Tracking Carbon from Wildfires to Ocean Blooms

Tracking Carbon from Wildfires to Ocean Blooms

5:02 | The connection between these major wildfires and the subsequent explosion of phytoplankton production is an example of the events NASA’s upcoming Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will help investigate.

Our Dynamic Earth: Rebound and Subsidence

Our Dynamic Earth: Rebound and Subsidence

2:14 | The Mississippi River Delta is essentially drowning as sinking ground is combined with higher sea levels. NASA is studying this case with an airborne campaign designed to study how sediments are accumulating on the delta.

Dynamic Earth

Dynamic Earth

4:26 | Watch Earth’s magnetic shield protect the planet from a pelting by the solar wind. See how the sun’s energy drives a remarkable planetary engine, the climate.

Aquarius Climate

Aquarius Climate

2:13 | Sea surface salinity has a massive influence on Earth’s climate. With Aquarius, scientists will have a new way to measure that influence in a consistent way.

Glory: Glory’s Suncatcher

Glory: Glory’s Suncatcher

3:19 | The Sun’s energy is one of the biggest forcings on Earth’s climate, and for years satellites have measured total solar irradiance.

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory

6:51 | Glory is a unique research satellite. It collects data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon in the Earth’s atmosphere and data on solar irradiance for Earth’s long-term climate record.

Climate in a Box

Climate in a Box

4:53 | NASA has begun to facilitate the operation of new desktop sized supercomputers.

Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle

Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle

5:48 | The video explains what role fluctuations in the solar cycle, changes in snow and cloud cover, and rising levels of heat-trapping gases may play in contributing to climate change.