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  Taking Earth's Temperature Via Satellite

  August 25, 2008 — Imagine adding a thermometer to Google Earth. That's the vision of Agricultural Research Service scientists Martha Anderson and Bill Kustas, who see the need for high-resolution thermal infrared ... > full story
• Geography
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  Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Begins Mapping Oceans

  August 7, 2008 — Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean surface ... > full story
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  Ocean Surface A Boon For Extreme Event Forecasts, Warnings

  July 21, 2008 — For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival. Such warnings, however, require a solid base of ... > full story
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  Swerve Left To Avoid That Satellite: The Growing Issue Of Space Debris

  July 9, 2008 — Think you have trouble getting rid of the clutter in your living room? After more than 50 years of launching rockets and satellites into space, the human race now has to deal with the clutter left ... > full story
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  Satellite View Of Cloud Tops Might Warn Of Storms

  July 9, 2008 — For three years, a new way to use data collected by NOAA weather satellites has been giving North Alabama short-term warnings of "pop-up" thunderstorms. This new computer program is now spreading to ... > full story
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  ESA Satellite Assesses Damage Of Norway's Largest Fire

  June 27, 2008 — Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's ... > full story
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  Asteroid-Hunting Satellite A World First

  June 26, 2008 — Canada is building the world's first space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat, this spacecraft will provide a significant improvement in ... > full story
• Geology
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  Surprisingly Rapid Changes In Earth’s Core Discovered

  June 19, 2008 — The movements in the liquid part of the Earth's core are changing surprisingly quickly, and this affects the Earth's magnetic field, according to new ... > full story
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  NASA Aircraft Examine Impact Of Forest Fires On Arctic Climate

  June 12, 2008 — As the summer fire season heats up, NASA aircraft are set to follow the trail of smoke plumes from some of Earth's northernmost forest fires, examining their contribution to arctic pollution and ... > full story
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  Satellites Illuminate Pollution's Influence On Clouds

  May 27, 2008 — Clouds have typically posed a problem to scientists using satellites to observe the lowest part of the atmosphere, where humans live and breathe, because they block the satellite's ability to capture ... > full story

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