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Earth from Space: Namib Desert
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Namib Desert, considered the oldest desert on Earth, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space program.
Stanford Researchers Forecast Longer, More Extreme Wildfire Seasons
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Study finds that autumn days with extreme fire weather have more than doubled in California since the early 1980s due to climate change. The results could contribute to more effective risk mitigation, land management and resource allocation.
Professor Lauren Gardner Discusses How the COVID-19 Dashboard is Built and Maintained
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The COVID-19 dashboard built by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University gets over a billion requests a day from around the world. Since its creation in late January 2020, it h...
Coronavirus: Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions Drop over Italy
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New data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal the decline of air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide emissions, over Italy. This reduction is particularly visible in northern Italy which coincides with its nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Earth from Space: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space program.
Earth from Space: Andros, Bahamas
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Andros, the largest island of the Bahamas.
Earth from Space: Houston
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Houston, the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States.
Landsat: Farming Data From Space
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NASA's fleet of satellites has been watching over Earth for more than half a century, collecting valuable data about the crops that make up our food supply and the water it takes to grow them. This wealth of information allows scientists to monitor farmland—tracking the overall food supply, where specific crops are grown, and how much water it takes to grow them with data from the Landsat satellites and others
Earth from Space: Flevoland
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Dutch province of Flevoland–the newest province in the Netherlands and one of the largest land reclamation projects in the world.
NASA 2020: Are You Ready?
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Launching Americans from U.S. soil, sending a new rover to Mars and continuing to prepare for human missions to the Moon are just a few of the things NASA has planned for 2020.
