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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
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…

Article1 week ago

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…

Article4 weeks ago

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…

Article1 month ago
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.

Article1 month ago

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…

Article1 month ago
The total solar eclipse. Against a black background, there is a faint white glow surrounding a black circle. On the bottom right of this circle is a bright glowing circle overlapping.

Annual Science Conference to Highlight NASA Research

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NASA researchers will present findings on Earth science, planetary science, and heliophysics at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 annual meeting in Washington, DC, beginning on Monday, Dec. 9. New NASA science results will be presented regarding the 2024…

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NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals from Skies Above Western US

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Technology used to chart other worlds is revealing minerals in the American West that are critical to the country’s renewable energy future.

Article1 month ago

NASA’s C-20A Studies Extreme Weather Events

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On a changing planet, where phenomena like severe hurricanes, landslides, and wildfires are becoming more severe, scientists need data to assess and model disaster impacts and to potentially make predictions about hazards. NASA’s C-20A aircraft is a significant asset that…

Article1 month ago

Expanded AI Model with Global Data Enhances Earth Science Applications 

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NASA, IBM, and Forschungszentrum Jülich have released an expanded version of the open-source Prithvi Geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model to support a broader range of geographical applications. Now, with the inclusion of global data, the foundation model can support…

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