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NASA researchers watched Wednesday as the plane, in use for decades, flew over Ames Research Center one last time before it went out of use. The plane was used for investigations into Earth's air quality and climate.
After 37 years, NASA is about to retire its DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory. It will be replaced by a B777-200.
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Using airborne radar equipment, scientists were able to do the equivalent of a full-body scan of the world’s largest piedmont glacier.
As Earth’s climate warms, glaciers and ice sheets are retreating, cracking, and adding to sea level rise at record speeds.