[Thursday, November 1, 2007] As Tropical Storm Noel churns off Florida's east coast, NASA and university scientists have announced they have developed a promising new technique for estimating the intensity of tropical cyclones from space.

[Saturday, November 3, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Saturday, November 3, 2007] "Calling all Vanguardians: On March 17, 2008, the Vanguard One satellite, the oldest object in space from Planet Earth, will complete its 50th year in Earth orbit."

[Wednesday, November 7, 2007] With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and NASA Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been able to observe the Earth's environment to help predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

[Wednesday, November 7, 2007] Researchers at Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University have invented a technology, inspired by nature, to reduce the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by human emissions.

[Wednesday, November 7, 2007] The Innovative Partnerships Program at NASA Headquarters, in conjunction with the Office of Education, announces the NASA 50th Anniversary Essay Competition for middle and junior high school students during the 2007-2008 academic year.

[Thursday, November 8, 2007] Taking a page from Nature herself, a team of researchers developed a method to enhance removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and place it in the Earth's oceans for storage.

[Thursday, November 8, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Thursday, November 8, 2007] An international team of scientists has published a new analysis showing that as plant species around the world go extinct, natural habitats become less productive and contain fewer total plants.

[Thursday, November 8, 2007] ESA's comet chaser, Rosetta, is on its way to its second close encounter with Earth on 13 November. The spacecraft's operators are leaving no stones unturned to make sure Earth's gravity gives it the exact boost it needs en route to its destination.

[Monday, November 12, 2007] Colorado State University's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere has earned a top award from NASA for its ongoing data processing work on the CloudSat satellite orbiting Earth.

[Monday, November 12, 2007] A population study of microbes in Yellowstone National Park hot pools suggests viruses might be buoyed by steam to distant pools. The result could help to answer some fundamental questions about how microbes, and the viruses that infect them

[Monday, November 12, 2007] "The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child."

[Tuesday, November 13, 2007] A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales.

[Tuesday, November 13, 2007] A NASA satellite designed, built and controlled by the University of Colorado at Boulder is expected to help scientists resolve wide- ranging predictions about the coming solar cycle peak in 2012 and its influence on Earth's warming climate.

[Thursday, November 15, 2007] The IPY is about creating long-standing legacies of international research collaborations; capturing the world's imagination in science and exploration; and inspiring future generations of scientists and engineers.

[Thursday, November 15, 2007] Scientists will introduce a new, accurate, true-color map of the continent. Scientists stitched together more than 1,000 scenes captured during seven years of Landsat satellite observations to create the bird's eye view of the frozen landscape.

[Thursday, November 15, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Thursday, November 15, 2007] This striking composite of Earth by night shows the illuminated crescent over Antarctica and cities of the northern hemisphere. The images were acquired with the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera (WAC) during Rosetta's second Earth swing-by on 13 November.

[Friday, November 16, 2007] Just as the invention of the mirror allowed humans to see their own image with clarity for the first time, Earth observations from space have allowed humans to see themselves for the first time living on and altering a dynamic planet.

[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that moons like Earth's - that formed out of tremendous collisions - are uncommon in the universe, arising at most in only 5 to 10 percent of planetary systems.

[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] The United Nation's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is launching an early warning system that can help Arizona and other states minimize hazards from intercontinental sand and dust storms.

[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to active levels. Isolated minor storm periods at middle latitudes and major storm levels at high latitudes are possible due to the continued effects from the coronal hole high speed stream.

[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Wednesday, November 21, 2007] Planets such as Earth and Mars may have remained molten in their early histories for tens of millions of years. Findings indicate that the two planets cooled slower than scientists thought and a mechanism to keep the planet interiors warm is required.

[Wednesday, November 21, 2007] True colour images of Earth as seen by Rosetta's OSIRIS camera are now available. The pictures were taken on 13 November during the swing-by, and on 15 November, as Rosetta left on its way to the outer Solar System, after the swing-by.

[Wednesday, November 21, 2007] With Cluster data, scientists now have evidence that solar outbursts can generate conditions that slingshot matter in Earth's magnetic environment to speeds higher than 1000 km/s.

[Friday, November 23, 2007] The economic and social benefits of accurate weather forecasts are immense and include improved efficiencies in agricultural systems, optimised planning of transportation and energy, as well as ensuring our safety.

[Tuesday, November 27, 2007] A team of researchers from NASA, the USGS, the NSF and the British Antarctic Survey unveiled a newly completed map of Antarctica today that is expected to revolutionize research of the continent's frozen landscape.

[Tuesday, November 27, 2007] If recent Antarctic research has taught us anything, it's that the polar regions are an important and dynamic component in global processes, not merely a passive and static witness to Earth's unfolding dramas.

[Tuesday, November 27, 2007] NASA is evaluating a compact L-Band synthetic aperture radar for potential use on unmanned aircraft. The sensor detects and measures small changes in the Earth's surface of geophysical interest.

[Thursday, November 29, 2007] A new global Earth observation system, that could save lives in disasters such as the recent cyclone in southern Bangladash, is being reviewed at a ministerial-level summit in Cape Town this week.

[Friday, November 30, 2007] The Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology Bart Gordon (D-TN) today issued the following statement on the upcoming meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Bali.