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Latest Features
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Sandy (Atlantic Ocean)
Some forecasters are calling this combination of weather factors "Frankenstorm" because of the close proximity to Halloween.
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NASA C-20A Completes Radar Study of Volcanoes
NASA's Airborne Science C-20A, carrying a synthetic aperture radar, recently completed a study of volcanoes in Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Japan.
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Notable Tropical Cyclones in Southern California History
Here are a few of the more notable tropical cyclones that have affected Southern California in recorded history
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NASA's GPM Observatory Completes First Dry Run
NASA's GPM Core Observatory satellite went through its first complete comprehensive performance test (CPT), beginning on Oct. 4, 2012 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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Antarctic Rift Subject of International Attention
The rift in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier that was discovered by NASA's Operation IceBridge in 2011 has been monitored by researchers around the world.
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Operation IceBridge Resumes Antarctic Flights
Scientists and flight crew members with NASA's airborne mission to study Earth's polar ice are beginning another Antarctic campaign.
Latest News Releases
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New NASA Online Science Resource Available for Educators and Students
10.26.12 - NASA has a new online science resource for teachers and students to help bring Earth, the solar system, and the universe into their schools and homes.
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NASA Invites 80 Social Media Followers to Next Landsat Launch
10.25.12 - NASA will invite 80 of the agency's social media followers to a two-day NASA Social Feb. 10-11, 2013, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., for the launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission.
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2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole Second Smallest in 20 Years
10.24.12 - The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest in the last 20 years, according to data from NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites.
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NASA'S Operation Icebridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica
10.12.12 - Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to study Earth's changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica.
The Earth Observer Newsletter
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NASA Earth Science: Consolidated →
Read the latest issue of The Earth Observer, a bimonthly publication that consolidates NASA Earth science news. The EOS Project Science Office publishes the newsletter. (Issue archive here.)
Earth Image of the Day
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Thinning at Hektoria and Green Glaciers →
Since the dramatic disintegration of the Larsen-B ice shelf in 2002, thinning and ice loss from nearby tributary glaciers has continued unabated.
