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People of PACE: Fred Huemmrich Plants the Seeds of Inspiration


2024-01-30

Peter Griffith: Diving Into Carbon Cycle Science


2023-11-08

NASA Flights Link Methane Plumes to Tundra Fires in Western Alaska


2023-11-01

Tracking Canada’s Extreme 2023 Fire Season


2023-10-25

A Smoky Pall Over Canada


2023-09-25

Notes from the Field: Boreal Summer


2023-09-12

Wildfires Burn Near Hay River


2023-08-24

Wildfires Approach Yellowknife


2023-08-18

Relentless Wildfires in Canada


2023-08-12

Notes from the Field: Expedition to Alaska’s Burned Tundra


2023-08-08

Notes from the Field: Illuminating a Boreal Forest’s Spring Wake-Up


2023-05-18

A Boreal Forest Awakens


2023-04-19

Taking Stock of Carbon Dioxide Emissions


2023-03-08

The Adventures of NASA Scientists through the Florida Marshes


2022-12-13

How NASA Decodes the Secrets of the Arctic - YouTube


2022-11-02

NASA Fieldwork Studies Signs of Climate Change in Arctic, Boreal Regions


2022-11-02

Alaska’s Newest Lakes Are Belching Methane


2022-09-22

Notes from the Field - Return to Utqiagvik


2022-08-30

NASA Expeditions Coverage of the 2022 ABoVE Airborne Campaign


2022-08-26

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Arctic Mission Studying Climate Effects


2022-08-23

Landsat Legacy: NASA-USGS Program Observing Earth from Space Turns 50


2022-08-05

NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating’ Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity


2022-08-04

Climate Patterns Thousands of Miles Away Affect US Bird Migration


2022-07-19

Notes from the Field - Spring Greening in the Arctic Tundra


2022-07-14

A Smoky Summer in Alaska


2022-07-05

Assessing Federal Programs for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks (Dr. St. Germain’s testimony starts at 20 minutes in)


2022-06-23

NASA’s ECOSTRESS Sees Las Vegas Streets Turn Up the Heat


2022-06-15

Goddard Glossary: Permafrost


2022-04-28

NASA Finds 2022 Arctic Winter Sea Ice 10th-Lowest on Record


2022-03-22

Thawing Permafrost Could Leach Microbes, Chemicals Into Environment


2022-03-09

NASA is Helping Fly Drones in the Arctic. Here’s What That Means for Sea Ice and Sea Level Change.


2022-02-24

User Profile: Dr. Kevin Schaefer


2022-01-27

Mapping Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel Exploitation


2022-01-25

Caribou on the Move


2021-12-24

Reindeer as Ecosystem Engineers?


2021-12-23

Too Remote, Too Wild, and Too Cold: Helping Satellites See Arctic Greening With Boots on the Ground


2021-10-06

Notes from the Field: Unraveling the Mysteries of Arctic Greening and Browning


2021-10-05

NASA Launches New Mission to Monitor Earth’s Landscapes


2021-09-27

Mapping Methane Emissions in California


2021-09-09

NASA at Your Table: Where Food Meets Methane


2021-08-13

Sizing Up How Agriculture Connects to Deforestation


2021-08-11

Trapped Saltwater Caused Mangrove Death After Hurricane Irma, NASA Data Show


2021-08-02

NASA Study Finds Tropical Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon Is Waning


2021-07-20

NASA Snow Campaign Wraps for 2021


2021-06-14

New NASA Earth System Observatory to Help Address Climate Change


2021-05-24

Earth Day Connections: NASA Investigates Vegetation


2021-04-19

The ‘Bird’ with an Eagle Eye…for Infrared


2021-04-06

Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic


2021-03-29

NASA Snow Campaign Digs Deep in 2021


2021-02-24

Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia’s Ecosystems to Understand Their Value


2021-02-11

NASA Satellites Help Quantify Forests’ Impacts on Global Carbon Budget


2021-02-03

NASA and USDA: A Bountiful Partnership


2021-01-13

Land Ecosystems Are Becoming Less Efficient at Absorbing CO2


2020-12-18

Water Limitations in the Tropics Offset Carbon Uptake from Arctic Greening


2020-12-18

New: Global Carbon Budget 2020 released


2020-12-11

ABoVE at the NASA Science Theater at the AGU 2020 Fall Meeting


2020-12-02

Playlist for the NASA Science Theater at the AGU 2020 Fall Meeting


2020-12-02

Arctic Animals’ Movement Patterns are Shifting Due to Changing Climate


2020-11-20

Decaying Urban Greenery Plays a Surprising Role in Carbon Emissions


2020-11-13

Supercomputing Study Breaks Ground for Tree Mapping, Carbon Research


2020-10-16

Warming Temperatures are Driving Arctic Greening


2020-09-22

2020 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum at Second Lowest on Record


