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An atmospheric river drenches California with heavy rain in 2019.
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Atmospheric Rivers Spur High-Tide Floods on U.S. West Coast

by Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright 17 December 202130 January 2024

Researchers analyzed 36 years of data to understand how atmospheric rivers and other factors drive chronic coastal flooding.

Concept art of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite
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Can NASA’s Gravity Satellites Detect Motions in Earth’s Core?

by Megan Kalomiris 15 December 202120 April 2022

Measurements of our planet’s gravitational field could expose processes in the fluid outer core—if scientists can decipher the signals.

Close-up of the Artemis Gateway in front of the Moon.
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NASA Prepares Its Artemis Gateway to Orbit the Moon

by Jude Coleman 9 December 202118 December 2023

Throughout its anticipated 15-year tour of duty, the Gateway will serve as a station for astronauts and lunar landers—and enable new scientific discovery.

A Mars rover beside a rock with two holes drilled into it
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Scientists Plan a Home Away from Home for Mars Samples

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 8 December 202127 March 2023

The core tubes being collected by the Perseverance rover won’t arrive for years, but NASA and the European Space Agency are outlining needs for a facility to assess their safety and store and distribute them.

The layers of Jupiter’s atmosphere visible to Juno’s microwave radiometer
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Transition Zone Below Jupiter’s Clouds

by Morgan Rehnberg 12 November 202127 January 2022

The microwave radiometer aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals the hidden atmospheric circulations at work deep below Jupiter’s colorful clouds.

Two world maps showing global sea-level rates computed from satellite data.
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ICESat-2 Adds Estimates of Sea Level Trends to Accomplishments

by Kathleen A. Donohue 27 October 202119 October 2022

The high spatial resolution and high orbit of ICESat-2 make it suited for measuring sea level close to the coast and in the polar regions, filling a gap in our sea level observational system.

View from near-Earth orbit of a volcanic eruption plume rising into the atmosphere
Posted inScience Updates

Anticipating Climate Impacts of Major Volcanic Eruptions

by S. A. Carn, P. A. Newman, V. Aquila, H. Gonnermann and J. Dufek 31 August 202128 February 2022

NASA’s rapid response plan for gathering atmospheric data amid major volcanic eruptions, paired with efforts to improve eruption simulations, will offer better views of these events’ global effects.

A student takes notes in Arctic Alaska.
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Testing on the Tundra: NASA Snow Program Heads North

by J. Besl 27 July 202111 August 2022

With infrastructure, experience, and a slice of the world’s largest snow biomes, Alaska is an essential research destination for NASA’s multiyear SnowEx campaign.

A close-up view of the grid of hexagonal golden mirrors that make up the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Overture to Exoplanets

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 202124 October 2022

The curtain is about to rise on the James Webb Space Telescope. Let’s see what’s in store for its opening act.

A photograph of a plane flying over mountain glaciers in Alaska
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Wheels Down for NASA’s Operation IceBridge

by J. A. MacGregor, L.N. Boisvert and B. Medley 25 June 202129 September 2021

Over a 13-year period, almost a thousand flights surveyed land and sea ice across the Arctic, Antarctic, and Alaska, providing unique insights into how the polar regions are changing.

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