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  • Atmospheric CO2 Level Tops 400 ppm
    During the week of May 13th, the CO2 level at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii topped 400 ppm rep...Read more

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    Atmospheric CO2 Level Tops 400 ppm

    During the week of May 13th, the CO2 level at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii topped 400 ppm repeatedly. Daily levels of CO2 can vary due to weather, and there are seasonal trends as well. The level of atmospheric greenhouse gases continues to increase, now over 120 ppm since the Industrial Revolution began. For more on the Keeling Curve, see http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/. Find out more about greenhouse gases and warming.
  • Massive Tornado Outbreak on Tornado Alley
    The week of May 19 brings dozens of tornadoes to Tornado Alley in the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Io...Read more

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    Massive Tornado Outbreak on Tornado Alley

    The week of May 19 brings dozens of tornadoes to Tornado Alley in the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. On May 20th, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, devastating communities - destroying over 100 homes and hitting two elementary schools and a hospital - with many casualties and deaths. Our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues suffering from these storms. For more on the May 20th storms, see the NOAA Storm Prediction Center Storm Report.
  • Kansas Legislator Proposes Bill to Outlaw Sustainability Education
    A bill has been introduced in the Kansas legislature this week that would prohibit the promotion of ...Read more

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    Kansas Legislator Proposes Bill to Outlaw Sustainability Education

    A bill has been introduced in the Kansas legislature this week that would prohibit the promotion of sustainability. Here is a link to the one-page bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2366_00_0000.pdf. See report on Bloomberg News.

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This is an image of Mars.
Courtesy of NASA/JPL

This is an image of Mars taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in February 1995.
Courtesy of STScI and NASA

This is a mosaic of Mars of the Syrtis Major region.
Courtesy of USGS

This is a false color image of the caldera collapse pit at the summit of one of the large volcanos on the Tharsis plateau.
Courtesy of NASA

This is a false color image of the Valles Marineris showing possibility of erosion.
Courtesy of NASA

This is a mosaic of Olympus Mons, the highest volcano on Mars.
Courtesy of NASA

This photograph shows the Sojourner rover and the rock Yogi. Notice the red tone of the soil on Mars. The soil of Mars contains minerals rich in the element iron.
Courtesy JPL/NASA

The Sojourner rover viewed crossing the dune, Mermaid, on sol 30 (August 3, 1997).
Courtesy JPL/NASA

This is a photograph of the Viking Lander 1 site of the surface and atmosphere of Mars.
Courtesy NASA/JPL

This is an image of a hill in the northern plains called the Face on Mars .
Courtesy NASA/JPL

This is a Viking image of the surface of Mars. The footpad of the Viking lander is visible in the corner of the image.
Courtesy of NASA

This is an image of a sunset on Mars from Mars Pathfinder.
Courtesy of JPL/NASA

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