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Summary of the 2024 NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting

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Introduction The 2024 NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place from April 2–4, 2024 at the Marriott Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD. During the meeting, 75 people attended in-person. Represented among the attendees were LCLUC…

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AMS Hyperwall Schedule

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NASA Science at AMS Hyperwall Schedule, January 13-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 6:10 – 6:25 PM The Golden Age of Ocean Science:…

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AAS Hyperwall Schedule

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NASA Science at AAS Hyperwall Schedule, January 12-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #505) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 7:00 – 7:15 PM    NASA Cosmic Pathfinders Program: Transforming the…

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How US-Indian NISAR Satellite Will Offer Unique Window on Earth

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A Q&A with the lead U.S. scientist of the mission, which will track changes in everything from wetlands to ice sheets to infrastructure damaged by natural disasters. The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like…

Article7 days ago
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Summary of the Third Annual AEOIP Workshop

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Introduction The Applied Earth Observations Innovation Partnership (AEOIP) was established in 2018 to facilitate knowledge coproduction and optimization of NASA Earth observations that can be used by natural resource managers for decision making. Through continued iteration and reflection, coproduction brings…

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An artist’s rendering of the surface of the moon, gray and rocky with a dark sky above it. In the foreground is a gold-colored lunar lander, round and on atop four lets. The LEXI instrument juts out from the top.

NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere

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A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation. The Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager, or…

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NASA, NOAA to Announce 2024 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions

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Climate researchers from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2024 during a media briefing at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 10. NASA will…

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2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts

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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers,…

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Cutting-Edge Satellite Tracks Lake Water Levels in Ohio River Basin

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Data from the U.S.-European Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission gives researchers a detailed look at lakes and reservoirs in a U.S. watershed. The Ohio River Basin stretches from Pennsylvania to Illinois and contains a system of reservoirs, lakes, and…

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NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100

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Intrusion of saltwater into coastal groundwater can make water there unusable, damage ecosystems, and corrode infrastructure. Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas around the world by the year 2100, according to a…

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Light and dark blue splotches cover Earth as a yellow band streaks across the Pacific Ocean between Central America and Indonesia.

NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns

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Earth’s rainy days are changing: They’re becoming less frequent, but more intense. Vegetation is responding.

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NASA’s PACE, US-European SWOT Satellites Offer Combined Look at Ocean

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One Earth satellite can see plankton that photosynthesize. The other measures water surface height. Together, their data reveals how sea life and the ocean are intertwined. The ocean is an engine that drives Earth’s weather patterns and climate and sustains…

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