Explore Our Changing Planet
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DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, which is a substance found in every living cell on Earth. ...
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In this episode, you will learn how climate change is impacting one of our countries most ...
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Bark beetles are native to North America. They are about the size of a grain of rice. They've ...
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Trees contain some of nature's most accurate evidence of the past. Their growth layers, appearing ...
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It turns out that snakes are the most feared of any animal on Earth. Reptiles have had a consistently ...
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Climate change is having a major impact on many infectious diseases. In some cases, warmer ...
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As the Earth system warms due to rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the ...
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As the Earth's atmosphere warms due to rising levels of greenhouse gases, our oceans are warming ...
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As the Earth system warms due to rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the ...
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As the Earth system warms due to rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, observations ...
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Black carbon contributes to global warming in two ways. When in the atmosphere, it absorbs ...
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The dramatic increase in atmospheric CO2 in the past few decades has resulted in a startling ...
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The delicate balance of life and environment which sustains coral reefs globally is under threat. ...
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As the ocean warms, it will also expand in volume, causing sea level to rise. ...
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What will happen to crops, as Earth's temperature rises and soils dry out because of changing ...
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Satellite observations of lake temperatures at many lakes show that lakes are warming ...
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As Arctic sea ice melts, the fresh water released may impact the global ocean circulation ...
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Year Without a Summer"?
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
RefractionxRefraction : Refraction is the deflection, or bending, of the ray path of a seismic wave caused by its passage from one material to another having different elastic properties; or the bending of a tsunami wave front owing to variations in the water depth along a
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Research Highlights
Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time. Funded...
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