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How satellite data has proven climate change is a climate crisis

By Monisha Ravisetti published

In the fight against climate change, satellite data is an extremely valuable resource.

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Earth is seen from space. Some of the spacecraft that took this image is visible in the frame as well.

World Space Week 2024: How space technology arms scientists fighting climate change

By Samantha Mathewson published

World Space Week 2024 features events centered on "Space & Climate Change," to celebrate the transformative impact of space technology in the ongoing battle against climate change.

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A spacecraft is seen drifting in space with the Earth toward the top of the screen.

Satellite watches as hazardous wildfire particles drift into the air

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The recently launched satellite has been watching the spread of aerosols from wildfire smoke, creating a catalog that scientists say would eventually benefit weather forecasting.

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A satellite view of Athens with wildfires burning in a hefty chunk of land.

Wildfires in Greece have burned land twice the size of Manhattan, satellite images reveal

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Satellite images have revealed the true extent of damage left in the wake of Greece's worst wildfire this year.

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A person in a boat in a dried up lake.

July 2024 sets new records for global heat and climate disasters

By Meredith Garofalo published

July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.

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up the center in a vast blue sky two white lines of smoke trail a small airlpaine near the top of the image.

Airplane contrails are a tricky, and surprising, contributor to global warming

By Samantha Mathewson published

Commercial airplanes have made strides in reducing carbon emissions, but it turns out the exhaust clouds trailing behind them can have long-term impacts on the environment.

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NASA satellite data adds key pollutant to national environmental justice database

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"Having access to this accurate and localized NO2 data allows organizations like ours to understand the air quality challenges we encounter, and to advocate more effectively for the health and well-being of community residents."

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a large swirling storm can be seen off the wing of an aircraft

How NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft help satellites build a 'full picture of the storm'

By Meredith Garofalo published

Space.com got an up-close look at one of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft to more about how data from weather satellites help them on missions.

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animation showing a view of the united states from space, with yellow and orange plumes emanating from various regions of the nation

This mesmerizing NASA animation shows how carbon dioxide moves through Earth's atmosphere (video)

By Stefanie Waldek published

A high-resolution visualization from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio shows global carbon dioxide emissions from January to March 2020.

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The planet Earth on April 17, 2019. The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a NASA camera aboard NOAA’s DSCOVR spacecraft, returns daily images of Earth from a distance of nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers). This animation shows the entire rotation of the planet on that day.

Earth is wobbling and days are getting longer — and humans are to blame

By Harry Baker published

New studies, which utilized AI to monitor the effects of climate change on Earth's spin, have shown that our days are getting increasingly longer and that our planet will get more wobbly in the future. These changes could have major implications for humanity's future.

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