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Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea

September 17, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter An “ice island” that calved from the Petermann Glacier in July is seen by NASA satellite (MODIS/Terra) Remember that enormous slab of ice that broke off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier back in July? It’s now on its way out to sea, a [...]

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Greenland Glacier Calves Another Huge Ice Island

July 24, 2012

Petermann glacier, a 70 km (43 mile) long tongue of ice that flows into the Arctic Ocean in northwest Greenland, recently calved an “ice island” approximately 130 square kilometers (50 sq. miles) — about twice the area of Manhattan. The image above, acquired by NASA’s Terra satellite, shows the ice island as it drifts toward [...]

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Huge Wildfires Burn on Opposite Sides of the Planet

June 20, 2012

The latest views of Earth from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites are looking a bit hazy from wildfires burning in wilderness areas of the United States and Siberia. The above image acquired July 18 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, aboard the Terra satellite, shows a whopping 198 wildfires burning across Siberia. You [...]

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The Other End of an Eclipse

May 22, 2012

As the annular eclipse on May 20 sent skywatchers around the globe gazing upwards to see the Sun get darkened by the Moon’s silhouette, NASA’s Terra satellite caught the other side of the event: the Moon’s shadow striking the Earth! Remove this ad

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The Sky Is Falling, Scientists Report

February 23, 2012

Ok, maybe not the sky itself… but the clouds. According to recent research by climate scientists in New Zealand, global cloud heights have dropped. Remove this ad

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