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NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
Researchers have used NASA's ICESat to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
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The Ups and Downs of Global Warming
Naturally occurring periods of no warming or even slight cooling could easily be part of a longer-term pattern of global warming, according to a recent study.
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Eye on Locusts: Scientists Make a Good Tool Better
Locusts are normally docile creatures that prefer solitary lives. But sometimes, when patches of green begin to dot dry landscapes, something extraordinary can happen.
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Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course
Google Earth – the digital globe on which computer users fly around the planet and zoom in on key features – is attracting scientists' attention and aiding public communication about carbon dioxide.
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NASA Satellite Data Show 2009 Antarctic Ozone Hole
The annual ozone hole has started developing over the South Pole, and it appears that it will be comparable to ozone depletions over the past decade.
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Snapshots From Space Cultivate Fans Among Farmers
There is a growing group of Midwest farmers who rely on satellite imagery from Landsat to maximize their harvest and minimize damage to their fields.
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Satellites Could Help Keep Hungry Populations Fed
Few non-scientists have ever heard of "NDVI," but this tool will play a key part in helping us to keep food on the table as future populations swell.
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'Smog Blog' Celebrates One Year
SERVIR's "Smog Blog" provides timely information about air pollution and its sources throughout Mesoamerica and the Caribbean.
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Landsat: A Space Age Water Gauge
NASA has released a video illustrating an innovative satellite-based method that maps agricultural water consumption.
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Spacecraft Talk Continued During JPL Wildfire Threat
As the flames of the raging brush fire dubbed the Station Fire threatened the northern edge of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Saturday, Aug. 29, the managers of NASA's Deep Space Network prepared for the worst.