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Meet GEDI! The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Sensor Aboard the ISS
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The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is a full-waveform lidar instrument that produces detailed observations of the three-dimensional structure of the Earth’s surface. GEDI precisely measures forest can...
Ozone Hole as Monitored by the German Aerospace Center
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This animation uses Sentinel-5P total ozone measurements and shows the evolution of the ozone hole over the South Pole from Sept. 1-29, 2023. The Tropomi total ozone measurements are processed within the Sentinel-5...
Iceberg Larger than London Breaks off Brunt
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An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving.’ The iceberg, measuring 1550 square kilometers, detached from the 150-meter-thick ice shelf...
Earth from Space: Inhambane Bay
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In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Inhambane Bay, in southeast Mozambique.
Wildfires 101: How NASA Studies Fires in a Changing World
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From forest floor to space, NASA scientists and collaborators are advancing tools and methods to predict, remotely detect, and ultimately mitigate wildfires. That process starts with understanding fire behavior, track...
Gulf of Maine’s Phytoplankton Productivity Down 65%
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The Gulf of Maine is growing increasingly warm and salty, due to ocean currents pushing warm water into the gulf from the Northwest Atlantic, according to a new NASA-funded study. These temperature and salinity c...
How Will Space Transform the Global Food System?
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global agricultural production will need to increase by 60% by 2050 to meet the food demands of the growing global population. A new satellite called Copernicu...
Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger? We Asked a NASA Scientist
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Are hurricanes getting stronger? Although we’ll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe. Hurricane and climate expert Mara Cordero-Fuentes of NASA's Goddard Space...
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) Gets Installed on International Space Station
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This time-lapse video shows the Candarm2 robotic arm of the International Space Station maneuvering NASA’s EMIT mission onto the exterior of the station. Extraction from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft began around 5:15 ...
Listening to the Amazon: Tracking Deforestation Through Sound
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From space, parts of the Amazon rainforest that have previously been logged or burned may look lush and green, like a place buzzing with activity and full of sounds. But inside the rainforest, the animal life may tell...
