NASA’s Earth Minute: Mission to Earth
NASA doesn’t just explore outer space! Since 1959, with the launch of the first weather satellite, NASA has been studying our home planet on a global scale. NASA monitors Earth’s […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Mission to Earth
NASA’s Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
For over 20 years NASA has been tracking the global surface topography of the ocean in order to understand the important role it plays in our daily lives. Climate change […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
NASA’s Earth Minute: Scale in the Sky
The force of gravity not only keeps us from floating away, it lets NASA study Earth’s water & ice from space. Using a pair of twin satellites named GRACE, we […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Scale in the Sky
NASA’s Earth Minute: Usual Suspects
Before the Industrial Revolution, Earth’s climate changed due to natural events such as volcanic activity and solar energy variations. These natural events still contribute to climate change today, but their […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Usual Suspects
NASA’s Earth Minute: Cloudy Forecast
Clouds are complicated when it comes to climate science, as they both warm and cool Earth. NASA is studying these atmospheric masses of condensed water vapor with satellites and aircraft.
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Cloudy Forecast
NASA’s Earth Minute: Earth Has a Fever
Earth’s average temperature has risen over 1º F in the past century. It is projected to rise an additional 3º to 10º over the next 100 years. Data from NASA’s […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Earth Has a Fever
NASA’s Earth Minute: My Name is Aerosol
Aerosols are minute solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere. Examples include desert dust, sea salt from ocean spray, volcanic ash, smoke from wildfires and emissions from the burning […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: My Name is Aerosol
NASA’s Earth Minute: Why Does NASA Study Earth?
Earth is a complex, dynamic system we do not fully understand. To learn more about it, NASA, as the agency with access to space, was tasked with launching the first […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Why Does NASA Study Earth?
NASA’s Earth Minute: Blowin’ in the Wind
Since 1978, NASA has been monitoring ocean winds via scatterometry, the data of which has improved weather and hurricane forecasts and helped us better understand global climate patterns. Knowing which […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Blowin’ in the Wind
NASA’s Earth Minute: Gas Problem
Greenhouse gases are vital to life on Earth, but the growing concentration of certain gases, such as carbon dioxide, is throwing the planet’s delicate balance out of whack. NASA is […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Gas Problem
NASA’s Earth Minute: Greenland Ice
Located in the Arctic near the North Pole, Greenland is covered by a massive ice sheet three times the size of Texas and a mile deep on average. Greenland is […]
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NASA’s Earth Minute: Greenland Ice
NASA’s Earth Minute: Dishing the Dirt
NASA doesn’t study just the stars and planets; it is also concerned with the soil beneath your feet. Studying the moisture in the top two inches of the soil from […]
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