Browse Archive
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Climate History Hints at Potential Rapid Changes
New research into Earth's climate historysuggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century if global warming is not abated.
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Study Shows More Shrubbery in a Warming World
The study, focusing on Quebec, is one of the first to present a detailed view of how warmer temperatures are influencing plant distribution and density in northern areas of North America.
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NASA Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Water
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water.
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Satellite Data Shows that Kirtland’s Warblers Prefer Forests After Fire
A new study using data from a NASA-built Landsat shows that Kirtland's warblers like to live in young forests and often forests that have been on fire.
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Landsat satellites Track Yellowstone's Underground Heat
Heat pouring off an ancient (and still active) volcano fuels Yellowstone's famous hot springs, mud pots, terraces and geysers, including Old Faithful.
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Space Weather Workshop
Five scientists speaking at a workshop at the 2011 Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco on Tuesday, December 6 at 10 AM PST will discuss the complex -- and relatively new -- research area of space weather.
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NASA Finds Japan Tsunami Waves Merged, Doubling Power
NASA and Ohio State University researchers have discovered the major tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki quake centered off northeastern Japan was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami."
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Solar Storms Could 'Sandblast' the Moon
A typical two-day solar storm could strip hundreds of tons of material from the moon.
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New NASA Dawn Visuals Show Vesta's 'Color Palette'
New color data from NASA's Dawn mission give scientists an inside look at the chemical composition of giant asteroid Vesta.
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NASA Gears Up for Study of Earth's Radiation Balance
NASA scientists have completed tests in preparation for an airborne science campaign to study air entering the tropical tropopause.