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IceBridge Flies 300 Hours of Antarctic Science Flights
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Operation IceBridge is wrapping up its eighth consecutive field season of mapping the ice sheet and glaciers of Antarctica as well as the surrounding sea ice.
NASA Sees Intense Fires around the World
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This year’s wildfire season is off to a blazing start. The United States had an early start to the season, with more than 29,000 wildfires burning more than 2.6 million acres of land. The driest season in 14 years has left the southern Amazon primed for heavy wildfire activity as well.
Tracking Carbon from Wildfires to Ocean Blooms
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Between September 2019 and March 2020, wildfires killed billions of animals and decimated more than 200 thousand square kilometers of Australian forest, an area larger than Nebraska. Later, thousands of kilometers awa...
Earth 360 Video: The Call of Science
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Join NASA Earth scientists for a 360-degree view of our planet as they head into the field to study ice in Greenland and coral reefs in Hawaii.
Prescribed Forest Fire Frequency Should Be Based on Land Management Goals
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Researchers at the University of Missouri have studied forests subjected to different frequencies of fires to determine what effects fire can have on oak forests over long periods of time.
Earth from Space: Castelli Romani
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over a set of small towns, located around 20 km southeast of Rome, Italy and known collectively as Castelli Romani.
NASA Intro to LIDAR
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Want to know the 3D shape of terrain on another planet? Want to study the height and density of Earth's forests? An amazing tool called LIDAR can help! Learn more in this video.
Air Quality in Washington, D.C.
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A video production for NASA's Earth Information Center about air quality in Washington, D.C. Air pollution in DC has declined by 50% in the last two decades. NASA uses sensors aboard satellites and aircraft to obta...
How DARPA Is Planning Fast, Cheap Satellite Launches
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Called the Airborne Launch Assist Space Access or ALASA program, it would be able to send satellites weighing 100 pounds or less into low-Earth orbit within 24 hours for less than $1 million per launch.
Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere
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Using observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the atmosphere.
