Browse Archive
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Why June 30 is Getting an Extra Second
How will you spend your bonus time on June 30?
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NASA Observes the Waldo Canyon Fire, Colo.
These images show space- and ground-based views of the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Blog: Operation IceBridge Q&A →
Michael Studinger, project scientist for the Operation IceBridge mission, discusses NASA's Arctic and Antarctic airborne campaigns.
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NASA Satellite Sees Several Western U.S. Fires Blazing
NASA's Aqua satellite picked up smoke and identified hot spots from fires in Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.
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Study Slashes Deforestation Carbon Emission Estimate
A new study with NASA participation cuts, by two-thirds, previous estimates of how much carbon is being emitted into our atmosphere from tropical deforestation.
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Computer Graphics Group Showcases NASA Visuals
An annual conference that presents and publishes the best in computer graphics and technical research chose a NASA excerpt as one of its select entries of 2012.
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Landsat Sets Standard for World Forest Maps
Countries like Brazil are using NASA satellite data to track and measure their forests in advance of a United Nations effort to reduce climate change.
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Study Finds Ancient Warming Greened Antarctica
A new study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica's climate was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected, supporting substantial vegetation along its edges.
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2012 Noctilucent Cloud Season Begins
They're Baaaack! The first noctilucent clouds for the 2012 season have been spotted.
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Teachers Experience Arctic Research with IceBridge
During the 2012 Arctic campaign, teachers from the United States, Denmark and Greenland joined IceBridge researchers as they surveyed Greenland's sea ice, ice sheet and glaciers.
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Got Salt? NASA's Salt Mapper Toasts First Birthday
To mark its first birthday, a new interactive feature lets you get up close and personal with NASA’s Aquarius mission to study ocean salinity and some of its 'salt sleuths.'
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Ocean Salinity Pathfinder Celebrates One Year in Orbit
It's been a busy first year in space for Aquarius, NASA's pioneering instrument to measure ocean surface salinity from orbit.
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'Earth As Art': A Contest to Celebrate 40 Years of Landsat
To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Landsat, the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA would like your help in selecting the top five "Earth as Art" images.
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Satellite Sees Smoke from Siberian Fires Reach the U.S. Coast
Fires burning in Siberia recently sent smoke across the Pacific Ocean and into the U.S. and Canada.
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NASA Discovers Unprecedented Blooms of Ocean Plant Life
Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rain forest in the middle of a desert.
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Bird Rest Stops To Be Tracked by NASA Rain Radar
Ground radar set up on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to validate satellite rain measurements will do double duty for The Nature Conservancy as a tool to track migratory birds.
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Satellite Views of Md.'s Severe Weather
On Friday, June 1, 2012 severe weather generated 9 weak tornadoes across Maryland, according to the National Weather Service.
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NASA Sending Unmanned Aircraft Over Hurricanes
Beginning this summer, NASA will send "severe storm sentinels" into stormy skies to gather information about hurricane formation and intensity changes.
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NASA Science Grips Two Brothers
Two principal researchers on several airborne sensors had more in common than conducting atmospheric research. Gerry and Andy Heymsfield are brothers.
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Building 45 Payloads for Balloon Mission
Dartmouth scientists are building 45 payloads--each destined for a trip on a balloon around Antarctica as part of NASA'S BARREL mission.