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View from space: Sea ice 2012 versus sea ice 1984
Two maps, created from satellite data, compare the Arctic ice minimum extents in 2012 and 1984.
October 8, 2012
Amazonian tree rings reveal past rainfall
Scientists used tree rings from just eight cedar trees in Bolivia to make a detailed picture of rainfall patterns across the Amazon basin over the last century.
October 8, 2012
New Symphony of Science video on climate change
If you don’t think global warming is real, or dislike autotune, this isn't for you. As for me ... I love it. We can change the world!
October 6, 2012
How is pollution changing Lake Baikal?
Some unique life that's evolved over millions of years in Earth's oldest and deepest lake is in trouble.
October 5, 2012
GOES-14 satellite drifts eastward to replace malfunctioning GOES-13
GOES-14 weather satellite is drifting 0.90 degrees per day. It'll take all of October to drift to the place where the ailing GOES-13 satellite is now.
October 3, 2012
Brightest biological substance reveals its secret
The cells of an African fruit have walls made of tightly coiled cellulose strands that are excellent for reflecting light.
October 3, 2012
October 1, 2012 geomagnetic storm now subsiding
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, from the sun caused Earth to experience a geomagnetic storm in the early morning hours of October 1, 2012.
October 1, 2012
Amazing videos from last weekend’s Typhoon Jelawat
Typhoon Jelawat pushed into Japan this past weekend and produced strong winds, flooding, and power outages. Check out these amazing videos!
October 1, 2012
How will climate change impact future fire activity?
A new study predicts that fire activity could increase across large portions of the northern hemisphere by the end of the 21st century.
September 27, 2012
Peter Claggett sees changes to Chesapeake Bay with Landsat
Landsat has been observing the landscape of the vast 64,000 square miles of watershed in Chesapeake Bay for decades.
September 27, 2012
