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2013
New carbon satellite sleuth gets a taste of space
Arctic waters kept warming in 2013
Opposites attract: U.S. experiences cold and heat extremes
Just 5 questions: Carbon dioxide and NASA's OCO-2 mission
Thinking inside the box, launching into space
NASA finds reducing salt is bad for glacial health
Chemical transformations for food and fuel: An interview with Jonas Peters
Landsat data yield best view to date of global forest losses, gains
NASA helps melt secrets of Great Lakes ice
Study finds climate link to atmospheric-river storms
NASA's GRACE satellites show decade of declining water reserves
NASA hosts Earth science social media event
Antarctic ozone hole slightly smaller than average this year
Generating electricity from 20 suns
New U.N. report: Humans responsible for climate change
Arctic sea ice minimum in 2013 is 6th-lowest on record
Ion propulsion gives deep space missions a boost
Warm ocean rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelf from below
'La Nada' climate pattern lingers in the Pacific
NASA looks at soot's role in 1800s glacier retreat
NASA 'eyes' dissect California's massive Rim Fire
Sea ice this year unlikely to break records, but continues downward trend
Space, on a shoestring
Littlest continent had biggest role in sea level drop
Heat wave in China
Search on for climate clues across southern U.S. skies
Exploring Mount Everest's ice
NASA 'fire towers' in space watch for wildfires on the rise
Of stars and stripes: NASA satellites used to predict zebra migrations
Artificial photosynthesis to make plants green with envy
Airborne campaign preparing to probe pollution-climate link
Tropical ecosystems boost carbon dioxide as temperatures rise
An unrecognizable Arctic
Seeing photosynthesis from space: NASA scientists use satellites to measure plant health
Catching aerosols in a CATS eye
Climate forecasts shown to warn of crop failures
Working the night shift on the moon
Antarctic glacier calves iceberg one-fourth size of Rhode Island
Greenland's summer melt under way
Death Valley claims a heat title again
Long-running NASA/CNES ocean satellite takes final bow
Space Station gets an attitude adjustment for solar science
Vegetation as seen by Suomi NPP
Rare clear view of Alaska
Water storage maps show improvement
A better eye on reefs
Warming ocean causing most Antarctic ice shelf mass loss
Just 5 questions: SmallSat technology
NASA to study how pollution, storms and climate mix
Amazon forest fire risk to increase this year
Climate conditions determine Amazon fire risk
Is a sleeping climate giant stirring in the Arctic?
NASA planes to probe hurricanes
NASA ships sensors for seafaring satellite to France
Arctic amplification
Ice in motion
Entrepreneur giving shuttle truss new uses
For first time, Earth's single-day CO2 tops 400 ppm
NASA rover prototype set to explore Greenland ice sheet
NASA, University of Iowa ground measurement campaign to improve flood forecasting
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Getting past 'I'm smart, you're stupid'
NASA's HyspIRI sees the forest for the trees and more
Satellite observations one key to climate models
Simple wisdom
Don't let this happen to your planet
Severe thunderstorms and climate change
NASA flies radar south on wide-ranging expedition
Sea ice max continues downward trend
Warm Arctic, chilly mid-latitudes
Earth from orbit in 2012
NASA flies Dragon Eye unmanned aircraft into volcanic plume
Extensive ice fractures in the Beaufort Sea
Matters of scale, and why they matter
JPL scientists reflect on World Water Day
NASA begins new season of Arctic ice science flights
NASA pinpoints causes of 2011 Arctic ozone hole
NASA workshop transforms teachers into glaciologists for a week
Amplified greenhouse effect shifts north's growing seasons
Storms come in many forms
NASA Wallops recovery continues from Hurricane Sandy
A quiet interlude in solar max
NASA begins flight research campaign using alternate jet fuel
What lies beneath - NASA Antarctic sub goes subglacial
What exploded over Russia?
Campaign to diagnose air quality concludes in California
NASA's Aquarius sees salty shifts
NASA eyes declining vegetation in the eastern U.S. from 2000 to 2010
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Study sheds new light on Arctic sea ice volume losses
NASA satellites find freshwater losses in Middle East
A satellite's view of ship pollution
Pacific locked in 'La Nada' limbo
Satellite image shows eastern U.S. severe weather system
Fertilizing phytoplankton with volcanic ash
Solar variability and terrestrial climate
Study finds severe climate jeopardizing Amazon forest
NASA partners with community to demonstrate hydrogen bus
NASA ozone study may benefit air standards, climate
Improving climate change predictions, one cloud at a time
NASA chases climate change clues into the stratosphere
Landsat senses a disturbance in the forest
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