Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:53:43 +0000
Expedition 69 flight engineers Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:17 p.m. EDT after 5 hours and 35 minutes. Hoburg and Bowen completed their major objective to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel on the station’s starboard truss […]
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 19:50:11 +0000
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown was hoping to see anything but mustard yellow. When the NASA research electrical engineer clicked open the photo of a small sample — a swatch of film no bigger than a sticky note — she let out a cheer. The film was still dark black after spending 10 months on the International […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 03:07:55 +0000
A pilot project has estimated emissions and removals of carbon dioxide in individual nations using satellite measurements.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 18:35:56 +0000
Kids are sponges when it comes to learning about renewable energy, and hands-on, experiential activities are fun ways to make zero emissions living tangible.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 03:13:51 +0000
Cyclone Gabrielle has been lashing New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain in mid-February 2023, adding to what has already been an unusually wet start to the year. The latest round of extreme weather brought destructive flooding, storm surge, and landslides to the region. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NASA-NOAA […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:15:06 +0000
Aviation is a big deal for climate change. Not only is it a big contributor, but it’s an area where changes to improve efficiency can have a huge impact. For this reason, both private companies and government agencies know this is a great target to both save money and protect the environment. While NASA is […]
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 03:01:25 +0000
2022 effectively tied for Earth’s 5th warmest year since 1880, and the last 9 consecutive years have been the warmest 9 on record. NASA looks back at how heat was expressed in different ways around the world in 2022. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Kathleen Gaeta Editor’s Note: This release was updated Thursday, Jan. 12 to […]
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:00:41 +0000
Greenland is home to the planet’s largest ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Observations collected from the ground, air, and space have revealed rapid thinning in the northeast part of this ice sheet that could contribute more to sea level rise than previously thought. “Rivers” of relatively fast-moving ice, known as ice streams, generally flow from […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:53:29 +0000
Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:30:50 +0000
NASA is interested in how urban heat — its causes, solutions, and impacts on vulnerable communities — can figure into community planning solutions and policymaking.