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The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command's mission is to collect, interpret and apply global data and information for safety at sea, strategic and tactical warfare, and weapons system design, development and deployment. The command provides meteorological, oceanographic, and geospatial information and services to increase the effectiveness of our Navy in both peacetime and in war.

Understanding the transition between star and planet. The concept of the Genesis mission is to send a spacecraft beyond the influence of Earth to collect pristine material from the solar wind for a period of two years, and then return the samples to Earth for analysis of its elemental and isotopic abundances in state-of-the-art laboratories. These studies will enrich our understanding of the birth and evolution of the planets, their satellites, and all other bodies in our solar system. The Genesis mission will return a reservoir of solar system matter which will be available for study throughout the 21st century -- that is, the samples will endure long after the end of the mission. Fact sheet. Genesis video. Historical note. Related sites.

Genesis Mission homepage. Genesis main. Latest news. Media resources. Multimedia. Search for origins. Spacecraft and instruments.

GRACE, twin satellites launched in March 2002, are making detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field which will lead to discoveries about gravity and Earth's natural systems. These discoveries could have far-reaching benefits to society and the world's population.

Hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges, Susan E. Humphris, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Introduction. Distribution and Temporal Variability of Submarine Hydrothermal Systems. East Pacific Rise at 9-10 N. Juan de Fuca Ridge. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Working Models Relating Hydrothermalism to Volcanic and Tectonic Activity. Rock-Water Interactions in the Oceanic Crust. Evolution of Permeability and its Relation to Off-Axis Hydrothermal Circulation. Outstanding Problems and Future Directions. References.
U.S. National Report to IUGG, 1991-1994, Rev. Geophys. Vol. 33 Suppl., 1995 American Geophysical Union.

Here at NOAA Research (the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, or OAR) our work takes us from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean. Our scientists and their university partners across the country and elsewhere work to better understand the world in which we live. NOAA Research is where much of the work is done that results in better weather forecasts, longer warning lead times for natural disasters, new products from the sea, and a greater understanding of our climate, atmosphere, and oceans. NOAA research is done not only in what many would consider traditional laboratories, but also aboard ships, aloft in planes, and beneath the sea in the world's only undersea habitat. Our tools can be as high-tech as supercomputers or as basic as rain gauges. While we try to answer some of nature's questions, we also never lose sight of how our work will benefit the American public.

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

A nonprofit organization working toward global earthquake safety.

In the coming years, NASA will be extending out reach into space ... going to the Moon and paving the way for eventual human exploration of Mars and beyond.

The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. View the Agency's complete strategic plan, annual report, and policy resources.

Basic genetics, genome draft sequence, and post-genome science.

GRACE is a joint project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). The primary Science Objective of the GRACE mission is to provide with unprecedented accuracy, global and high-resolution estimates of the constant and time-variable part of the Earth's gravity field. Secondary objective is the measurement of several hundred globally distributed profiles per day of the excess delay or bending angle of GPS measurements caused by the atmosphere and ionosphere, which can be converted to total electron content and/or refractivity, respectively.

he twin GRACE satellites, launched March 17, 2002, are designed to produce a new model of the Earth's gravity field with unprecedented accuracy. The estimates of the time variations in the gravity field obtained from GRACE, in conjunction with other satellite and in-situ data, and geophysical models, can provide improved measurements of deep ocean currents, ocean bottom pressure, sea level rise, sea ice mass variation and distribution, soil moisture, groundwater transport, and land density.

Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program Website. Information on worldwide earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction. List of latest worldwide earthquakesMaps of recent earthquake activity. Earthquake news and highlights.

Welcome to the Hubble Space Telescope Project. Overview. Hubble operations. Hubble Technology. Servicing Missions. Project News. Image Gallery.

The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at Columbia University in New York City, is a division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences Directorate and a unit of the Columbia University Earth Institute. Research at GISS emphasizes a broad study of global climate change.

The US NOAA National Weather Service Tropical Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center. Get storm information, tropical analysis and forecasting, and learn about hurricanes and hurricane history.

The goal of San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) is to provide direct observational data on the composition, physical state and mechanical behavior of the San Andreas fault zone at depth to test hypotheses pertaining to faulting and earthquake generation.

Ridge 2000 is an interdisciplinary initiative funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the Earth's oceanic spreading ridge system as an integrated whole, from its inception in the mantle to its manifestations in the biosphere and water column.