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By Agnieszka GautierEvery three months, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) completes a comprehensive measurement of Earth’s surface, mapping our planet...
Antarctic sea ice settles at record low in 2023
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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....
Mountain and polar groups seek urgent COP26 decision
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