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Video: Two key climate change indicators have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016.
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Record-breaking climate trends in 2016
Video: Record-breaking climate trends in 2016
NASA's Landsat 8 satellite captured water mixing between Georgia's ick-colored Suwannee River and the deep blue Gulf of Mexico.
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Suwannee blackwater river meets the sea
Suwannee blackwater river meets the sea
As part of the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), NASA scientists are flying over Alaska and Canada, measuring the elevation of rivers and lakes to study how thawing permafrost affects hydrology in the landscape.
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As part of the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), NASA scientists are flying over Alaska and Canada, measuring the elevation of rivers and lakes to study how thawing permafrost affects hydrology in the landscape.
Kuskokwim River
The Mackenzie River in Canada plays a major role in Arctic climate as warmer fresh water mixes with cold seawater.  This image was taken by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite on July 18, 2017.
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The Mackenzie River in Canada plays a major role in Arctic climate as warmer fresh water mixes with cold seawater.
Mackenzie River
NASA's new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 space satellite will probe the carbon cycle like never before, telling us where the carbon is going and giving us clues as to where we will end up.
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide is at its highest level in human history and is changing our climate before our eyes. NASA's new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 space satellite will probe the carbon cycle like never before, telling us where the carbon is going and giving us clues as to where we will end up.
Graphic: Measuring carbon dioxide from space
NASA explores. From its earliest days of sounding rockets and balloon-borne instruments, to Apollo and Hubble and missions to Mars. This mission of exploration has also always focused on our own corner of the universe, Earth - the home frontier. Earth is still the only planet we've ever been to, as this video explains.
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NASA explores. From its earliest days of sounding rockets and balloon-borne instruments, to Apollo and Hubble and missions to Mars. This mission of exploration has also always focused on our own corner of the universe, Earth - the home frontier. Earth is still the only planet we've ever been to, as this video explains.
Home Frontier
Video: NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) and Operation IceBridge missions investigate Greenland's thinning ice sheets from above and below.
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Video: Greenland's thinning ice
Video: Greenland's thinning ice
Arctic sea ice - Climate 365 graphic
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Arctic sea ice - Climate 365 graphic
Graphic: Arctic sea ice loss
Temperature agreement - Climate 365 graphic
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Temperature agreement - Climate 365 graphic
Graphic: Earth's temperature record
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
Captured onboard a NASA Operation IceBridge flight to survey glacier change in a warming world, this photograph shows a beach and stream in Russel Fjord, Alaska, near the terminus of Hubbard Glacier.
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Beached bergs in Alaska
Beached bergs in Alaska
Video - the home frontier
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Video - the home frontier
Video: The Home Frontier
Earth discovered - Climate 365 graphic
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Earth discovered - Climate 365 graphic
Graphic: Earth, discovered
City vs. desert - Climate365 graphic
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City vs. desert - Climate365 graphic
Graphic: City vs. desert temperatures
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
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
Global ice viewer interactive
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Global ice viewer interactive
Interactive: Global ice viewer
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002.
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Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
Video: Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
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
Video: Winter temperatures are soaring in the Arctic for the fourth winter in a row.
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NASA studies an unusual Arctic warming event
NASA studies an unusual Arctic warming event
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
By comparing bee data to satellite imagery, NASA research scientist Wayne Esaias uses honey bees as tiny data collectors to understand how climate change is affecting pollination and plants.
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By comparing bee data to satellite imagery, NASA research scientist Wayne Esaias uses honey bees as tiny data collectors to understand how climate change is affecting pollination and plants.
Video: Sting of Climate Change
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2002.
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Antarctic ice loss 2002-2016
Video: Antarctic ice loss 2002-2016
Color-coded map of changing global surface temperature anomalies from 1880 through 2017. 
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Graphic: Global warming from 1880 to 2017
Graphic: Global warming from 1880 to 2017
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
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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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