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Watch the Grim, Ongoing Loss of the Arctic's Historical Ice
According to NASA, the Arctic had 1.2 million square miles of old ice in the 1980s. Today it has just 68,350.
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NASA: The Earth Gets Scorched With Back-to-Back Hottest Months
August and July tied for the warmest months globally in 136 years of records.
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What Peak Hurricane Season Looks Like From the Space Station
Get an astronaut’s view of not one but three major storms.
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NASA: July 2016 Was the Hottest Month in Recorded History
Here’s more evidence that this year will be the warmest yet.
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A Space-Station View of 2016's Perseid Meteor Shower
Not many people get to watch shooting stars from above.
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NOAA: The Earth Has Endured 14 Straight Months of Record-Breaking Heat
Such an extreme warming spell has never occurred in nearly 140 years of observations.
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A Government Satellite Captures a Spectacular 'Lunar Photobomb'
The view from 1 million miles away from Earth can be fairly nice.
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NOAA: The World Just Sweated Through Another Record-Hot June
Every state in the U.S. has endured above-average heat this year.
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The U.S. Enters a Historic 10-Year 'Hurricane Drought'
A major hurricane not making landfall for this long only happens once every 270 years, according to NASA.
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NOAA: The U.S. Looks Due for a Scorching Summer
Forecasts show above-average chances for high heat on both coasts and in Alaska.
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NOAA: The U.S. Hits a Never-Before-Seen Milestone for Warmth
This March saw every single climate division reporting above-average temperatures.
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A Stupendous Government Satellite Animation of the Solar Eclipse
“I am not aware of anybody ever capturing the full eclipse in one set of images or video,” says a NASA scientist.
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NOAA: The Mariana Trench, Seven Miles Below Sea Level, Is Abuzz With Noise
A mission seven miles down reveals a surprisingly raucous soundscape.
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NASA Researchers: The Earth's Lakes Are Warming at a Disturbing Rate
Many lakes are growing hotter quicker than the oceans and atmosphere.
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NOAA Maps the Warmest Days in America
With scorching temperatures on both coasts, parts of America are suffering through a late-season heat wave.
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NOAA Has Mapped a Desktop Model of Earth
Gloriously popping graphics show CO2 transport, real-time earthquakes, space trash, and tons of other neat stuff.
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NOAA Maps The Raging Future of American Wildfires
The risk of major blazes could increase 600 percent by mid-century, say scientists.
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Animation: Watch the Remarkable Expansion of American Obesity
A new graphic using CDC data shows larger waistlines across the United States.
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More Than 143 Million Americans Are at Risk From Earthquakes
That’s almost double a 2006 U.S. Geological Survey estimate of 75 million.
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