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Top Stories Archive 6

image of a florescent phytoplankton colony
Red Glow Helps Map Ocean Health
Researchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants, as revealed by a unique signal detected by a NASA satellite.
Image of global root-zone soil moisture data overlaid on a Google Earth map
NASA Uses Satellite for Crop Forecasting
NASA researchers are using satellite data to estimate soil moisture, improving global forecasts of how well the world's crops will grow during shortages.
satellite image of smoke from fires in Sumatra
NASA Sudy: Climate Fuels Asian Wildfire Emissions
Fires in equatorial Asia are growing more frequent and having a serious impact on the air as well as the land.
MODIS image of Nargis
NASA's Earth Observatory: A Decade of Imagery
For the last decade, NASA's Earth Observatory has been using stunning satellite imagery to tell the story of our planet and the NASA scientists who are working to help us understand how it works.
MODIS image of Nargis
Experiment May Help Forecast Deadly Cyclones
NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop.
Still from video of ozone levels at the North Pole
Climate Change Will Make for Uneven Ozone Recovery
New research by NASA suggests the ozone layer of the future is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere.
Image of Wilkins ice shelf break-up
Wilkins Ice Bridge Collapse
A narrow ice bridge connecting the last remnants of the northern part of Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf broke apart in early April 2009.
image showing 2009 Arctic ice maximum
Aerosols May Drive Significant Portion of Arctic Warming
New NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since 1976 may be due to changes in tiny airborne particles.
Map of the Ice Shelf off of the Pine Island Glacier
Scientists Prepare for Return to Pine Island Glacier
Polar scientists believe Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier to be thinning because of warm ocean waters below.
image showing 2009 Arctic ice maximum
Satellites Show Arctic Literally on Thin Ice
The latest Arctic sea ice data show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing.
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