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What on Earth is That? #1
Oct 20, 2011 04:41:16 PM | Adam Voiland
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- We are constantly stumbling across all sorts of odd photos, video, and audio clips from our exploration of the Earth (be if from space, the field, or the lab.) Whether it is a satellite image captured from thousands of miles up, the roar of a B-200 research aircraft, or a microscopic view of a cloud droplet, there is always something strange and wonderful passing across our desks.
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Black Carbon's Day on the Hill
Aug 28, 2011 05:31:00 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Leading aerosol scientists, including NASA's Drew Shindell, explained the intricacies of a sooty component of smoke called black carbon to members of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming during a hearing on Capitol Hill last month.
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What on Earth is That #8?
Jul 08, 2011 03:28:00 PM | Adam Voiland
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- 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
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- 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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Smog Blog Outtakes
Jun 23, 2011 12:10:06 PM | Adam Voiland
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- On Earth Day, we published an interview about the "smog blog" created by Ray Hoff of the University of Maryland – Baltimore County.
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A Mesmerizing Tour of Earth
Jun 04, 2011 10:34:20 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Learn more about what's mentioned in the astronaut video that's going viral
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Have the Last Four Summers and Winters Felt Warmer?
Apr 09, 2011 01:55:08 PM | Adam Voiland
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- 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
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- 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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A Moment for Glory
Mar 16, 2011 03:33:43 PM | Adam Voiland
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- NASA held a press conference about its soon-to-launch Glory satellite this afternoon in Washington, DC.
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Searching for Rainbows
Feb 24, 2011 09:48:51 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Could searching for rainbows help scientists pinpoint the impact of aerosols?
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Snow Views
Feb 04, 2011 10:45:57 AM | Adam Voiland
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- What on Earth was that?
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Snapshots from AGU
Dec 17, 2010 01:00:42 PM | Adam Voiland
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- The annual gathering of Earth and space scientists in San Francisco at the American Geophysical Union meeting draws thousands of researchers, including many involved with NASA research.
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NASA's AVIRIS Instrument Highlighted During AGU Oil Spill Session
Dec 14, 2010 05:47:58 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Some 25 billion tweets were sent in 2010, and surprisingly Lady Gaga didn't dominate the list. Instead, it was the summer's Deepwater Horizon oil spill that inspired the most activity, according to data released by Twitter this week.
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What On Earth is That? #5
Dec 11, 2010 09:27:36 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Post your guesses in the comments, and check back next week for the answer...
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What On Earth is That #6
Dec 07, 2010 01:31:06 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Post your guess in the comments section, and check back next week for the answer
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Speaking of Contrails...
Nov 16, 2010 12:19:25 PM | Adam Voiland
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- The prospect of a renegade missile transfixed newscasters last week after a videographer captured imagery of an unusual contrail near the coast of California.
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Volcano Music
Nov 05, 2010 02:59:30 PM | Adam Voiland
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- What on Earth was that sound? Was it a bird? A plane? A humpbacked whale?
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NASA's Pouring Funds, Scientists and Satellites into Pakistan Flood Warning
Oct 28, 2010 12:54:59 AM | Adam Voiland
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- In July 2010, monsoon rains came to Pakistan in a Biblical way. Three months’ worth of rain fell in just one week. Historic flooding ensued in the weeks to follow -- spanning 600 miles along the flood zone of the Indus River Valley -- taking the lives of as many as 1,600 people.
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Some Tunes to Get Into An A-Train State of Mind
Oct 26, 2010 07:37:54 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Each afternoon, some 705 kilometers (438 miles) above the surface, a parade of Earth-observing satellites soars across the equator. Chances are you've never heard of them since the close-flying satellites keeps a far lower profile than, say, attention hogs like the Hubble or the International Space Station.
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Glory Versus the Curse of the Black Carbon
Oct 15, 2010 09:14:58 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Kick back, make yourself some popcorn, and enjoy one of the newe offerings from NASA Television: a tongue-in-cheek trailer about the horrors of aerosols. Black carbon plays the villain and the sooty particle (which comes from wildfires, campfires, various industrial processes, and diesel fumes) gets the blame for “cursing” atmospheric scientists with a “scourge of ignorance”.
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Hungry? Try a Honeypot Ant...
Oct 09, 2010 07:39:06 AM | Adam Voiland
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- If I’ve learned anything as a science writer, it’s that scientists produce such a flood of fantastically odd factoids that boredom isn’t much of an occupational hazard.
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What On Earth is That?
Oct 01, 2010 01:52:44 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Post your guesses in the comments. Check back next week for the answer...
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What On Earth Was That #3 ?
Sep 20, 2010 11:22:07 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Last week, we showed you this mystery image. What was it? As a number of readers—including Brad Halderman (commenter #3), Budi Prasteya (commenter #7), and others—correctly guessed you’re looking at a cropped version of one of the famous “sailing stone” tracks located on the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, California.