2020-09-21

Mercury Concentrations in Yukon River Fish Could Surpass EPA Criterion by 2050


2020-09-16

Pinpointing High Quality Tropical Forests


2020-08-25

NASA Study Maps the Roots of Global Mangrove Loss


2020-08-18

Alaska’s Vegetation is Changing Dramatically


2020-07-27

NASA Study Finds Tropical Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon Is Waning


2020-07-20

Methane Emissions Continue to Rise


2020-07-15

Satellites Size Up Bubbles of Methane in Lake Ice


2020-07-14

Faint Glow, Clear Signal from Plants


2020-07-10

Lasers and Bubbles: Solving the Arctic’s Methane Puzzle


2020-06-18

Sensing Invasive Species from Space


2020-05-22

NASA Snow Campaign Wraps 2020 Survey


2020-05-21

Satellites Show a Decline in Fire in the U.S. Southeast


2020-05-19

A Warming Arctic Turns Topsy Turvy


2020-04-28

#EarthDayAtHome with Carbon Scientist Peter Griffith


2020-04-22

Women’s History Month: Women of ABoVE


2020-03-27

New 3D View of Methane Tracks Sources and Movement around the Globe


2020-03-23

Fire in the Pantanal


2020-03-10

Reflecting on a Tumultuous Amazon Fire Season


2020-03-03

ECOSTRESS Sees Plants Waking Up


2020-02-26

NASA Flights Detect Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots


2020-02-13

Vegetation


2020-02-01

A New Measuring Stick for Forests


2020-01-27

NASA Explorers: Fires


2020-01-27

NASA Forest Structure Mission Releases First Data


2020-01-24

When a Road Leads to Deforestation


2019-11-26

Making Sense of Amazon Deforestation Patterns


2019-11-22

Detecting Invisible Plant Stress


2019-11-20

Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink


2019-11-19

Arctic Shifts to a Carbon Source due to Winter Soil Emission


2019-11-08

Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon


2019-11-08

Accelerating Fine-Scale Forest Modeling Across the North American Boreal Zone


2019-10-31

NASA Explorers S3 E3: The Carbon Problem


2019-10-23

Chasing Caribou Across a Changing Arctic


2019-10-17

Warmer, Drier Climate Could Transform Alaskan Forests


2019-10-16

NASA Explorers: Behind the Scenes of Seeing Through Smoke with Dr. Peter Griffith and Dr. Liz Hoy


2019-10-11

NASA Explorers S3 E3: The Carbon Problem


2019-10-09

NASA Explorers S3 E1: Seeing Through Smoke


2019-10-08

NASA Science Live: A World of Fires


2019-09-12

Boreal Forest Fires Could Release Deep Soil Carbon


2019-08-21

Building a Long-Term Record of Fire


2019-08-21

NASA Studies How Arctic Wildfires Change the World


2019-08-13

Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot


2019-08-01

Historic Heat in Alaska


2019-07-10

Landsat, Permafrost Data Offer Insight into Arctic Lake Dynamics


2019-07-02

Wireless Networks Gather Soil Moisture Data in the Arctic


2019-06-05

Return of the GEDI's First Data


2019-04-16

NASA's OCO-3 Measures How Plants Grow - and Glow


2019-04-09

Living off the Land: Environmental impacts to access in Interior Alaska


2019-01-10

North American Bird Maps Enter the Space Age


2018-12-19

NASA Explorers: Permafrost


2018-12-07

A new hope: GEDI to yield 3D forest carbon map


2018-11-07

We Are The Land and the Land Is Us: Indigenous Women Accompany NASA Campaign Studying Climate Change in the Arctic


