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Vote for best NASA Earth images of the year
There is still time to vote in NASA’s Tournament Earth, an event designed to showcase the best images of Earth for 2013.
Deanna Conners
March 11, 2014
New ozone-depleting chemicals discovered in the atmosphere
Scientists have found four new gases that harm Earth's ozone layer, despite bans.
Planet Earth Online
March 10, 2014
Bald eagle nest cam 24/7
Watch baby eaglet B3 and his wild bald eagles all day, all night, thanks to the eagle nest cam from Georgia's Berry College.
Eleanor Imster
March 9, 2014
Great Lakes ice cover reaches 91 percent
On March 5, NOAA reported that ice cover over North America's Great Lakes had reached 91 percent. The lakes have not been so covered with ice since 1973.
Eleanor Imster
March 7, 2014
The chain fountain video is amazing
It's looks like a magic trick, but it's really a problem in the physics of everyday things.
Deborah Byrd
March 6, 2014
Shark studies go electronic
Shark-cams, sensors, electronic pills reveal sharks' secrets.
Editors of EarthSky
March 6, 2014
Where in the U.S. you’re most likely to be struck by lightning
One moment you're strolling across the golf course. The next moment your body is wracked with the searing pain of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Deborah Byrd
March 6, 2014
Lightning, seen from space
NASA routinely studies lightning space to aid in weather forecasting. A new instrument is being planning for a 2016 launch.
Deborah Byrd
March 6, 2014
Watch online as asteroid sweeps within moon’s distance today
Watch online as asteroid 2014 DX110 sweep closer than the moon on Wednesday, March 5.
Deborah Byrd
March 5, 2014
Watch March come in like a lion over eastern U.S.
Satellite video captures the awesome power of the winter storms that hit the eastern U.S. on the first days of March.
Editors of EarthSky
March 5, 2014
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