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Changing Views of Fine Particulate Pollution
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Published June 24, 2015
Improved data from several satellites illustrates how concentrations of fine particulate pollution have changed over time.
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Making Climate Models Available to the Public
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Published June 12, 2015
A new data set from the NASA Earth Exchange shows projected changes in temperature in response to different scenarios of increasing carbon dioxide.
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Mapping Forest Loss with Landsat
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Published May 7, 2015
The opening of the Landsat data archive and a partnership with Google has allowed researchers to track the fine details of forest change around the world.
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Bigger Thunderstorms are Bringing More Rain to the Tropics
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Published March 26, 2015
The increase around the wettest regions of Earth comes from a rise in large, well-organized thunderstorms.
Carbon Emissions Could Dramatically Increase Risk of U.S. Megadroughts
Published February 15, 2015
A study using historical data and 17 climate models projects that decades-long droughts will become much more likely if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate.
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Mapping Fireballs
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Published November 21, 2014
Over 20 years, more than 550 small asteroids streaked across our skies.
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Measuring Earth’s Magnetism
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Published September 7, 2014
A new constellation of satellites from the European Space Agency can detect minuscule changes in the planet’s magnetic field.
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