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OIB: McMurdo Accomplished, West Antarctica Calling
Last year Operation IceBridge flew for the first time out of McMurdo Station in Antarctica, reaching a new slate of exciting science targets. But that means it's now been two years since the mission has flown over critical areas in West...
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New Arctic Lakes Could Soon Be a Major Source of Atmospheric Methane
For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic's permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth's climate continues to warm, that carbon has begun to leach into the atmosphere, the result of...
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NASA | Suomi Sees Asian Fires Migrate To North America
Research scientist Colin Seftor talks about images from the OMPS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite. Suomi (NPP) launched in the fall of 2011. These images show smoke from Asia that migrates to North America. Seftor explains the...
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NASA | Return to PIG
Though NASA researcher Bob Bindschadler had hoped to return to Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf and continue his research during the 2009 season, this video explians how plans hit a snag. Sometimes science takes time, especially when it...
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NASA | Rendezvous with an Ice-Bound Vessel
Having just arrived in Greenland, the first challenge for the Operation IceBridge Arctic 2015 campaign was to survey a broad swath of Arctic sea ice … and along the way, locate and precisely overfly a Norwegian research vessel frozen in...
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NASA | Operation IceBridge: Getz Mission in 3 Minutes
Can you stuff all the sights and science of a 12-hour mission into just three minutes? Maybe not, but here's our first try, chronicling NASA's recent flight to Antarctica's remote Getz Ice Shelf, where Operation IceBridge measured...
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NASA | NPP: Final Steps to Countdown
NPP is nearly ready to be launched! This video describes the final steps for this Earth-observing climate and weather satellite before it launches, currently scheduled for the morning of Oct. 28, 2011.
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NASA | IceBridge 2010 with Lora Koenig
This video shows a live interview with NASA Goddard cryospheric scientist Lora Koenig regarding Operation IceBridge and the 2010 Arctic sea ice maximum. Or get tweeted by NASA:
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NASA | Earth from Orbit 2014
Every day of every year, NASA satellites provide useful data about our home planet, and along the way, some beautiful images as well. This video includes satellite images of Earth in 2014 from NASA and its partners as well as photos and...
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NASA | GOES-R Trailer
The new generation GOES-R satellites will carry significant improvements and technology innovation on board. GOES-R will be able to deliver a full globe scan in only 5 minutes, compared to the 25 minutes needed for the same task with the...
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NASA | Daily Arctic Sea Ice 2005-2006
This animation shows the seasonal advance and retreat of sea ice over the Arctic from 2005-2006. The false color of the sea ice, derived from the AMSR-E instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, highlights the fissures in the sea ice by...
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IceBridge Zigzags out of Svalbard
Operation IceBridge just completed 40 research flights over ten weeks, including three based out of the remote and beautiful islands of Svalbard, Norway. Here is the story of one of its most distinctive missions, called Zig Zag East....
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How NASA Scientists Measure Global Temperatures
Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NASA scientists analyze data from...
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The Importance of Freedom of Speech: The Story of Greta Thunberg
This video discusses the concept of freedom of speech and assembly, using the example of Greta Thunberg's school strike for climate as a case study. It explores the limitations of these freedoms and encourages viewers to reflect on their...
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NASA | The Helheim Experience
Operation IceBridge has wrapped up its 2015 Arctic field campaign after covering a vast expanse of science targets during 33 different flights over land ice, sea ice, and glaciers. For more on the mission and the science it produces,...
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NASA Finds 2020 Tied for Hottest Year on Record
Globally, 2020 was the hottest year on record, effectively tying 2016, the previous record. Overall, Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1880s. Temperatures are increasing due to human...
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NASA | Summer Extremes Getting More Extreme
People who live north of the equator are experiencing both higher summer temperatures and a greater frequency of extreme bouts of heat, according to a NASA statistical analysis of decades of Northern Hemisphere temperature data. A basic...
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NASA | Rising Seas Teaser: Science on the Greenland Ice Sheet
A quick preview of the sights and sounds captured this summer as researchers ventured out on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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NASA | OIB Flights South 2014: Mission Overview
Consistency counts when collecting scientific data. With global ice inventories in a profound state of change, it’s essential to maintain regular measurements of ice at the poles. NASA’s ICESat satellite amassed a substantial body of...
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NASA | NPP and the Earth System
NPP is a continuation of the existing Earth-observing satellites (EOS) and it builds on the legacy of multi decades of critical data. In this video, NPP Project Scientist, James Gleason (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), summarizes the...
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NASA | Greenland Ice Flights
Nearly every spring since 1991, researchers including William Krabill of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., have flown on a NASA aircraft over Greenland, collecting measurements of ice thickness from an altitude of...
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NASA | Increasing Extreme Summer Temperatures
The Northern Hemisphere over the past 30 years has seen an increase in the amount of land area experiencing what NASA scientists define as "extremely hot" summer temperatures, according to a new analysis led by James Hansen at the NASA...
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NASA | Earth Science Week 2009: Trailer 2
Join NASA as we celebrate Earth Science Week from October 11 through 17. This year's theme looks at climate change and our oceans. series. On Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 PM EST, NASA will host an interactive webcast featuring NASA...
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NASA | Earth Science Week 2009: Trailer 1
Join NASA as we celebrate Earth Science Week from October 11 through 17. This year's theme looks at climate change and our oceans. series. On Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 PM EST, NASA will host an interactive webcast featuring NASA...