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Spring is Aurora Season
For reasons not fully understood, auroras are more common in the spring than at other times. The five-craft THEMIS fleet may help scientists determine why.
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Killer Electrons Surf Celestial Tsunamis
Boosted to almost the speed of light, "killer electrons" can knock out computers, pierce spacesuits and damage the tissues of astronauts.
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Greenland's Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss at Surface and Beyond
A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, fueling the loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout the mass beneath.
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JPL Scientists Earn Highest National Engineeering Honor
Lee-Lueng Fu, a senior research scientist at JPL, and a former JPL scientist have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering -- among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer.
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Ocean-Observing Satellites Help Break Current Records
Two different teams of ocean adventurers set records this winter crossing the Tasman Sea. Both used maps of ocean currents made possible by ocean-observing satellites.
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CALIPSO Takes Its One-Billionth Measurement
On a Sunday morning in early February 2008, a laser pulse beamed down from 700 kilometers above Ivory Coast and took a 100-meter-wide picture of the atmosphere. It was CALIPSO's one-billionth measurement.
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NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast
Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends.
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Glacial Sediments Adding to Louisiana Coast's Sinking
A study finds that sediments deposited into the Mississippi River Delta thousands of years are contributing to the ongoing sinking of Louisiana's coastline.
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El Niño at Source of More Intense Wintertime Storms
Researchers now believe that some of the most intense winter storm activity over parts of the United States may have origins in far-flung parts of the Pacific Ocean.
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Western States Fire Mission
NASA and the U.S. Forest Service successfully demonstrated technologies that improved real-time wildfire imaging and mapping.