NASA
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An Archive of the Stars Is Born
NASA has designated a group at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory with preserving and making easily accessible data from all the extraterrestrial material curated by the agency.
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Aarti Arora: Connecting Agriculture, Climate, and Social Vulnerability
A soon-to-be graduate of the Columbia Climate School, Arora will spend the summer interning at NASA.
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Can a New Type of Glacier on Mars Aid Future Astronauts?
A recent publication identifies evidence of glacial activity and underground ice on Mars in an unusually flat and temperate area, which could serve as a future human landing site.
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Introducing Biden’s Super Team to Revive NASA
Five women and three men were chosen by the U.S. president-elect to restore the world’s most famous agency, counting on the support of the scientific community.
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Scientists Piece Together Nearly Two Decades of Global Glacier Ice Loss
Scientists filled an 11-month gap in satellite data, creating a continuous 18-year record that tracks glacial melt and will aid predictions about sea level rise.
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No ‘Space’ for Earth in Newly Released Presidential Budget
While the proposal boosts NASA’s budget to explore other worlds, what about the one we’ve already got?
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Tools of the Trade: Data Sets are Tools, Too
This installment takes you into the world of population modeling at CIESIN, where data rules supreme.
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New Project Will Tackle Amazonian Development Challenges From Space
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society is part of a new project that will use satellite imagery to address environment and development challenges across the Amazon Basin.
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Rising Temperatures Lead to Increased Fire Risk in Indonesia
A new paper shows that rising temperatures have increased the risk of fires even during non-drought years in Indonesia, possibly making mild fire seasons in the country a thing of the past.
