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Global Warming Mapped
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Global Warming Mapped

The average global temperature has increased by about 0.8°Celsius since 1880, and two-thirds of the warming occurred after 1975.

Published Dec 10, 2010

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Record-Setting Precipitation Leaves U.S. Soils Soggy
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Record-Setting Precipitation Leaves U.S. Soils Soggy

The continental United States recently finished its wettest twelve months in 124 years of modern recordkeeping.

Published May 24, 2019

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Twin Satellites Map 14 Years of Freshwater Changes
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Twin Satellites Map 14 Years of Freshwater Changes

Wet landscapes are getting wetter and dry areas are getting drier due to a variety of factors, including water management, climate change, and natural cycles.

Published May 23, 2018

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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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Climate Change May Shift or Shrink Penguin Habitat
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Climate Change May Shift or Shrink Penguin Habitat

Warmer temperatures along Antarctic coasts may open up some new habitat for Adélie penguin colonies while making other areas less hospitable.

Published Jul 13, 2016

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Alaska in Flux: Slumping Coastlines
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Alaska in Flux: Slumping Coastlines

Erosion is one of the major changes to the state’s landscape in recent decades.

Published Feb 11, 2019

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Mapping the Hot Summer
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Mapping the Hot Summer

July 2012 was the world’s 4th hottest July recorded since 1880.

Published Aug 17, 2012

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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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Rising Temperatures: A Month Versus a Decade
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Rising Temperatures: A Month Versus a Decade

April to September 2014 was the hottest spring and summer in 130 years of recordkeeping. Here’s why that matters, and why it doesn’t.

Published Oct 24, 2014

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Natural Beauty at Risk
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Natural Beauty at Risk

Climate change can make an area less suitable for some trees and plants and more suitable for others.

Published May 22, 2016

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A Decade of Water
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A Decade of Water

Groundwater supplies are decreasing across much of the world.

Published Nov 1, 2013

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Spring
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Spring

For more than two decades, satellites have been observing seasonal patterns of Earth's vegetation. In eastern North America, the spring “green up” is one of the most dramatic changes satellites observe.

Published Sep 15, 2007

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Spring Thaw
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Spring Thaw

Published Oct 10, 2003

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Spring is Arriving Earlier in National Parks
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Spring is Arriving Earlier in National Parks

In National Parks across the United States, recent springs are among the earliest ever observed compared to the past 112 years.

Published Apr 6, 2018

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Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change
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Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change

Will a warming climate alter the atmosphere and make severe thunderstorms more likely? Scientists are using climate models to investigate.

Published Apr 7, 2013

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Canopies of Change
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Canopies of Change

As climate change alters the habitat of eastern U.S. forests, some species are expected to do better than others.

Published Jun 14, 2016

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