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Read the latest news stories, feature articles, user stories, and blog posts that feature data archived by NASA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC).
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Radiocarbon and satellite data hint at the future of California emissions.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
Decades after a fire, high-elevation forests still shape a climate.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Katherine Pitts, to study the impacts of climate change and analyze remotely-sensed geophysical data.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Róisín Commane, to study the effects of terrestrial pollution on the atmosphere’s chemical composition.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Michael Dietze, to improve ecological models through the integration of remotely-sensed data.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, for studying wetlands and wildfire.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
Using commercial satellite data and machine learning, scientists discovered a surprisingly large number of trees in Africa's drylands.
Feature Article
Nov. 19, 2020
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