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NASA satellites and sensors constantly take the pulse of our planet, measuring how Earth changes by the day, season, year, and decade. Researchers and resource managers analyze those measurements and apply them on local and regional scales to better manage things like our food and water supplies, health, safety, land use, and ecosystems. NASA data is also used by other government agencies to help with responses to natural disasters and emergencies around the country and the world.
Measuring Movement from the Ridgecrest Quake
Published July 25, 2019
Remote sensing scientists are getting better at measuring such events and showing how they disrupt and move the land surface.
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Study Projects Troubles for 1700 Vertebrate Species
Published July 22, 2019
Researchers examined how human land use will affect species habitats around the world.
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Green Space is Good for Mental Health
Published July 17, 2019
New study uses satellite and demographic data to show how the prolonged presence of green space is important for a healthy society.
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Mapping the Land Between the Tides
Published July 2, 2019
Harnessing 30 years of Landsat data, researchers have created the first three-dimensional model of Australia’s entire coastline.
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NASA Helps Warn of Harmful Algae in Lakes, Reservoirs
Published June 22, 2019
With limited resources to monitor often-unpredictable blooms, water managers are turning to new technologies to detect and keep track of hazards.
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The Urbanization of Ulaanbaatar
Published June 4, 2019
The Mongolian capital is spreading outward as migrants from the countryside fill neighborhoods on the fringes of the city.
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Food Crisis Grows from Dry Soils
Published May 30, 2019
Drought is apparent across much of East Africa after seasonal rains failed to deliver much moisture to the region.
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Record-Setting Precipitation Leaves U.S. Soils Soggy
Published May 24, 2019
The continental United States recently finished its wettest twelve months in 124 years of modern recordkeeping.
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Lights Out after Cyclone Fani
Published May 8, 2019
The powerful storm, one of the worst to hit India since 1999, knocked out electricity across the state of Odisha.
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Tracking Peruvian Forest Loss from Space
Published April 19, 2019
The Madre de Dios region has a rich concentration of endemic species, but their habitats are being threatened by human activity.
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Sizing Up the Carbon Footprint of Cities
Published April 11, 2019
Large and wealthy cities have the biggest carbon footprints.
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A Bloom after the Storm
Published April 3, 2019
Tropical cyclone Veronica appears to have stirred up swirls of phytoplankton.
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