Tag: Climate Change
NASA shares first dramatic images of Earth taken from the new Landsat 9 satellite
first stunning images show specific areas of the Earth and provide a wealth of data allowing us to monitor crop health, manage irrigation water, and witness the changing landscapes of our planet
NASA unveils Climate Action Plan
As the world faces rising maintenance and repair costs due to more frequent and extreme weather events …
Feds commit historic $3.46B to help U.S. prepare and mitigate effects of climate change
See how much $$ your state, tribe, or territory has been allocated
2020 tied for the hottest year on record
Human impact, greenhouse gas emissions, the Australian bush fires and El-Nino helped influence the 2020 global temps
Greta Thunberg donates $1.14 million in prize money to charities protecting the environment
Judges described the Swedish teen as “one of the most remarkable figures of our days”.
Greta Thunberg responds to Trump’s tweet criticizing Time naming her Person of the Year
The president has long wished to be named Time’s Person of the Year and wasn’t too happy with Thunberg being awarded that honor
Amazon and others commit to net zero carbon by 2040 and 100% renewable energy by 2030
Amazon makes the pledge – “Setting Goal to Meet the Paris Agreement 10 Years Early”
Earth’s continuing warming trend reveals 2018 as fourth warmest year in modern record
“ … impacts of long-term global warming are already being felt — in coastal flooding, heat waves, intense precipitation and ecosystem change.”
NASA and ULA launch ICESat-2 rocket to track changes in Earth’s ice measurements
NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. today, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented […]
NASA launching ICESat-2, advanced laser will measure earth’s changing ice levels
This September, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure – in unprecedented detail – changes in the heights of […]
