NASA is partnering with other federal agencies to fund new research and applications efforts that will bring the global view of climate from space down to Earth to benefit wildlife and key ecosystems.
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Reporters are invited to the signing of a formal agreement between NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote collaboration on scientific and technological solutions to worldwide problems.
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NASA is celebrating the 41st anniversary of Earth Day this week with several online activities to engage the public in the agency’s mission to use the vantage point of space to explore and protect our home planet.
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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, April 6, using the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies (GREAT) scientific instrument.
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NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969.
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International journalists who would like to cover the June 9 launch of the Aquarius/SAC-D mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California need to apply for credentials by May 9. The three-year mission will provide new insights into how changes in ocean surface salinity relate to fundamental climate processes.
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An international spacecraft that will take NASA’s first space-based measurements of ocean surface salinity has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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NASA has awarded a cooperative agreement to the University Space Research Association in Columbia, Md., to facilitate experimental, analytical and theoretical research in support of NASA’s strategic Earth and space science objectives.
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A new NASA-funded study has revealed widespread reductions in the greenness of Amazon forests caused by last year’s record-breaking drought.
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Researchers and flight crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, on Monday, March 14, for the start of NASA’s 2011 Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in Arctic polar ice.
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