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These new observations can be used to identify the presence of a wide variety of minerals as well as mineral weathering or alteration.
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NASA, USGS Map Minerals to Understand Earth Makeup, Climate Change
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NASA, USGS Map Minerals to Understand Earth Makeup, Climate Change
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent (lowest amount of ice for the year) on Sept. 18, 2022, shrinking to an area of 4.67 million square kilometers (1.80 million square miles). This extends a long-term downward trend due to global warming.
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2022 Arctic Summer Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record
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2022 Arctic Summer Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record
Pakistan’s worst flooding in a decade from extreme monsoon rains has caused its largest freshwater lake to overflow.
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Overflowing of Lake Manchar, Pakistan
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Overflowing of Lake Manchar, Pakistan
Climate change is influencing habitat conditions and migratory patterns. Leveraging NASA Earth data, a software package measures the factors that influence animal movement and maps migratory preferences.
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NASA Software Maps Changes in Current and Future Animal Movements
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NASA Software Maps Changes in Current and Future Animal Movements
Satellite images show part of Pakistan before and after extreme monsoon rains triggered widespread flooding in August.
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Severe Monsoon Rains Cause Catastrophic Flooding in Pakistan
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Severe Monsoon Rains Cause Catastrophic Flooding in Pakistan
Ozone and climate go hand in hand – in more ways than one. In the Great Lakes region, NASA Earth data are helping state air quality agencies inform their decisions to protect public health.
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Monitoring Ozone in a Warming World
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Monitoring Ozone in a Warming World
Unyielding drought conditions in the Southwest U.S. have taken a toll on Lake Powell.
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Diminishing Lake Powell, Arizona and Utah
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Diminishing Lake Powell, Arizona and Utah
New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing.
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NASA Studies Find Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice
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NASA Studies Find Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice
A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn more intensely than others.
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NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating' Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity
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NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating' Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity
The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.
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Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere
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Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere
Newly installed on the space station, the instrument, called EMIT, will help answer questions about how mineral dust from Earth’s arid regions affects climate.
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NASA's Mineral Dust Detector Starts Gathering Data
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NASA's Mineral Dust Detector Starts Gathering Data
The largest reservoir in the United States was at a mere 27% of its capacity as of July 18, 2022.
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Disappearing Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona Border
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Disappearing Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona Border