two NASA instruments onboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.
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NASA to Provide Web Updates on Objects Approaching Earth
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects -- those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth.
Latest News Releases
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Satellites Unlock Secret to Northern India's Vanishing Water
08.12.09 - Using NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot per year over the past decade.
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NASA And Jaxa Sign Agreement For Future Earth Science Cooperation
07.30.09 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President Keiji Tachikawa signed an agreement defining the terms of cooperation between the agencies on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
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NASA Celebrates Chandra X-Ray Observatory's 10th Anniversary
07.23.09
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NASA Student Airborne Research Program Takes Flight
07.23.09 - Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in NASA's Earth Science research.
 "Matt Rodell describes the India groundwater data")
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