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Tracking Carbon from Wildfires to Ocean Blooms
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Between September 2019 and March 2020, wildfires killed billions of animals and decimated more than 200 thousand square kilometers of Australian forest, an area larger than Nebraska. Later, thousands of kilometers awa...
13 Volcanoes Seen from Space
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Have you ever wondered what a volcano looks like from space? This video counts down ESA's picks of the most impressive volcanoes around the world – captured by satellites, including Mount Fuji, Mount Mayon and Mount V...
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...
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...
The Science of Snow: Digging for Data
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It takes a lot of field work in challenging conditions to gather important snow data. This is the story of NASA’s last SnowEx campaign and those who participated in it. In March, scientists traveled to research sites ...
Fighting Wildfires in France
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Enjoy a sneak peek of ESA’s new documentary that looks at fire in all its fury--and how satellite technology is helping to mitigate this consequence of climate change. Join us on this journey as we meet the firefighte...
NASA ‘Sees’ Tohoku-Oki Earthquake, Tsunami in Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
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This animation shows how waves of energy from the Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, pierced Earth’s ionosphere in the vicinity of Japan, disturbing the density of electrons. These disturbances were ...
Tracking Carbon from Wildfires to Ocean Blooms
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Between September 2019 and March 2020, wildfires killed billions of animals and decimated more than 200 thousand square kilometers of Australian forest, an area larger than Nebraska. Later, thousands of kilometers awa...
FIRE: An ESA documentary
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The summer fire season is well under way in Europe – countries all around the Mediterranean are experiencing record temperatures coupled with huge wildfires that have led to mass evacuations. In this enthralling new E...
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...
