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Latest Features
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NASA's Global Hawk Investigating Atlantic Tropical Depression 14
A new tropical depression in the Atlantic seems primed to grow, and NASA's Global Hawk Drone left Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this morning to investigate.
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Night View of Hurricane Isaac
Suomi NPP captured this view of Hurricane Isaac's clouds (lit by moonlight) and the cities near the Gulf Coast of the United States at 1:57 a.m. local time.
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NASA-Funded Study Helps Untangle Methane Mystery
A new NASA-funded study has largely accounted for the dramatic leveling-off in atmospheric methane levels seen at the end of the 20th century.
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Suomi NPP Captures Russian, African Fires' Smoke
Powerful fires currently scorching parts of Russia and Africa sent up plumes of smoke into the atmosphere, observed by Suomi NPP.
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Tracking Shuttle Exhaust Reveals More Information About Atmospheric Winds
Scientists tracked space shuttle exhaust plumes to study airflow in the upper atmosphere. The water vapor spread faster than expected and collected near the Arctic to form noctilucent clouds.
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NASA's IceBridge Seeking New View of Changing Sea Ice
NASA's Operation IceBridge gathers data on changing Arctic sea ice, including new data that could be used in future seasonal sea ice forecasts.
Latest News Releases
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NASA'S Global Hawk Mission Begins With Flight To Hurricane Leslie
09.07.12 - NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia.
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NASA Voyage Set To Explore Link Between Sea Saltiness And Climate
09.05.12 - A NASA-sponsored expedition is set to sail to the North Atlantic's saltiest spot to get a detailed, 3-D picture of how salt content fluctuates in the ocean's upper layers and how these variations are related to shifts in rainfall patterns around the planet.
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NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
08.30.12 - NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet's radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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NASA, WHOI to Hold Media Briefing on Ocean Salinity Expedition
08.29.12 - NASA-funded researchers are making final preparations at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Mass., for an ocean-going campaign.
The Earth Observer Newsletter
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NASA Earth Science: Consolidated →
Read the latest issue of The Earth Observer, a bimonthly publication that consolidates NASA Earth science news. The EOS Project Science Office publishes the newsletter. (Issue archive here.)
Earth Image of the Day
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Wildfires in Siberia →
The summer of 2012 has proven to be one of the most severe wildfire seasons Russia has faced in a decade.
