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6/6/2008
The CIRES Innovative Research Program has funded NSIDC scientist Ted Scambos to explore the causes of ice shelf break-up in Antarctica. Scambos will investigate whether dwindling sea ice contributes to ice shelf collapse.
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5/15/2008
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.
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5/13/2008
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice.
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4/28/2008
NASA’s Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora.
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4/24/2008
NASA is taking flight over the Arctic to uncover how pollution and wildfires may affect its atmosphere and sea ice.
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4/17/2008
Scientists have used computer models to show how melt could contribute to the observed speed up of Greenland's sheet.
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4/14/2008
This past January, Goddard's Dr. Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica.
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4/7/2008
This month, NASA begins the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere. The mission is poised to help scientists identify how air pollution contributes to climate changes in the Arctic.
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4/2/2008
A 466-meter-long cylinder of ice (cut into meter-long pieces) from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide project arrived in Denver this week to be analyzed for clues to the past 100,000 years of earth's climate history.
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4/2/2008
A field study now under way is looking at the pollutants within the Arctic atmosphere – called “Arctic Haze” – including their sources, concentrations, and climate impact, in an ice-free region
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