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Wildfires

NASA provides many resources for monitoring and tracking wildfires.

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Open Science

Open Science empowers an inclusive, collaborative scientific process through the open sharing of data and knowledge.

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Air Quality

Air pollution is one of the largest global environmental and health threats.

Wearing a wet suit and a life vest, Dr. James Allen poses for a photo on the deck of a ship in the North Atlantic prior to dropping a sensor into the water.
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User Profile: Dr. James G. Allen
NASA Earth science data help scientists like Dr. James G. Allen develop processes for better satellite retrievals of ocean parameters.
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Join NASA in San Francisco to Celebrate Open Science
Open science and NASA Earth science accomplishments take center stage at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting.
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Data Tool in Focus: The Sub-Orbital Order Tool
The Atmospheric Science Data Center’s Sub-Orbital Order Tool helps users locate, access, and download sub-orbital data quickly and easily.
This image from NASA Worldview shows ISS LIS Flash Count data (i.e., the pink, purple, and red dots), which provide the number of lightning flashes recorded by the LIS aboard the ISS. Red dots indicate high numbers of lightning flashes (greater than or equal to 20), while purple dots indicate the fewest flashes.
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Lightning Imaging Sensor’s Nearly 25-Year Data Record Ends
The Lightning Imaging Sensor measured the amount, rate, and radiant energy of lightning around the globe both day and night.
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Air Pollution by the First-Light of Day
Videos from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio reveal the brilliant view from the agency’s newest pollution-detecting sensor.
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Satellite Needs Working Group Ushers in a New Era of Innovative Data Products

A Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) Town Hall at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting showcases the work of this cross-agency organization and highlights SNWG data products.

Celebrate GIS Day 2023!

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) make it easy to see the relationships between different datasets and are a powerful tool for researchers. GIS Day celebrates this technology.

NASA Earth Science Data Roundup: November 2023

A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in October 2023.

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Worldview Image of the Week
True color Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance HLS image of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on 27 November 2023 from the OLI instrrument aboard the Landsat 8 & 9 satellites
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Image captured on Nov 27, 2023, by the OLI instrument aboard the Landsat 8 and 9 satellites.

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