Land Ecosystems Are Becoming Less Efficient at Absorbing Carbon Dioxide
Plants play a key role in mitigating climate change. The more carbon dioxide they absorb during photosynthesis, the less carbon dioxide remains trapped in the...NASA Finds What a Glacier’s Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning
As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise...Water Limitations in the Tropics Offset Carbon Uptake from Arctic Greening
More plants and longer growing seasons in the northern latitudes have converted parts of Alaska, Canada and Siberia to deeper shades of green. Some studies...
Seeing the COVID-19 Pandemic from Space
Economic and social shutdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to noticeable changes in Earth’s environment, at least for the short term. NASA...
Sea Level Projections Drive San Francisco’s Adaptation Planning
As a utilities planner for the City and County of San Francisco, David Behar knows that access to the latest information about sea level rise...
NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to measure global sea surface height, has sent back its first measurements of sea level. The data...Beyond Ice: NASA’s ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents
For a satellite with ice in its name, and measuring ice as its mission, NASA’s ICESat-2 is also getting a lot of attention from scientists...
New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making
A new tool developed with funding from NASA’s Earth Science Division helps decision makers and others assess how sea level rise and other factors will...