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Moon shrinkage
Moon shrinkage is a recently confirmed phenomenon based upon photographs from NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbit...

National Ecological Observatory Network: Construction Funding
NSF Awards Construction Funding to National Ecological Observatory Network Long-awaited, continent-wide netw...

Mapping the environment
This article, authored by Kellyn S. Betts, appeared first in Environmental Health Perspectivesthe peer-reviewe...

Satellite Imagery in Predicting Infectious Disease Outbreaks
This Perspective article written by Timothy E. Ford, Rita R. Colwell, Joan B. Rose, Stephen S. Morse, David J...

Physics-Based Space Weather Model
First Large-Scale, Physics-Based Space Weather Model Transitions Into Operation This model can provides fore...

Albedo
Introduction Albedo is the fraction of Suns radiation reflected from a surface. The term has its origins fro...

El Niño
What is an El Nio? El Nio is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific,...

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National Ocean Policy Action Plan
National Ocean Policy Action Plan draft requests public comments on actions Federal agencies will take to impr...

Tracking Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris
Debris scatters in the Pacific Ocean, possibly heading to United States. Debris from the tsunami that dev...

Deepwater Horizon effects on fish
Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Spill Effects on Fish Revealed Oil spill resulted in dramatic effects on f...

Martian lake delta
Rare martian lake delta spotted by Mars Express The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express has spotted a...

Current U.S. Flood Information
Flood Information When flooding happens, USGS field crews are among the first to respond. During and after st...

Global picture of greenhouse gases
A three-year series of research flights from the Arctic to the Antarctic has successfully produced an unprec...

2011: Ninth Warmest Year
NASA Finds 2011 Ninth Warmest Year on Record The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth ...

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Science Tools
The practice of science depends on the availability, and reliability, of a wide spectrum of tools. We are fami...