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  1. Notes from the Field Blog: Operation IceBridge: Arctic 2011

    NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, now flying its third annual campaign over the Arctic, is helping scientists to keep watch over polar ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice.

  2. We Can See Clearly Now: ISS Window Observational Research Facility

    New optical gear on the International Space Station is giving students and earth scientists a better view of our world.

  3. As the Seasons Change, Will the Plankton?

    To understand the planet’s biggest food source—phytoplankton—and perhaps its most important sink for carbon dioxide, you’ve got to get out on the water.

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