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NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt
2024.07.26
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth's rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric conditions in the northernmost part of Earth have a large impact on the entire planet. That’s because the Arctic region acts ...
El Niño Exits
2024.07.15
The natural climate phenomenon contributed to upheavals in temperature and rainfall patterns across the globe.
In the Grip of Global Heat
2024.06.28
Heat waves rolled through parts of Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, leaving vulnerable populations at risk.
A Blast of Heat in the East
2024.06.21
A heat dome broke temperature records in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
NASA Analysis Confirms a Year of Monthly Temperature Records
2024.06.11
May 2024 was the warmest May on the books, marking a full year of record-high monthly temperatures, NASA scientists found. Average global temperatures for the past 12 months hit record highs for each respective month – an unprecedented streak – according to scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet
2024.06.07
What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancing the ways that we view our seas and skies.
NASA Mission Flies Over Arctic to Study Sea Ice Melt Causes
2024.05.31
To explore factors contributing to sea ice melt, NASA is flying two aircraft equipped with scientific instruments over the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland this summer
NASA’s PACE Data on Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Now Available
2024.04.11
NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb. 8, and has been put through several weeks of in-orbit testing of the spacecraft and instruments to ensure […]
Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health
2024.03.25
From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities.
NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium
2024.03.14
Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.
Jennifer Krottinger: Designing Ways to Serve
2024.03.05
At NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, Jennifer Krottinger pairs her artistic vision with a passion for public service. Name: Jennifer KrottingerTitle: Business ManagerFormal Job Classification: Business Management SpecialistOrganization: Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Science and Exploration Directorate (Code 611) What do you do and what is most interesting about your […]
Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No
2024.03.01
New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated.
NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere
2024.02.08
NASA’s satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity launched successfully into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday.
Weather Clears for PACE Launch
2024.02.07
Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict 95% favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA Sets Coverage for Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission
2024.01.31
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming Pmission to study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate.
People of PACE: Natasha Sadoff Connects PACE Data to Benefit Society
2024.01.16
Natasha Sadoff is the deputy coordinator for the applications program and PACE.
Five Factors to Explain the Record Heat in 2023
2024.01.13
What caused the year to be so hot? Here is a breakdown of the primary factors that scientists considered.
2023 as Warmest Year on Record
2024.01.12
Earth’s average surface temperature in 2023 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Global temperatures last year were around 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period (1951-1980), scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York reported.
NASA to Brief Media on Climate Mission to Study Ocean Life, Air
2024.01.11
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 17, to discuss the upcoming launch and science objectives of the agency’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission.
NASA’s PACE To Investigate Oceans, Atmospheres in Changing Climate
2024.01.11
NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, called PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem), is launching in February 2024 to help us better understand the complex systems driving these and other global changes that come with a warming climate.
NASA Hosts Media Viewing of Spacecraft to Study Oceans, Clouds
2024.01.09
Mmbers of the media viewed NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA, NOAA to Announce 2023 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
2024.01.08
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 2023 during a media briefing at 11 a.m. EST Friday, Jan. 12.
Setting the Stage for PACE at AGU
2024.01.03
Several PACE scientists closed out 2023 by sharing this enthusiasm for the mission at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting December 11-15 in San Francisco, which drew more than 24,000 Earth and space scientists.
People of PACE: Otto Hasekamp Helps Scientists See Light in a New Light
2024.01.02
Otto Hasekamp is a senior scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and is the science lead for the SPEXOne polarimeter that will be on PACE.
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