What On Earth

2011
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AGU 2011: New Map of Antarctica's Rock Bed Dec 09, 2011 04:19:01 PM | Maria-Jose Vinas
 
An updated map of Antarctica's rock bed will help scientists model the response of ice sheets and glaciers to changes in the environment.
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AGU 2011: Less Snow Accumulating in West Antarctica Dec 09, 2011 04:19:57 PM | Maria-Jose Vinas
 
New preliminary results show a 40 percent decrease in snow accumulation in central West Antarctica over the last decade.
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AGU2011: How Satellites Can Fill the Gaps in Air Quality Maps Dec 08, 2011 07:52:07 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Better air quality maps are on the way.
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AGU2011: Airborne Particles a Threat to Himalayan Glaciers Dec 07, 2011 08:57:27 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Himalayan glaciers feed rivers and lakes that more than a billion people depend upon for fresh water.
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AGU2011: Dust Storm Triggered Phytoplankton Blooms in the South China Sea Dec 14, 2011 12:51:41 PM | Adam Voiland
 
How dust storms can feed phytoplankton
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AGU2011: La Niña Responsible for a Significant Drop in Global Mean Sea Level Dec 07, 2011 01:27:51 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Sea level data featured on NASA's hyperwall at AGU
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AGU2011: New Project Aims to Predict South Asian Floods Dec 06, 2011 05:34:44 PM | Adam Voiland
 
What’s happening to Himalayan glaciers, rivers, lakes, and streams has become one of the most important topics in science.
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AGU2011 Video: Deforestation, Drought and the Downfall of the Mayans Dec 06, 2011 02:03:10 PM | Adam Voiland
 
How deforestation can amplify droughts in Central America
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AGU2011: How Shifting Storm Tracks Are Amplifying Climate Change Dec 06, 2011 05:34:14 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Mid-latitude storms churning through heavily populated parts of North America, Europe, and Asia that make the weather most people actually experience.
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AGU2011: What Would Pristine Air Mean for the Climate? Dec 06, 2011 02:09:36 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Imagine that all the aerosols floating around in the air over the United States suddenly disappeared.
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Air Pollution Helps Fuel Hailstorms, Tornadoes Jan 05, 2012 04:09:34 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Tornado and hailstorms peak midweek
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To What Degree is Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change? Dec 06, 2011 02:05:02 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Two new reports address extreme weather and climate change
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Pine Island Glacier: A Quest to Understand Antarctic Ice Loss Nov 11, 2011 09:44:03 AM | Adam Voiland
 
An international team of researchers led by a NASA glaciologist will helicopter to a remote glacier in Antarctica in mid-December.
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Why Ozone Monitoring Still Matters Nov 08, 2011 08:47:07 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Leader gather in Washington to mull the past, present and future of the ozone layer.
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NPP Launches: Put on Your Calibration and Validation Shoes Oct 29, 2011 07:16:00 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Lots of work ahead for NPP's science team
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NASA Scientist Wins Climate Communication Prize Oct 20, 2011 12:24:24 AM | Adam Voiland
 
GISS climatologist is a leading voice for climate science
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See This Year's Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Oct 19, 2011 07:22:05 AM | Adam Voiland
 
A new HD data visualization shows the retreat of Arctic ice
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Texas Burns But What's the Global Fire Trend? Sep 08, 2011 09:30:41 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Satellites offer a global view of fire activity
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Tracking Hurricane Irene? Aug 24, 2011 01:26:42 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Here are some useful links...
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Research Roundup: Wandering Storms, Arctic Ozone Loss, and More Aug 18, 2011 03:10:14 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Satellite science from peer-reviewed journals.
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What on Earth is That #9 Aug 11, 2011 03:40:55 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Can you identify these blobs?
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Ice Conditions -- Not Just Japanese Tsunami -- Key to Antarctic Iceberg Break Off Aug 11, 2011 03:18:36 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Lack of Sea Ice Contributed to Antarctic Calving Event
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Humisery 2011: No Ordinary View of Air Pollution Jul 28, 2011 08:20:51 PM | Adam Voiland
 
See what a lidar-based air pollution monitoring instrument sees when scientists go hunting for air pollution
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Listen to the Sound of a Ship's Hull Gouging Through First-Year Ice Jul 18, 2011 11:20:40 AM | Adam Voiland
 
