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NASA's Arctic Ice Campaign Adds Second Aircraft
NASA scientists conducting an airborne Arctic campaign to monitor changes in sea ice and ice sheet thickness have a new tool -- a second aircraft.
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NPP Prepares for a New Era of Earth Observation
NPP, a minibus-sized satellite, will monitor a broad range of land, ocean, and atmospheric phenomena and build on our knowledge of our home planet.
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Top 5 Earth Snapshots of NASA's Twitter, Facebook Fans
NASA posts a continuous stream of new images from the agency’s fleet of 13 Earth-orbiting satellites and many research aircraft to the agency's website as well as on Twitter and Facebook. NASA's collective eyes on Earth are pioneering scientists' ability to see our home planet around the clock in order to better understand how it works.
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The Home Frontier
This Earth Day, we’re asking you to share with us your inspiring vision about what NASA’s exploration of Earth means to you.
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Light Shines on Emergency Generator Concept
Shuttle processing truss modified to unfurl solar panels in generator.
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GOES-13 Satellite Animation Shows U.S. Severe Storms and Tornado Outbreak
The GOES-13 satellite captured images of the powerful weather system that triggered severe weather in the southern U.S. this weekend, and NASA created an animation to show its progression.
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Clouds, Clouds, Burning Bright
The NASA mission Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere has shown that night-shining 'noctilucent' cloud formation is changing year to year, showing a link between northern and southern weather systems some 13000 miles apart.
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Mission Into Ice Clouds: Q&A with Pilot Bill Rieke
William Rieke is the research pilot for the Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment.
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Agencies Join Forces for Climate Education
NASA, NOAA and the NSF have joined forces in an effort to streamline climate education into something that is relatable, recognizable and effective.
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Arctic Sea Ice Flights Near Completion
IceBridge has completed eight out of nine planned sea ice flights for the Arctic 2011 campaign.
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What's Causing the Poles to Warm Faster?
Researchers have found that energy in the atmosphere carried to the poles through large weather systems is causing accelerated warming.
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NASA's Aquarius: The Water Bearer Flies Soon
With more than a few stamps on its passport, NASA's Aquarius instrument on the Argentinian Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D spacecraft will soon embark on its space mission to "taste" Earth's salty ocean.
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SeaWiFS’ Thirteen Years of Observing our Home Planet
SeaWiFS has enabled us to monitor the biological consequences of Earth's change and how it affects the Earth's ability to support life.
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NASA's Global Hawks Mark Year of Science Flights
This week marks the first anniversary of the NASA Global Hawk project’s initial science mission.
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NASA Airborne Radar Set to Image Hawaiian Volcano
The Kilauea volcano that recently erupted on the Big Island of Hawaii will be the target for a NASA study to help scientists better understand processes occurring under Earth's surface.
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Benefits of Cleaner Vehicle Standards
A new analysis shows stricter vehicle emission standards would yield major health, agricultural, and climate benefits.