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Earth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change
Impacts from warming are evident in satellite images showing that lakes in Siberia disappearing as the permafrost thaws and lake water drains deeper into the ground. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems, from permafrost thawing to plants blooming earlier across Europe to lakes declining in productivity in Africa.
Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York and scientists at 10 other institutions have linked physical and biological impacts since 1970 with rises in temperatures during that period. The study, published May 15 in the journal Nature, concludes that human-caused warming is resulting in a broad range of impacts across the globe.
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Maryland Lt. Governor Visits Goddard Space Flight Center
Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown (second from left) receives presentation on Hubble tools and equipment from the Hubble program's Jill McGuire (left) and Mark Behnke (far right) of Alliant Techsystems. Goddard Acting Center Director Rick Obenschain is at rear center. Credit: NASA/Pat Izzo
On May 12, 2008, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility in Greenbelt, Md. Brown, himself a Prince George's County resident, toured the center, which employs more than 8,000 workers, along with Goddard's acting center director, Rick Obenschain.
During his visit, Brown viewed hardware and tools that will be used for the upcoming space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the nation's preeminent science programs managed by Goddard.
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NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach
At the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker looks over the star tracker sun shades just installed on the GLAST spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
> Larger image NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. The spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket no earlier than June 3. The launch window runs from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.
Housed at the Astrotech Facility located near the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., GLAST is getting a lot of attention from engineers and scientists, from sun shades to thermal blankets, to final inspection.
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Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO!
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Impacts from warming are evident in satellite images showing that lakes in Siberia disappearing as the permafrost thaws and lake water drains deeper into the ground. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems, from permafrost thawing to plants blooming earlier across Europe to lakes declining in productivity in Africa.Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York and scientists at 10 other institutions have linked physical and biological impacts since 1970 with rises in temperatures during that period. The study, published May 15 in the journal Nature, concludes that human-caused warming is resulting in a broad range of impacts across the globe.
> Read the feature
> Read the press release
Maryland Lt. Governor Visits Goddard Space Flight Center
Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown (second from left) receives presentation on Hubble tools and equipment from the Hubble program's Jill McGuire (left) and Mark Behnke (far right) of Alliant Techsystems. Goddard Acting Center Director Rick Obenschain is at rear center. Credit: NASA/Pat IzzoOn May 12, 2008, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility in Greenbelt, Md. Brown, himself a Prince George's County resident, toured the center, which employs more than 8,000 workers, along with Goddard's acting center director, Rick Obenschain.
During his visit, Brown viewed hardware and tools that will be used for the upcoming space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the nation's preeminent science programs managed by Goddard.
> Read more
NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach
At the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker looks over the star tracker sun shades just installed on the GLAST spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett> Larger image NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. The spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket no earlier than June 3. The launch window runs from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.
Housed at the Astrotech Facility located near the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., GLAST is getting a lot of attention from engineers and scientists, from sun shades to thermal blankets, to final inspection.
> Read more
Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO!
> Read more
> View the 30-second trailer video
> View the one-minute trailer video
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Earth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change
A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems.
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NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change
A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems.
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Md. Lt. Governor Visits Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center welcomed Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown to its facility on May 12, 2008.
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NASA's GLAST Gets Shades, Blankets for the Beach
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch.
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Striking a Balance with Climate Change
The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate.
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Goddard on WETA
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Lights, Camera, Action! →
Visit WETA's Web site to watch a 30-minute documentary on NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Going on at Goddard
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Goddard View showcases people and achievements at Goddard that contribute to transforming human understanding of Earth and space through innovation, exploration and discovery.
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Hi-Def Video
View, download and order high-definition video and animations from the Goddard Space Flight Center.
In-Depth Feature Series
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Return to Hubble
A monthly column about NASA's return to the Hubble Space Telescope, and Goddard's roles in making Servicing Mission 4 a reality.
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Destination: Moon
Learn all about NASA's journey back to the moon by reading this four-part series, authored by Goddard's Dr. Paul Lowman.