Topic: Earth

NASA Explorers: Follow that Plume!

Chasing smoke is a round-the-clock business. Wildfire smoke can travel long distances and over several days, so NASA Explorers with the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air […]

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NASA Explorers: The Big Thaw

NASA Explorers is a new digital series that takes you inside the space agency and follows the pioneers, risk-takers and experts at the front line of exploration. Season 1, “Cryosphere,” […]

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NASA Explorers: A Year in Fire

We live in a “new normal.” Large fires burn in the Arctic, sending carbon around the globe. Fire seasons in the American West burn longer and hotter. To put it […]

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NASA Explorers: Permafrost

NASA Explorers head back in time…by going underground. In the Arctic, a frozen layer of soil – permafrost – trapped dead plants and animals for thousands of years. As the […]

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NASA Explorers: Ice Odyssey

To know the evolution of sea ice and how we observe it from space is to know Dr. Claire Parkinson. Meet the scientist who continues to have a profound effect […]

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