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NASA Press Events at 2022 Fall AGU Meeting

12.08.2022
NASA researchers will be presenting findings on Earth and space sciences Dec.12-16 at the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall meeting, being held virtually and in Chicago this year.
Global map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

La Niña Times Three

12.08.2022
Three consecutive years of La Niña conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean make this a rare “triple dip” ev
Landsat 9 satellite image of Yangtze River Delta

NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact

12.07.2022
Earth has lost 561 square miles of salt marshes over the past 20 years, according to a new NASA-led study of the first consistent global accounting of salt marsh locations and changes.
Artemis 1 photo of Earth

Orion Views Earth from Afar

12.07.2022
Fifty years after Apollo 17 astronauts photographed the iconic “blue marble” image, cameras in space have again captured distant views of our home planet.
Landsat 9 natural-color image of a volcanic plume streaming from Semeru

A Burst of Activity at Mount Semeru

12.06.2022
Intense explosions at the summit sent avalanches of ash and mud racing down the southeastern flank of the Indonesian volcano.
Portion of Earth as seen by astronaut on ISS

NASA to Discuss Climate Research, Mitigation Efforts

12.06.2022
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will discuss the agency’s climate portfolio at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 8 from NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Landsat 8 natiural-color satellite image of unharvested vs harvested wheat in Ukraine

Larger Wheat Harvest in Ukraine Than Expected

12.05.2022
A satellite-based analysis indicates that nearly 27 million tons of wheat were harvested from the country’s farms this year, but Ukraine won’t reap all of the benefits.
Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton blooms off the coast of Argentina

Breathing Life into the Ocean

12.03.2022
Almost all life in the ocean depends on tiny photosynthetic organisms known as phytoplankton.
Lunar Pathfinder retroreflector area made by NASA and delivered to ESA for Lunar Pathfinder

NASA Delivers First Flight Hardware to ESA for Lunar Pathfinder

12.02.2022
NASA delivered the first flight hardware for the Lunar Pathfinder mission to ESA (European Space Agency), which formally accepted the instrument on Nov. 4. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, developed the instrument, a laser retroreflector array, which will test new navigation techniques for lunar missions.
Suomi NPP satellite image of fires in northwest Argentina

Fires in Northwest Argentina

12.02.2022
Forests are burning after being primed by warm temperatures and a lack of rain.
An image of a coastal marshland combines aerial and satellite views in a technique similar to hyperspectral imaging

NASA Researcher’s AI ‘Eye’ Could Help Robotic Data-Gathering

11.30.2022
Existing artificial intelligence and machine learning tech doesn’t come close to measuring up to human skill. That’s why NASA scientist John Moisan is developing an AI “eye.”
Suomi NPP satellite night images of before and after Mauna Loa eruption

Mauna Loa Awakens

11.30.2022
During the first eruption in nearly four decades, satellites observed the volcano’s nighttime glow and sulfur dioxide plume.
Image of Earth from space

NASA Responds to Independent Review of Earth System Observatory

11.30.2022
NASA shared a response Wednesday on an independent review board established to assess plans and goals for the next generation of Earth-observing satellites: NASA’s Earth System Observatory, a cutting edge suite of spacecraft that will forward understanding of our changing planet.
Photo of Spandan Das

Spandan Das: Self-Taught Machine Learning Intern, NCCS User, College Student, and Published Author

11.30.2022
In two NASA summer internships, Carnegie Mellon University computer science major Spandan Das has harnessed NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) compute power to build, train, and test machine learning models to help NASA develop new ways to detect Earth's precipitation.
Photo of ice in the Weddell Sea

Phytoplankton May Be Abundant Under Antarctic Sea Ice, Study Suggests

11.28.2022
A decade ago, scientists on a NASA-sponsored ocean expedition found massive populations of phytoplankton blooming beneath sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Now scientists using underwater instruments and a NASA satellite have found evidence of potentially significant blooms beneath the sea ice encircling Antarctica.
Landsat 8 satellite image of ash from Sangay volcano eruption

A Line of Ash from Sangay

11.26.2022
An ongoing eruption blankets cities and farmland near the volcano with layers of ash.
Landsat 8 natural-color image of farmland around Peoria, Illinois

From Patches to Pies, Illinois Knows Pumpk

11.25.2022
Much of the canned pumpkin that ends up in Thanksgiving pies and soups came from Central Illinois.
Cranberry bogs in Plymouth County are visible in this natural-color image by Landsat 9

Cranberry Bogs in Plymouth County

11.24.2022
Massachusetts has a long-standing relationship with one of Thanksgiving’s iconic foods—the cranberry.
Artist image of TROPICS constellation in flight

NASA Awards Launch Services Task Order for TROPICS CubeSats Mission

11.23.2022
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission, as part of the agency's Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
Aqua satellite image of plumes of silt and sand blowing from the Copper River Delta and over the Gulf of Alaska.

Dusty Copper River Delta

11.22.2022
Plumes from this part of Alaska happen in autumn when winds are strong, water levels are low, and snow has not yet blanketed the floodplain.
Image of the global precipitation variation from Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) data, from Nov. 20, 2022.

NASA Satellite Precipitation Data Joins the Air Force

11.22.2022
For the first time, the Air Force meteorology unit has integrated the Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) algorithm into its operational weather forecasts and advisories.
This air flow visualization shows the vortex wake for NASA’s six-passenger tiltwing concept Advanced Air Mobility vehicle

5 Ways Supercomputing is Key to NASA Mission Success

11.22.2022
Whether developing new technologies for landing on other planets, improving air travel here at home, or more realistically simulating global weather and climate, supercomputing is key to the success of NASA missions. These advances and more were on display in the agency’s hybrid exhibit during SC22.
False-color Terra satellite image of flooding in Australia

More Flooding in Australia’s Soggy Southeast

11.21.2022
After an extremely wet October, storms in November 2022 have added to ongoing flooding across New South Wales and Victoria.
Image of GOES-U in testing chamber

NOAA’s GOES-U Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

11.21.2022
NOAA’s GOES-U, the final satellite in the GOES-R Series of advanced geostationary environmental satellites, recently completed thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing as part of a rigorous assessment program to ensure the satellite can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting 22,236 miles above Earth’s equator.
Sentinel-2 satellite image of eddie swirling along Little Bahama Bank’s carbonate platform

Carbonate Swirls Spin from the Bahamas

11.17.2022
Hurricane Nicole turned the shallow waters along the Abaco Islands into an eddy factory.

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