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Top Stories Archive 8

This wide-area view of the Gulf of Mexico was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 13, 2006.
Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data
Scientists recently found black gold bubbling up from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ocean imagery.
Map of the cumulative tracks of all tropical cyclones during the 1985-2005 time period.
Always Something Brewing Year 'Round on NASA's Hurricane Web Page
Hurricanes and tropical cyclones develop in various places around the world all year 'round, and NASA's Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone Web page covers them.
Risk-assessment map for Rift Valley fever
NASA Study Predicted Outbreak of Deadly VIrus
An early warning system successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa.
Bushfires in Southeast Australia
Bushfires in Southeast Australia
Bushfires in southeastern Australia turned deadly over the first weekend of February 2009.
Artist concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
NASA Mission to Help Unravel Key Carbon, Climate Mysteries
NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Map of Earth
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will measure carbon in the air, from Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere.
Red represents areas where temperatures have increased the most during the last 50 years, particularly in West Antarctica, while dark blue represents areas with a lesser degree of warming.
Satellites Confirm Half-Century of West Antarctic Warming
Once presumed to be cooling or stable, NASA scientists have recently confirmed a warming trend on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Artist concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
The Human Factor: Understanding the Sources of Rising Carbon Dioxide
Every time we get into our car, turn the key and drive somewhere, we burn gasoline, a fossil fuel derived from crude oil.
Dr. James Hansen
NASA Climate Scientist Honored by American Meteorological Society
NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen has been chosen by his peers to receive the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
Nitrogen dioxide levels in China
NASA Science Highlights at the American Geophysical Union Meeting
NASA researchers are presenting a wide range of science results at the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
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