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 Satellite image of smoke plumes over Southern California
Santa Ana Wind Fuels Another Devastating California Wildfire
NASA’s Terra satellite captured this remarkable image of the latest wildfire to ravage the Southern California landscape.
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 Still from animation of TRMM spacecraft
TRMM Turns Ten
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission has helped scientists re-write the book about profound parts of Earth’s water cycle.
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 Scientists used measurements from Arctic Bottom Pressure Recorders
NASA Sees Arctic Ocean Circulation Do an About-Face
A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales.
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 La Niña Persists
La Niña Persists
The tropical Pacific Ocean remains in the grips of a cool La Niña, as shown by new data of sea-level heights from mid-October of 2007, collected by the U.S-French Jason altimetric satellite.
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 Satellite image of a portion of Southern Mexico
Rains Cause Floods in Southern Mexico
The floods have killed several people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, according to news reports.
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 University of Maryland Professor Ruth DeFries
NASA-Funded Scientist Wins 'Genius' Award
Ruth DeFries of the University of Maryland was honored for her study of changes in global forest cover.
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NASA Examines Arctic Sea Ice Changes
A new NASA-led study found a 23-percent loss in the extent of the Arctic's thick, year-round sea ice cover during the past two winters.
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 A thick chunk of Arctic sea ice the size of two states has disappeared.
The Big Thaw
A thick chunk of Arctic sea ice the size of two states has disappeared. Is it global warming or normal causes?
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 artist drawing of people of Angkor
Radar Helps Uncover Lost Metropolis
A space-based radar survey helped uncover ruins of the medieval settlement of Angkor, Cambodia.
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 Malaspina Glacier
Slide Show: Cool Science
Icebergs, fjords, glaciers. All part of the view at Earth's poles.
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 aerial view of moulin in West Greenland ice sheet
Ice Expedition
JPL's Alberto Behar leads an expedition to frozen West Greenland to study the inner workings of a glacier.
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