Arctic sea ice maximum at record low for third straight year
Arctic sea ice maximum at record low for third straight yearThe National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is part of the Cooperative Institute for...
Community knowledge builds resilience to Arctic climate change impacts
By Brigitta RongstadA December storm brews over the North Pacific Ocean, just off-shore of the Aleutian Islands. The National Weather Service issues a “winter weather...
NASA Sensing Our Planet 2016 features 30 researchers from Australia, Italy, United Kingdom, USA,...
Boulder, Colo.—NASA’s Earth science data centers highlight the work of thirty researchers worldwide in this year’s Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features....
Arctic sea ice has reached minimum extent for 2022
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Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in the West
A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the pace of spring snowmelt that feeds the headwaters of the Colorado River....
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