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Water Limitations in the Tropics Offset Carbon Uptake from Arctic Greening
NASA Finds What a Glacier's Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning
Land Ecosystems Are Becoming Less Efficient at Absorbing Carbon Dioxide
Seeing the COVID-19 Pandemic from Space
Sea Level Projections Drive San Francisco's Adaptation Planning
New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making
Beyond Ice: NASA's ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents
NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements
Noise and Light Pollution From Humans Alter Bird Reproduction
Arctic Animals' Movement Patterns are Shifting in Different Ways as the Climate Changes
US-European Mission Launches to Monitor the World's Oceans
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch Updates
Study: Urban Greenery Plays a Surprising Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
NASA TV to Air Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch, Prelaunch Activities
Beating Back the Tides
NASA Watches Sea Level Rise from Space, and its Centers' Windows
Changing Pacific Conditions Raise Sea Level Along U.S. West Coast
Rising Waters
The Anatomy of Glacial Ice Loss
New Season of NASA's 'On a Mission' Podcast Focuses on Planet Earth
Greenland's Retreating Glaciers Could Impact Local Ecology
Getting to the Heart of the (Particulate) Matter
NASA Supercomputing Study Breaks Ground for Tree Mapping, Carbon Research
U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Gears Up for Launch
Prior Weather Linked to Rapid Intensification of Hurricanes Near Landfall
Watch Virtual Briefing on Launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Meet the People Behind the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Spacecraft
5 Things to Know About the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Warming Temperatures Are Driving Arctic Greening
New Sea Level Satellite Arrives at California Launch Site
US-Qatar Partnership Aims to Find Buried Water in Earth's Deserts
2020 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum at Second Lowest on Record
Emissions Could Add 15 Inches to Sea Level by 2100, NASA-led Study Finds
NASA Monitors Carbon Monoxide From California Wildfires
NASA's ECOSTRESS Takes Surface Temperature Around California Fires
Sea Level Mission Will Also Act as a Precision Thermometer in Space
NASA Funds Eight New Projects Exploring Connections Between the Environment and COVID-19
Global Survey Using NASA Data Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes
Pinpointing Tropical Forests with High Ecological 'Quality'
NASA-led Study Reveals the Causes of Sea Level Rise Since 1900
Study: 2019 Sees Record Loss of Greenland Ice
NASA Study Maps the Roots of Global Mangrove Loss
Stunning Forecast: A Century of Ice Loss for Nearly 100,000 Glaciers
NASA-NOAA Satellite Sees Siberian Smoke Reach Alaska
New NASA Research Projects Probe COVID-19 Impacts
NASA, CNES Space Laser Measures Massive Saharan Dust Plume
A Walk Through the Rainbow with PACE
Keeping a Steady Eye on Sea Level Change from Space
NASA-NOAA Satellite Analyzes Saharan Dust Plume
NASA, Partner Space Agencies Amass Global View of COVID-19 Impacts
NASA, Partner Space Agencies to Release Global View of COVID-19 Impacts
New International Sea Level Satellite Completes Testing
NASA Ocean Ecosystem Mission Preparing to Make Waves
NASA Fosters Innovative Ways to Understand Biodiversity
Ice Melt Linked to Accelerated Regional Freshwater Depletion
NASA Wins 4 Webbys, 4 People's Voice Awards
NASA Satellite Data Show Air Pollution Decreases over Southwest U.S. Cities
NASA's ICESat-2 Measures Arctic Ocean's Sea Ice Thickness, Snow Cover
NASA Funds Four Research Projects on COVID-19 Impacts
NASA's Claire Parkinson Named Finalist for Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
NASA Space Laser Missions Map 16 Years of Ice Sheet Loss
A Warming Arctic Turns Topsy Turvy
NASA Receives 12 Webby Award Nominations for 2020
NASA Earth Data Power Energy Saving Decisions
When it Comes to Water, You Have to Think Global
Whatever Sea Level Rise Brings, NASA Will Be There
NASA Observes Earth Day with Downloadable Art
NASA Reports Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Hit a Record Low for March
#EarthDayAtHome with NASA
How NASA is Helping the World Breathe More Easily
NASA Marks Earth Day's 50th Anniversary with #EarthDayAtHome
NASA Satellite Data Show 30% Air Pollution Drop over the Northeastern US
NASA Study Adds a Pinch of Salt to El Niño Models
COVID-19: NASA Science Keeps the Lights On
Flooding Stunted 2019 Cropland Growing Season, Resulting in More Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
NASA, University of Nebraska Release New Global Groundwater Maps and U.S. Drought Forecasts
Huge East Antarctic Glacier Especially Susceptible to Climate Impacts
Solar Energy Tracker Powers Down After 17 Years
New 3D View of Methane Tracks Sources and Movement around the Globe
GRACE, GRACE-FO Satellite Data Track Ice Loss at the Poles
Greenland, Antarctica Melting Six Times Faster Than in the 1990s
Visualizing the Quantities of Climate Change
NASA Satellite Offers Urban Carbon Dioxide Insights
Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate
NASA Prepares for New Science Flights Above Coastal Louisiana
NASA Flights Detect Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots
Probing the Hazy Mysteries of Marine Clouds
Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia
Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents
NASA, Partners Name Ocean-Observing Satellite for Noted Earth Scientist
NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal 2019 Second Warmest Year on Record
NASA, NOAA to Announce 2019 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
Study Confirms Climate Models are Getting Future Warming Projections Right
Clouds, Arctic Crocodiles and a New Climate Model
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