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GEOS-5: A High Resolution Global Atmospheric Model
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GEOS-5: A High Resolution Global Atmospheric Model

This comparison shows how a forecast from the high resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5, the world’s highest resolution global climate model, stacks up against GOES satellite images showing actual cloud patterns for February 6, 2010.

Published Jun 9, 2010

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Making Climate Models Available to the Public
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Making Climate Models Available to the Public

A new data set from the NASA Earth Exchange shows projected changes in temperature in response to different scenarios of increasing carbon dioxide.

Published Jun 12, 2015

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U.S. Climate: The New Normal
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U.S. Climate: The New Normal

These maps compare January minimum temperatures and July maximum temperatures in the U.S. Climate Normals, a 30-year frame of reference. The new normal reflects a warming world.

Published Jul 6, 2011

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“Warming Hole” Over the Eastern U.S. Due to Air Pollution
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“Warming Hole” Over the Eastern U.S. Due to Air Pollution

Sulfates kept the eastern United States from warming as much as other regions, but cleaning up the air has changed the equation.

Published May 18, 2012

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Checking on Chikungunya
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Checking on Chikungunya

Researchers can predict potential outbreaks of the mosquito-borne virus months in advance by using satellite data.

Published Jul 28, 2020

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Dust in the Wind
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Dust in the Wind

This series of images, derived from a computer model, shows wind-blown dust from North Africa as it spread over the Atlantic Ocean on July 1, 2009.

Published Dec 18, 2010

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Earth’s Energy out of Balance
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Earth’s Energy out of Balance

These maps show observed and modeled energy imbalances in the top 750 meters of the world’s oceans from 1993-2003.

Published Apr 29, 2005

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Warmer, Drier Climate Could Transform Alaskan Forests
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Warmer, Drier Climate Could Transform Alaskan Forests

Climate change could lead to a net loss of plant life in some regions, and also could change the ratio of species that grow in them.

Published Oct 17, 2019

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Finding Niño
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Finding Niño

Published Oct 5, 2004

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