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Video: A visualization of the annual Arctic sea ice "minimum" for each year from 1979 through 2018.
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Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2018 with area graph
Video: Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2018 with area graph
Video: Simulation of global clouds and aerosols from September 1, 2005, to December 31, 2005.
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Video: Simulated clouds and aerosols
Video: Simulated clouds and aerosols
Fly in 360 degrees over Greenland’s graggy glaciers and other ice formations from NASA’s P-3 aircraft.
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glacier flyover
Greenland's ice from above
Video - the home frontier
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Video - the home frontier
Video: The Home Frontier
Test your knowledge about global temperature change and its impact on Earth's climate.
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Test your knowledge about global temperature change and its impact on Earth's climate.
Quiz: Global warming
NASA scientists say 2013 tied for the seventh warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures.
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Video: Global Temperature Variation
Video: Global Temperature Variation
Video: The ocean's important role in absorbing heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Ocean circulation plays an important role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere
Video: Ocean circulation plays an important role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere
A view from one of our flying science laboratories over the ice in Greenland during Operation IceBridge.
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plane 360
Inside NASA's P-3 aircraft
Test your knowledge of sea level rise and its effect on global populations.
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Test your knowledge of sea level rise and its effect on global populations.
Quiz: Sea level rise
Quiz: Our home planet
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Quiz: Our home planet
Quiz: Our home planet
Salinity plays a major role in global ocean circulation and changes in salinity may impact regional and global climates. NASA's Aquarius mission is painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters.
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Salinity plays a major role in global ocean circulation and changes in salinity may impact regional and global climates. NASA's Aquarius mission is painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters. NASA
Video: Aquarius
Land. Water. Fire. Ice. These elements are basic ingredients that make up planet Earth. Take a moment to admire the magnificent spectacle of our stunning home planet from the perspective of space.
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Land. Water. Fire. Ice. These elements are basic ingredients that make up planet Earth. Take a moment to admire the magnificent spectacle of our stunning home planet from the perspective of space.
Video: Majestic Planet
Video: Scientists combined an array of NASA satellite observations of Earth with data on human activities to map locations where freshwater is changing around the globe and why.
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For 15 years, GRACE tracked freshwater movements around the world
Video: For 15 years, GRACE tracked freshwater movements around the world
Video: NASA scientists release the first new global map of Earth at night since 2012.
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Video: Lights of human activity shine in NASA's image of Earth at night
Video: Lights of human activity shine in NASA's image of Earth at night
Every summer, phytoplankton spread across the North Atlantic, with blooms spanning hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles. Blooms off Scandinavia seem to be particularly intense in summer 2018.
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A vortex of lighter green phytoplankton swirls in the North Atlantic.
Summer blooms in the Baltic
Test your knowledge of energy and its role in our climate.
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Test your knowledge of energy and its role in our climate.
Quiz: Energy
Take a 360-degree view of an iceberg and sea ice during Operation IceBridge flights over Greenland.
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iceberg flyover
Bird's eye view of an iceberg
Explore Kaneohe Bay with NASA’s CORAL scientists. During field campaigns, scientists take in-water (in situ) measurements to validate the data from airborne instruments.
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Explore Kaneohe Bay with NASA's CORAL Scientists
Video: A high-resolution, three-dimensional view of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.
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Seasonal changes in carbon dioxide
Video: Seasonal changes in carbon dioxide
Video: Using observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the atmosphere from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.
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Following carbon dioxide through the atmosphere
Video: Following atmospheric carbon dioxide
The past decade has been the hottest ever recorded since global temperature records began 150 years ago. This video discusses the impacts of the sun's energy, Earth's reflectance and greenhouse gasses on global warming.
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The past decade has been the hottest ever recorded since global temperature records began 150 years ago. This video discusses the impacts of the sun's energy, Earth's reflectance and greenhouse gasses on global warming.
Video: Temperature Puzzle
Video: Explore how scientists determine glacial speed from space.
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At glacial speed
Video: At glacial speed
Video: total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites.
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Video: 22-year sea level rise
Video: 22-year sea level rise
Pliocene CO2 graphic - climate.nasa.gov
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Pliocene CO2 graphic - climate.nasa.gov
Graphic: Carbon dioxide hits new high
Video: how different factors, both natural and industrial, contribute to global warming.
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How global warming stacks up
Video: How global warming stacks up

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Images of Change

Images of Change

Explore a stunning gallery of before-and-after images of Earth from land and space that reveal our home planet in a state of flux.
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Climate Mobile Apps

Climate Mobile Apps

Keep track of Earth's vital signs, see the planet in a state of flux and slow the pace of global warming with NASA's free mobile apps.
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Climate Time Machine

Climate Time Machine

Travel through Earth's recent climate history and see how increasing carbon dioxide, global temperature and sea ice have changed over time.
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Eyes on the Earth

Eyes on the Earth

Track Earth's vital signs from space and fly along with NASA's Earth-observing satellites in an interactive 3D visualization.
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Global Ice Viewer

Global Ice Viewer

Earth's ice cover is shrinking. See how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets.
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