Merapi Blast Lingers
Nearly three weeks ago, Indonesia's notoriously capricious Mount Merapi roared to life and began to fling towering plumes of ash and gas aloft. NASA's MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite captured this image of the now waning eruption Wednesday. (MODIS Rapid Response)

AGU Launches Blogging Network
Confusions about a supposed AGU-sponsored misinformation response team aside, it is true that the American Geophysical Union recently launched a new blog network that is well worth a look. One of their bloggers is writing about how reporters can avoid making common mistakes when covering volcanoes. (AGU blogosphere)

Making Sense of Multiyear Ice Melt
A new study has quantified the amount of older and thicker "multiyear" sea ice lost from the Arctic via melting. "[The] results show that thick multiyear sea ice is not immune to melt in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean in today’s climate," the author of the study said. (NASA Portal)

Tiny Particles, Big Impact
Despite their small size, tiny airborne particles called aerosols have major impacts on our climate. The problem: despite considerable advances in recent decades, estimating the precise climate impacts of aerosols remains an immature science. (Earth Observatory)

Overselling an Image
A picture can say a thousand words, especially if you are trying to explain earth science. But images can also mislead if not presented with care. One of NASA's data visualization specialists explains one of his pet peeves: vertical exaggeration. (Elegant Figures)

Ed Begley Jr. on Climate
The Emmy award-winning actor and environmentalist guest blogs for My Big Fat Planet, and he's hoping climate deniers are right. (My Big Fat Planet)

The Adventures of IceBridge
NASA scientists are back in the Southern Hemisphere flying IceBridge missions to Antarctica. Track their progress on the IceBridge blog and Twitter feed. (IceBridge)

Russian Fires Revisited
Remember the raging wildfires that paralyzed Moscow during the summer? A group from Goddard has released a new information that highlights the meteorological ingredients that fueled the disaster. (GES DISC)

Tweet of the Week
Veterans Day photo of the NASA DC-8 contrail taken from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station on November 4 http://twitpic.com/35wqgw (IceBridge)