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Satellite image of plankton bloom in the Barents Sea

NASA’s Next Ocean Monitoring Spacecraft to be Built at Goddard

09.29.2016
The spacecraft for a new NASA satellite mission designed to monitor microscopic ocean life and its outsized impact on Earth’s climate will be built at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
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NASA Unveils New Public Web Portal for Research Results

08.16.2016
Public access to NASA-funded research data now is just a click away, with the launch of a new agency public access portal.
Aqua satellite image of a massive phytoplankton bloom off of the Atlantic coast of Patagonia.

PACE Mission Will Uncover New Information About Health of Our Oceans

07.20.2016
NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is a first-of-its-kind project that aims to answer key questions about the consequences of climate change on the health of our oceans...
Suomi-NPP satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico

Bloom in the Gulf of Alaska

06.25.2016
There’s more than one way to feed a phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Alaska.
Animated map depicting chlorophyll concentrations in the waters off of South Korea and Japan on May 12, 2016.

A Day in the East Korea Current

06.21.2016
“The ocean is dynamic, and changes happen on very short time scales—from minutes to hours,” said Antonio Mannino of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Photo of the R/V Onnuri research vessel

NASA’s KORUS-OC Campaign Takes to Seas

05.19.2016
In a South Korean port, two research ships are being equipped with instruments that will measure sunlight interacting with the ocean and capture the microscopic life that ebbs/flows with the currents.
Landsat 8 satellite natural-color image image of the Caspian Sea around the Tyuleniy Archipelago

Ice Scours the North Caspian Sea

04.23.2016
In early April 2016, ocean scientist Norman Kuring of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center found a puzzling image that showed lines crisscrossing the North Caspian Sea.
Animated gif of El Nino events phytoplankton levels in Pacific Ocean from 1997-2015

NASA Examines El Niño's Impact on Ocean’s Food Source

04.04.2016
El Niño years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and NASA scientists are studying the relationship between the two.
Photo of participants in the Sustaining Women in STEM roundtable

Industry, Government, Academia Seek to Sustain Women in STEM

04.01.2016
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Lockheed Martin hosted a roundtable event March 29 at the Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center in Arlington, Virginia.
Photo of Joanne Simpson

Goddard Pioneers: Celebrating Women in Science and Engineering

03.24.2016
NASA began empowering female scientists and engineers more than 20 years before Women’s History Month became an official national celebration.
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NASA Invites Media to 54th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

02.22.2016
Media are invited to hear leaders in the science and engineering world speak at the 54th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium at the Greenbelt Marriott, 6400 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 9
Suomi NPP satellite image of phytoplankton blooms in Southern Ocean

Oxygen Factories in the Southern Ocean

02.07.2016
Phytoplankton are the grass of the sea.
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We’re Hosting a ‘State of NASA’ Event at an Agency Location Nearest You

01.28.2016
NASA is opening its doors and inviting its social media followers and news media to an in-person ‘State of NASA’ event on Feb. 9, 2016, at one of the agency’s 10 field centers.
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Goddard Year in Review - 2015

12.22.2015
As the year draws to a close, many of us send out cards to friends and loved ones. Gathered here are just a few of the shining moments from the Goddard "household" in 2015.
Suomi NPP image of phytoplankton bloom in North Atlantic

Defying Fall Weather to Explore Ocean Ecosystems

12.10.2015
Each spring, the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean host a huge natural bloom of phytoplankton. Blooms occur in the fall as well, but the typical weather can make them difficult to observe.
Photo of research vessel Atlantis sitting at dock in Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Five-Year NASA Study to Look at the Immense Influence of Petite Plankton

11.19.2015
Plankton: They're the tiniest of sea creatures, the bottom of the ocean's food chain. But when those pee-wees of the sea multiply, they can, collectively, have an enormous impact on the planet.
Carbon and Climate campaign graphic

Seven Case Studies in Carbon and Climate

11.12.2015
To better predict future climate, we need to understand how Earth's ecosystems will change as the climate warms and how extreme events will shape and interact with the future environment.
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NASA to Fly, Sail North to Study Plankton-Climate Change Connection

11.04.2015
NASA begins a five-year study this month of the annual cycle of phytoplankton and the impact that small airborne particles emitted from the ocean have on the climate-sensitive North Atlantic.
Image globe sea surface chlorophyll in the Pacific Ocean as observed in October 2015.

El Niño Disrupts the Marine Food Web

10.29.2015
Since the spring of 2015, observations indicate El Niño conditions in the equatorial Pacific have been strengthening to a magnitude similar to events in 1997–98 and 1982–83.
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Explore@NASAGoddard 2015 Concludes

09.28.2015
Gates opened to the public Sept. 26, 2015, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the first time in four years in celebration of Hubble's 25th anniversary.
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Open House Sneak Peek: Explore Goddard’s Latest Science

09.25.2015
Since it last opened its gates to the public in 2011, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has seen rapid growth and discovery in its four science disciplines...
Natural-color Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton blooms in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway and Russia

Study Shows Oceanic Phytoplankton Declines in Northern Hemisphere

09.23.2015
The world's oceans have seen significant declines in certain types of microscopic plant-life at the base of the marine food chain, according to a new NASA study.
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NASA Goddard Opens Doors to Public to Explore@NASA Goddard, Free Event

09.16.2015
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is opening its doors for the first time in four years to give the public a chance to explore what happens behind the gates of the campus.
Photo of Sean McCLoat explaining his poster

Science Jamboree Attracts Interns, Scientists from Across Goddard

07.10.2015
From cryogenically frozen marshmallows and pennies to 3D printed supernova, Tuesday’s Science Jamboree filled the atrium in Building 28 with science displays and demonstrations.
Landsat 8 image of the northern shore of Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island

Satellites Enable Coral Reef Science Leap from Darwin to Online

06.17.2015
With Earth-observing satellite data, scientists can now monitor the health of coral reefs, even in the most remote regions scattered around the globe where it is otherwise difficult to see changes.
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