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What On Earth (Sound) Is That? #4
Sep 10, 2010 12:06:49 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Regular readers know the drill by now: Every other Friday we post a snippet of one of the many strange and fascinating bits of earth science that passes through our inboxes here at What On Earth, and you all have a week to show off your science savvy by hazarding a guess (or two or three, if you'd like) in the comments.
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Snowpocalypse Revisited
Jul 29, 2010 06:24:00 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Though the summer heat and humidity makes it seem like a lifetime ago, the record-breaking snows in the eastern U.S. last winter are not something we will soon forget.
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The First A in NASA Stands for Aeronautics
Jul 27, 2010 12:39:49 PM | Adam Voiland
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- If you've explored NASA's website, you may have noticed that What on Earth is just one of a network of NASA blogs. You can find many of them on this main index page, but there are also NASA bloggers scattered at numerous other pages.
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NASA Earth Buzz: Soot, the Big Melt, and More
Jul 27, 2010 12:39:01 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Last week, we asked you to identify the image on the left, and we received all sorts of replies. (Nope, it’s not an ant eating salt, spitting acid, or laying eggs). The correct answer? A microscopic view of soot from a wildfire. Check the original post for more details.
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NASA Earth Buzz
Jul 09, 2010 01:34:30 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Earth science links, video, and more that caught our eye...
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Beautiful Radiance
Jul 09, 2010 01:32:21 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Here on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, heading north toward sampling stations in the Bering Strait, there’s plenty of light -- a beautiful radiance nearly around the clock.
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The Glory Initiative
May 22, 2010 05:16:28 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Diehard fans of the hit television show Lost, which will air its final episode this Sunday, know that the Swan (station number 3 of the mysterious Dharma Initiative ) was designed to study strange electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from a mysterious tropical island in the South Pacific.
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Fun with Aureoles and Aerosols
Apr 30, 2010 03:21:38 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) recently ran a series of photos that illustrates nicely the impact that small airborne particles called aerosols can have on light.
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Earth Day Extravaganza on the Mall
Apr 21, 2010 05:06:23 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Earth Day is still a day away, but already NASA's exhibit on the National Mall is brimming with activity.
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Are the Oceans Really Stuffed to the Gills with Carbon Dioxide?
Apr 01, 2010 07:55:43 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- Two months ago, NASA scientist Timothy Hall and colleagues published a study that described how they had estimated the amount of manmade carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean since the start of the industrial era.
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A Revolutionary Way to Observe Earth
Mar 16, 2010 02:09:10 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Science tends to be a conservative profession. Only rarely are "discoveries" made or paradigms upended as most researchers spend entire careers working toward incremental advances in understanding rather than dreaming up radical new ways to tackle a problem.
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Flying high with NASA's Joanne Simpson
Mar 12, 2010 05:27:21 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Joanne Simpson, the first woman to earn a PhD in meteorology, didn’t just break into a field where women weren’t welcome.
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A Closer Look at Dust
Mar 08, 2010 02:12:46 PM | Adam Voiland
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- Each summer, sandstorms lift millions of tons of dust from the Sahara, carrying it off the West Coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Hydrology Takes the Cake at AGU
Mar 02, 2010 07:19:55 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- Hydrology garnered the most attention from scientists (12.2 percent of all abstracts) followed closely by Atmospheric Sciences (11.1 percent) and finally Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (8.0 percent).
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Same Words But Different Meanings
Mar 02, 2010 07:19:24 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- There are many words that have distinctly different meanings to scientists and the public. Have any good examples to add to the list?
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The Uphill Road to Measuring Snow
Mar 01, 2010 12:06:02 PM | Adam Voiland
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- One-sixth of the world’s population relies on melted snow for their freshwater, which means good estimates of snow are critical for making realistic predictions of a region’s water supply.
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Rising Temperatures in the Midst of Heavy Snow?
Feb 26, 2010 09:42:06 AM | Adam Voiland
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- The last few months have been a bit odd. Too much snow in the mid-Atlantic. Too little for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. And a dusting nearly everywhere else.
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Smelling the Air in Kanpur
Feb 26, 2010 08:52:30 AM | NASA Earth Science News Team
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- “When the plane was about 30 minutes from touchdown, we could start to smell the air,” said David Giles. “It was shocking.”
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Tour NASA's New Climate Reel
Feb 23, 2010 12:58:38 PM | Adam Voiland
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- In anticipation of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, NASA has put together a climate resource reel that highlights ten of its most compelling climate videos and visualizations.
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Can Air Pollution Cause Lightning Storms?
Feb 20, 2010 12:38:00 AM | Adam Voiland
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- Strange as it may seem, the most recent Image of the Week entry from the Climate and Radiation Branch at Goddard Space Flight Center suggests that air pollution does indeed exacerbate lightning storms.
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