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"Avatar" Director And NASA Focus On Earth Science Exploration In Psa Campaign
Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth
NASA Announces 2010 Global Climate Change Education Awards
NASA Seeks Innovative Ideas About Human Health Challenges
NASA Announces Media Day For Hurricane Research Flights
NASA and Israel Space Agency Sign Statement of Intent for Future Cooperation
NASA Holds Media Teleconference To Preview Major Hurricane Study
First Map Of Global Forest Heights Created From NASA Data
NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This Summer
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For OCO-2 Mission

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"Avatar" Director And NASA Focus On Earth Science Exploration In Psa Campaign

James Cameron, director of the award-winning film "Avatar," is featured in a series of new NASA public service announcements that describe the many contributions of NASA's Earth science program to environmental awareness and exploration of our home planet.

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Published: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth

Global plant productivity that once was on the rise with warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline because of regional drought according to a new study of NASA satellite data.

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Published: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA Announces 2010 Global Climate Change Education Awards

NASA has awarded $7.7 million in cooperative agreements to 17 organizations across the United States to enhance learning through the use of NASA's Earth science resources.

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Published: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA Seeks Innovative Ideas About Human Health Challenges

NASA will host LAUNCH: Health, a global forum focusing on health issues, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from Oct. 30-31.

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Published: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA Announces Media Day For Hurricane Research Flights

NASA will host media in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Houston on Tuesday, Aug. 31, for a behind-the-scenes look at the agency's major airborne campaign studying Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico hurricanes.

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Published: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA and Israel Space Agency Sign Statement of Intent for Future Cooperation

During a meeting Tuesday at NASA Headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Israel Space Agency Director General Zvi Kaplan signed a joint statement of intent to expand the agencies' cooperation in civil space activities.

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Published: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA Holds Media Teleconference To Preview Major Hurricane Study

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Thursday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. EDT to discuss its upcoming airborne research campaign into hurricane behavior.

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Published: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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First Map Of Global Forest Heights Created From NASA Data

Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world's forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how much carbon the world's forests store and how fast that carbon cycles through ecosystems and back into the atmosphere.

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Published: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This Summer

Three NASA aircraft will begin flights to study tropical cyclones on Aug. 15 during the agency's first major U.S.-based hurricane field campaign since 2001.

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Published: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For OCO-2 Mission

NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission.

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Published: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT

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