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Top Stories Archive 5

Distribution of winter sea ice thickness in the Arctic Ocean, 2008
NASA Satellite Reveals Dramatic Arctic Ice Thinning
Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record.
An astronaut photo showing a series of mature thunderstorms located near the Parana River in southern Brazil.
Ocean Storms and Turbulence Imagery
NASA is funding development of a system to provide aircraft with updates on severe storms and turbulence over remote ocean regions.
Infographic illustrating water cycle.
Ozone, Nitrogen Change how CO2 Affects Earth's Water
Future concentrations of CO2 and ozone in the atmosphere and nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways.
An aerial shot captures a heavy smoke plume from a boreal forest fire during last year’s ARCTAS mission 07.02.09
Finding Arctic Smoke Signals Not a Problem for ARCTAS
A fleet of airplanes outfitted with sensors set out in the spring and summer of 2008 to study pollution in the Arctic atmosphere.
Title still for movie of the 2008 hurricanes
NASA Debuts the Entire 2008 Hurricane Season in New On-line Video
See the tracks of 2008 storms from Arthur to Paloma from birth to death.
GOES-O
NASA and NOAA's GOES-O Satellite Successfully Launched
GOES-O, soared into space on June 27, 2009, after a successful launch at 6:51 p.m. EDT on a Delta IV rocket.
Holben and his instruments
World's Largest Aerosol Sensing Network Has Leafy Origins
Scientists know that aerosols play an outsized role in Earth’s climate. And much of that knowledge has come from the Aerosol Robotic Network, or AERONET, the collaborative, international sensor network.
A September 2002 normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image that depicts vegetation density across Africa
Applied Sciences Projects Improve Famine Predictions
Two new projects are using satellites and computer models to better anticipate famine and speed up the delivery of aid to populations in critical need.
satellite image of Hurricane Gustav
Atlantic and East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin for 2009
Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What can we expect?
A plant exposed to clean air (left) is healthy, while a plant exposed to ozone (right) is showing signs of injury.
NASA Studies Ozone Damage to Important Crops
The U.S. soybean crop is suffering nearly $2 billion in damage a year due to rising surface ozone concentrations, a NASA-led study has concluded.
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