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Inflatable Habitat Blog
01.17.08 -- Get the cold, hard facts about setting up an inflatable lunar habitat in Antarctica straight from the frigid fingers of Larry Toups, habitat lead for NASA's Constellation Program Lunar Surface Systems Office, as he keeps an online journal of the process during January 2008.
Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
01.04.08 -- NASA and the National Science Foundation have achieved a new milestone in conducting scientific observations from balloons, by launching and operating three long-duration flights within a single Antarctic summer. Scientists are using the balloons to investigate the nature of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and to search for antimatter.
NASA Scientists Fly Over Arctic to Study New Year Meteor Shower
12.28.07 -- NASA scientists and astronomers took to the skies at the top of the world to observe the Quadrantid meteor shower. Scientists believe this could be the most brilliant meteor shower in 2008 with over 100 visible meteors per hour at its peak.
NASA Satellite Reveals Unprecedented View of Mysterious 'Night-Shining' Clouds
12.10.07 -- NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere satellite has provided the first global-scale, full-season view of iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.
NASA Sees Arctic Ocean Circulation About-Face
11.13.07 -- A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales. The results suggest not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a result of long-term trends associated with global warming.
NASA Data Reveals 'Average' Ozone Hole in 2007
10.18.07 -- Each year, the ozone hole, or depleted region in Earth's protective ozone layer over the Antarctic reaches its largest size during a period in September. Images created from 2007 data reveal the extent of the hole this year was about average when compared to measurements from the last few decades.
NASA Finds Greenland Snow Melting Hit Record High in High Places
09.25.07 -- A new NASA-supported study reports that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet and, remarkably, melting in high-altitude areas was greater than ever at 150 percent more than average.
'Remarkable' Drop in Arctic Sea Ice Raises Questions
09.25.07 -- NASA scientists, who have been observing declining Arctic sea ice cover since the earliest measurements in 1979, are working to understand a sudden speed-up of sea ice decline and what it means for the future of Earth's northern polar region.
NASA Researchers Find Snowmelt in Antarctica Creeping Inland
09.20.07 -- In a new NASA study, researchers using 20 years of data from space-based sensors have confirmed that Antarctic snow is melting farther inland from the coast over time, melting at higher altitudes than ever and increasingly melting on Antarctica's largest ice shelf.
A Warm South Pole? Yes, on Neptune!
09.18.07 -- An international team of astronomers has discovered that Neptune's south pole is much hotter than the rest of the planet. They have published the first temperature maps of the lowest portion of Neptune's atmosphere, showing that its south pole is enabling methane to escape out of the deep atmosphere.

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