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