2018-10-31

Frozen: Ice on Earth and Well Beyond


2018-10-22

Sweating Can Be Cool


2018-10-05

Students Traverse Land, Air, and Water in Canada with NASA's ABoVE


2018-08-24

Unexpected Future Boost of Methane Possible from Arctic Permafrost


2018-08-17

New Study: The Arctic Carbon Cycle is Speeding Up


2018-08-03

Modeling forests' future


2018-07-25

NASA's 'space botanist' gathers first data


2018-07-23

A NASA scientist's final scientific paper


2018-07-16

G-LiHT: Spruce Beetles in Alaska


2018-07-16

Black Belt Prairie


2018-06-21

Mississippi's Pulliam Prairie


2018-06-21

New NASA Mission to Detect Plant Water Use from Space


2018-06-19

3D view of Amazon captures effects of El Niño drought


2018-06-12

NASA invested in cracking Earth’s carbon puzzle


2018-05-31

May the Forest Be With You: GEDI Moves Toward Launch to Space Station


2018-05-04

Wrangell Mountain Expedition


2018-04-30

NASA’s New Space ‘Botanist’ Arrives at Launch Site


2018-04-17

Far Northern Permafrost May Unleash Carbon Within Decades


2018-03-05

GeoCarb: A New View of Carbon Over the Americas


2018-01-11

ACT-America: Settling into the Rythem of the Field


2017-11-17

ECOSTRESS: New NASA Insights into the Secret Lives of Plants


2017-11-17

ABoVE Completing First Big Year


2017-10-11

Tracking Changing Soil Temperature, Moisture, and Carbon in the Arctic


2017-09-06

In Arctic Tundra, It.s Getting Easy Being Green


2017-08-11

NASA researchers are flying over Alaska and Canada, studying the effects of a greening Arctic


2017-08-07

NASA Earth was live: ABoVE tour of DC-8


2017-08-05

Snow Surveys and Dall Sheep


2017-05-09

Alaska Tundra Source of Early-Winter Carbon Emissions


2017-05-08

Early Birds and Night Owls


2017-05-05

Below the Mangrove Canopy


2017-05-01

A Flurry of Activity


2017-04-27

Home Sweet Home


2017-04-24

Back to Uncovering a Migration Mystery


2017-04-19

Mangrove Carbon with a Grain of Salt


2017-03-22

NASA Announces First Geostationary Vegetation, Atmospheric Carbon Mission


2016-12-06

Mapping Methane in a Bubbling Arctic Lake


2016-08-23

Burrowing into the Arctic’s Carbon Past and Future


2016-08-10

G-LiHT: Shining a G-LiHT on an Alaskan Forest


2016-07-27

Taking Measure of a Remote Slice of Alaskan Forest


2016-07-20

Living Off the Land in a Changing Arctic Climate


2016-07-18

Earth Expeditions: Introduction to ABoVE's Atmospheric Tower


2016-07-15

Keeping Scientists in the Arctic Safe and Supplied


2016-07-13

Counting Sheep, the "Driving Force" of Denali


2016-07-12

ABoVE Looks Below the Surface for Carbon Answers


2016-07-11

Earth Expeditions: Looking for Deeper Burns


2016-07-11

NASA's Field Campaign Investigates Arctic North American Ecosystems


2016-07-08

ABoVE: Burned boreal forests--Come along to measure carbon


2016-06-20

ABoVE: Burned boreal forest . Site-seeking struggles


2016-06-14

ABoVE: Fires in recently logged forests


2016-06-10

The Changing Arctic


2016-06-07

ABoVE: Burned boreal forest . from detailed field measurements to satellite pixels


2016-06-06

Details of Arctic Greening in North America


2016-06-02

Wildfires Still Scarring Land Around Fort McMurray


2016-05-17

Studying Smoke Above the Clouds


2016-05-11

Heat Fuels Fire at Fort McMurray


2016-05-07

Wildfire in Fort McMurray


2016-05-05

Migration Mystery: Meet our Final Space Robins


2016-05-04

Meet Five New Space Robins


2016-04-25

Migration Mystery: Listen to the singing!


2016-04-21

Welcome to Alberta, Canada!


2016-04-18

A Migration Mystery


2016-04-12

Why Monitoring Emissions from Permafrost Matters: Image of the Day


2016-04-12

ABoVE: Safety first


2016-03-04

Sled Dogs Lead the Way to Denali Monitoring Site


2016-02-18

Welcome to ABoVE


2016-02-18

Methane Emissions in Arctic Cold Season Higher Than Expected


2015-12-21

NASA Study Suggests Carbon Content of Temperate Forests Overestimated


2015-11-24

As Earth Warms, NASA Targets .Other Half. of Carbon, Climate Equation


2015-11-12

Seven Case Studies in Carbon and Climate


2015-11-12

Malaspina Glacier, Alaska


2015-10-11

Wildfires Continue to Beleaguer the U.S. Western States


2015-09-29

Alaska Charred


2015-09-04

NASA to Study Arctic Climate Change Ecosystem Impacts


2015-08-31

Burn Scars around Tanana, Alaska


2015-08-01

Alaska's Biggest (Ice) Losers are Inland


2015-07-07

Smoke in Fairbanks and Interior Alaska


2015-06-22

Sockeye Fire in Alaska


2015-06-18

Baked Alaska


2015-05-27

NASA Launches Groundbreaking Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite 