The answer to last week's quiz
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Researchers Release Longest Single-Satellite Aerosol Record to Date Jul 15, 2011 04:56:56 AM | Adam Voiland
 
SeaWiFS gives scientists a 13-year aerosol record
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What on Earth is That #8? Jul 08, 2011 03:28:00 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Know what this sound is? Hint: it has something to do with NASA and Earth Science.
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Has Sulfate Pollution from Asia Masked a Decade of Warming? Jul 06, 2011 03:40:19 PM | Adam Voiland
 
A new study suggests the decade-long lull in global warming that’s caused some to question the scientific underpinnings of climate change stems from large increases in sulfur dioxide emissions in Asia.
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Research Roundup: Plane-Punched Clouds, the Sahel and More Jul 11, 2011 04:09:14 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Space-based Earth science that caught our eye
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Marylanders: Stop and Smell the Air this July as NASA Planes Buzz Overhead Jul 01, 2011 07:51:42 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Have you ever stopped to wonder why urban air can taste like singed rubber one day and like crisp mountain air the next?
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Aquarius Launches to Survey Earth's Salty Sea Jun 10, 2011 01:40:29 PM | Adam Voiland
 
On the ground at Vandenberg Air Force Base
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A Mesmerizing Tour of Earth Jun 04, 2011 10:34:20 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Learn more about what's mentioned in the astronaut video that's going viral
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Fires Rage in Siberia May 23, 2011 01:53:41 PM | Adam Voiland
 
MODIS views wildfires
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For the Swollen Mississippi the Atchafalaya Beckons May 17, 2011 12:12:33 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Reading McPhee as Floodwaters Rise
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Has the Arctic Gotten Sootier Over the Last Century? Jun 10, 2011 01:46:01 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Black Carbon Update
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Can Climate Change Fuel Tornadoes? May 05, 2011 12:06:34 PM | Adam Voiland
 
The answer isn't clear at this point
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Viva la (Geospatial) Revolution! May 04, 2011 05:44:29 PM | Adam Voiland
 
How mapping technologies are changing our world for the better
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The Home Frontier: Enter Our Earth Day Video Contest May 04, 2011 05:43:30 PM | Adam Voiland
 
What is inspiring to you about our home planet?
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On Earth Day: A Look Back at System Z and the Early Days of EOS Apr 22, 2011 09:21:28 AM | Adam Voiland
 
I get plenty of quizzical looks when I tell people I’m a NASA science writer who covers Earth science.
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Have the Last Four Summers and Winters Felt Warmer? Apr 09, 2011 01:55:08 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Goddard Institute for Space Studies climatologist James Hansen predicted during a congressional hearing in 1988 that a perceptive person would be able to notice the climate was changing by the early 21st century. Has it?
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Tsunami Hits Home for Goddard Scientist Apr 01, 2011 03:16:48 PM | Adam Voiland
 
The days that followed the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan have offered powerful lessons in both patience and science communication
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Can NASA Satellites Monitor Radiation Plumes from the Fukushima Disaster? Mar 25, 2011 03:37:00 PM | Adam Voiland
 
It’s not easy to measure the damaging radiation from the Fukushima plant with satellites.
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Is Coagulation Geoengineering's Achilles' Heel? Mar 03, 2011 10:27:28 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Clumping particles could slow schemes to control the climate with sulfates
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Searching for Rainbows Feb 24, 2011 09:48:51 AM | Adam Voiland
 
Could searching for rainbows help scientists pinpoint the impact of aerosols?
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NASA Scientists Use New Software to Understand Cloud Observations Feb 10, 2011 09:47:11 AM | Adam Voiland
 
The latest version of a cutting-edge visualization program will help scientists at NASA Langley better understand what their observations are telling them about clouds and climate.
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The Curious Case of Lake Superior's Shrinking Cloud Street Droplets Mar 29, 2011 12:19:05 PM | Adam Voiland
 
Scientists capture cloud droplets over the Great Lakes shrinking when they should have been growing
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Snow Views Feb 04, 2011 10:45:57 AM | Adam Voiland
 
What on Earth was that?
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A Moment for Glory Mar 16, 2011 03:33:43 PM | Adam Voiland
 
NASA held a press conference about its soon-to-launch Glory satellite this afternoon in Washington, DC.
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