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Floundering El Niños Make for Fickle Forecasts
NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
Researchers have used NASA's ICESat to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
The Ups and Downs of Global Warming
Naturally occurring periods of no warming or even slight cooling could easily be part of a longer-term pattern of global warming, according to a recent study.
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Eye on Locusts: Scientists Make a Good Tool Better
Locusts are normally docile creatures that prefer solitary lives. But sometimes, when patches of green begin to dot dry landscapes, something extraordinary can happen.
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Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course
Google Earth – the digital globe on which computer users fly around the planet and zoom in on key features – is attracting scientists' attention and aiding public communication about carbon dioxide.
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NASA Satellite Data Show 2009 Antarctic Ozone Hole
The annual ozone hole has started developing over the South Pole, and it appears that it will be comparable to ozone depletions over the past decade.
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Snapshots From Space Cultivate Fans Among Farmers
There is a growing group of Midwest farmers who rely on satellite imagery from Landsat to maximize their harvest and minimize damage to their fields.
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Satellites Could Help Keep Hungry Populations Fed
Few non-scientists have ever heard of "NDVI," but this tool will play a key part in helping us to keep food on the table as future populations swell.
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'Smog Blog' Celebrates One Year
SERVIR's "Smog Blog" provides timely information about air pollution and its sources throughout Mesoamerica and the Caribbean.
Latest News Releases
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U.S. and France Sign Agreements for Civil Space Cooperation
09.18.09 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and French Space Agency President Yannick d'Escatha signed four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony Thursday at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
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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
Earth Image of the Day
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Heavy Rains in Philippines →
This analysis shows rainfall estimates for Manila and the surrounding region from September 21 to 27, 2009. The heaviest rainfall amounts appear in blue and the lightest amounts appear in page green. Gray shading indicates island topography.
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