2015-01-31

NASA: Alaska Shows No Signs of Rising Arctic Methane 


2014-11-12

MABEL: Charting MABEL's course


2014-08-01

G-LiHT: A Closer Look at Alaska's Forests


2014-07-25

G-LiHT: Connecting the Dots


2014-07-22

Quiet Year Expected for Amazon Forest Fires in 2014


2014-07-22

G-LiHT: A View from Above


2014-07-21

G-LiHT: Off to a Flying Start


2014-07-17

G-LiHT: NASA's Alaska Forest Survey Kicks Off


2014-07-14

A Closer Look at Alaska's Forests


2014-06-25

NASA ER-2 Aircraft Continues Earth Ecosystem Research


2014-06-12

Q&A with NASA's Molly Brown: Weather Impacts on Food


2014-05-28

Funny River Fire, Alaska


2014-05-27

Earth Science Applications Travelogue: Maury Estes


2014-05-13

How Does Your Garden Glow? NASA's OCO-2 Seeks Answer


2014-05-05

NASA Goddard to Bring Satellite Data to African Agriculture


2014-04-29

NASA Satellites Show Drought May Take Toll on Congo Rainforest


2014-04-23

Why Earth Matters to NASA: A Conversation with Harrison Ford


2014-04-22

Environmental Watch with Landsat satellites


2014-04-21

NASA Sees Earth From Orbit: 2013


2014-04-21

NASA Radar Imaging Mission Travels to Central and South America


2014-04-18

Arctic Sea Ice Update: Unlikely To Break Records, But Continuing Downward Trend


2013-08-23

Earth Observatory Image of the Day


2013-08-08

Earth Observatory Image of the Day "Rare Clear View of Alaska"


2013-06-19

Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic? 


2013-06-10

Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013 


2013-06-07

Climate Conditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk


2013-06-07

Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North's Growing 


2013-03-10

Study Shows More Shrubbery in a Warming World


2011-12-08

ECO 3-D: Closing the Flight Campaign


2011-09-20

ECO 3-D: Smooth Flying


2011-09-13

ECO 3-D: Fixing the RAID


2011-08-24

ECO-3D: Looking Forward


2011-08-22

New NASA Map Reveals Patterns Of Tropical Forest Carbon Storage


2011-05-22

NASA Satellites Detect Extensive Drought Impact On Amazon Forests


2011-03-29

Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth 


2010-08-19

First-of-its-Kind Map Depicts Global Forest Heights 


2010-07-20

NASA Calculates a Carbon Budget for the State of California


2009-12-16

Ecosystem, Vegetation Affect Intensity of Urban Heat Island Effect


2009-12-15

New Results from a Terra-ific Decade in Orbit


2009-12-15

Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course


2009-09-21

NASA Researcher Nets First Measure of Africa's Coastal Forests


2009-08-20

NASA Study Says Climate Adds Fuel to Asian Wildfire Emissions


2009-04-30

NASA Launches 'Eyes on the Earth 3-D' 


2009-03-12

NASA Announces Mishap Board Members for OCO Investigation


2009-03-03

Earth-Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25


2009-03-02

NASA-Funded Carbon Dioxide Map of U.S. Released on Google Earth


2009-02-19

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Aims To Boost Carbon Management Options  


2009-02-19

NASA Mission Meets the Carbon Dioxide Measurement Challenge 


2009-02-10

NASA Carbon Mission to Improve Future Climate Change Predictions


2009-02-05

The Mystery of the Missing Carbon: A JPL Live Chat


2009-02-05

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks


2009-01-23

Mission Operations Readiness Review for NPOESS Preparatory Project Completed


2008-12-16

NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site


2008-11-12

Earth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change


2008-05-14

How Earth's Ecosystems are Changing


2008-04-28

NASA Scientists Predict Major Ecosystem Carbon Loss in Western States


2007-12-07

Forests Damaged by Hurricane Katrina Become Major Carbon Source


2007-11-15

Wetlands' Outsize Influence on Climate 


2007-10-01

Amazon Forest Unexpectedly Resilient to Drought


2007-09-21

NASA Researchers Find Satellite Data Can Warn of Famine


2007-07-19

NASA Scientist Diane Wickland Honored with Flinn Award


2007-05-24

NASA Models Show Trees Can Slow Increase of Atmospheric Carbon


2007-04-30

NASA Studies True Colors of Evergreen Rainforests


2007-03-12

NASA Data Links Indonesian Wildfire Flare-Up to Recent El Nino


2007-03-01

Growth in Amazon Cropland May Impact Climate and Deforestation Patterns


2006-09-19