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NASA Satellites Help Map Ocean Nutrient Stress 
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Editor’s note: This article was updated on June 5. A new study combining NASA satellite observations, ocean surveys, and genetic testing on marine microorganisms found evidence that warming ocean waters may be limiting nutrient availability across much of the global…

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Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle
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Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere's growing season.

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A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
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Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.

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NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
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With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers with…

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Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft
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The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.

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NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño
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Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundreds of miles wide has arrived in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, a sign that El Niño…

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Webinar 6/17: Discover, Access, and Task Commercial Data with NASA’s Satellite Data Explorer
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Learn how to use the Satellite Data Explorer to search, access, and task commercial Earth Observation data.

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NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
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NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in AGU Earth and Space Science, researchers reported the tool was able to fuse data from multiple satellites…

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America’s Emerald Isle
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Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.

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Joint Earth Observation Mission Quality Assessment Framework – Optical Guidelines Documents Released
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The Optical Guidelines document provides standardized, transparent, and repeatable process for assessing the quality of optical data from commercial Earth Observation missions.

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