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  1. NASA Earth Observatory

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  2. World Of Change - NASA Earth Observatory

    For many people, El Niño and La Niña mean floods or drought, but the events are actually a warming or cooling of the eastern Pacific Ocean that impacts rainfall.

  3. World of Change: Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada

    The wet year of 2011 buffered the initial effects of drought that returned in 2012, but dry conditions deepened in subsequent years. By March 2015, about one-third of the ground-based monitoring …

  4. Notes from the Field - NASA Earth Observatory

    Our group was interested in measuring the effects of forest fires on vegetation in the Dillingham region. There were several burned areas to the west of the Nuyakuk River and east of Cook Inlet.

  5. Collection - Astronaut Photography - NASA Earth Observatory

    At the junction of the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers, Botswana, increasing elephant populations are having large impacts on local vegetation. Scientists working in the region used spectral analysis of an …

  6. World of Change: Global Temperatures - NASA Earth Observatory

    These in situ measurements are analyzed using an algorithm that considers the varied spacing of temperature stations around the globe and urban heat island effects.

  7. Taking Stock of Carbon Dioxide Emissions - NASA Earth Observatory

    Emissions from deforestation alone make up a disproportionate amount of total carbon output in the Global South, which encompasses regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

  8. Collection - Applied Sciences - NASA Earth Observatory

    Sizing Up How Agriculture Connects to Deforestation Using satellite data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts on forests.

  9. Collection - Food and Agriculture - NASA Earth Observatory

    Jan 26, 2023 · Sizing Up How Agriculture Connects to Deforestation Using satellite data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts …

  10. Tropical Storm Alberto - NASA Earth Observatory

    Alberto, the first storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall midday on June 13, 2006, along a remote section of the northeast Gulf coast of Florida. As the storm moved inland across …