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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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NASA Maps Carbon of 10 Billion Individual Trees
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Using commercial, high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence, a team of NASA-funded scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands in order to assess the amount of carbon s...
The Ozone Layer: A Hole New World
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In the 1980s, scientists discovered a gaping hole in Earth's ozone layer, caused by humanmade chemicals. But thanks to the historical Montreal Protocol, the world came together to take bold action to save our planet. ...
Watch the Latest Water Satellite Unfold Itself in Space
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Two cameras aboard the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite captured the large mast and antenna panels of the spacecraft’s main science instrument deploying over four days, a process that was completed ...
