NASA confirms: this July was the hottest month on record.🌡️http://go.nasa.gov/3qwsszU

Our record starts in 1880, when consistent global recordkeeping became possible. It shows an undeniable pattern of increasing global temperatures, primarily from human emissions of carbon dioxide.
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#DYK? The Chilean Andes cause a rain shadow effect that results in minimal precipitation in the Atacama Desert, making it one of the driest places on Earth!

📷 : @Space_Station
📍: Chilean Andes, South America
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In 2022, severe lightning ignited fires in Alaska. 🔥

A year later, @VUamsterdam scientists with @nasa’s ABoVE project are studying the burned tundra to understand how Arctic fires impact plants, soil, permafrost and more. https://go.nasa.gov/3DQ2fiF
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Tropical Cyclone Khanun took a zigzagging path toward the Korean Peninsula.

The @NOAA-@nasa satellite Suomi NPP captured this image on August 8 when the storm had maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour. https://go.nasa.gov/3qnk6KX
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Seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near two large outlet glaciers in Greenland. 🌊🧊

A pocket of persistent open water – or polynya – had formed within the sea ice on July 21 (left). By July 25 (right), the sea ice had broken out. https://go.nasa.gov/3YntuL7
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NASA’s upcoming PACE mission will help scientists learn more about ocean ecology, including the species of phytoplankton present in blooms and the rates of their growth.

PACE is launching no earlier than January 2024. https://go.nasa.gov/45jhkFq
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A break in the clouds above the Barents Sea, one of the cloudiest places in the world. ☁️🌊☁️

Milky blue swirls of phytoplankton are present in this view from @nasa’s Terra satellite on Aug. 3. https://go.nasa.gov/3OxCGIq
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Prolonged heavy rains in northern Australia set off new plant growth across Channel Country.

More vegetation grew in areas like the Lake Eyre Basin, seen in these enhanced-color images from @nasa’s Terra satellite.

🌧️🌱: https://go.nasa.gov/47jc9a5
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An ocean of color 🎨

Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment colored the coastline of Vancouver Island in shades of turquoise and green. The @NOAA-20 satellite captured this image on July 26, 2023. https://go.nasa.gov/3KrDOvI
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Wildfire season is picking up in the U.S.

60 fires are burning across nine states in the western U.S., fueled by hot and dry conditions. On August 1, #Landsat 9 captured this image of smoke streaming away from the Bedrock Fire in Oregon. https://go.nasa.gov/3Kscai8
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Catching crop disease early 🍇

From the air, a NASA instrument helps spot a wine grape disease before it’s visible to the human eye. This remote sensing technique could help detect early signs of infection in this and other crops. https://go.nasa.gov/43XFeFk
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The answer is Windpark Fryslân, the largest freshwater wind farm on Earth!

The array of 89 wind turbines, located in Lake IJssel in the Netherlands, produces enough electricity to power about half a million homes. ⚡🏠 https://go.nasa.gov/3DJubVC
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Ready for a puzzler? 🤔🧩

Tell us where this is, what we’re looking at, and anything interesting about this satellite image. We’ll share the answer at 3pm ET.
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Good evening, Türkiye. 🌃

An astronaut aboard the @Space_Station took this nighttime photograph of the coastal Mediterranean city of Antalya, Türkiye in September 2022, showing the sharp contrast between urban infrastructure and natural areas. https://go.nasa.gov/3q5u43v
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Scientists from the Institute of Earth Sciences at @uni_iceland calculated that the eruption was discharging about 12 cubic meters of lava per second on July 17, similar to the 2021 and 2022 eruptions.

Read the full story: https://go.nasa.gov/3q98qeJ
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Water vapor, carbon dioxide & sulfur dioxide are the most abundant gases in volcanic plumes.

According to satellite sensors like TROPOMI and OMI, winds have mostly pushed the plume over the Atlantic Ocean, but has also affected air quality in Reykjavík.
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Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano is erupting again, igniting unusually large and long-lasting wildfires in nearby moss that grows atop old lava flows. 🌋

This enhanced-color #Landsat 9 image shows active lava (orange) and burn scars from the moss fires. https://go.nasa.gov/3q98qeJ
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This month, scientists from @nasa, @NOAA, and several universities are measuring air pollution in U.S. megacities!

NASA’s STAQS mission is studying air quality from sidewalk to satellite. The @noaa AEROMMA project is measuring atmospheric chemistry.
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NASA data is helping Bangladeshi rice farmers save water, money, and energy. 🌾

Scientists from @UW and Bangladesh are using satellite data to show farmers how much water they are using, how much they have, and how much their crops need. https://go.nasa.gov/3KqkVte
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Welcome to Wildfires 101 🔥

Wildfires are an important part of many ecosystems, but climate change is causing fires to burn larger, longer, and more often. @nasa science helps us learn about and prepare for fires in a warmer world. https://go.nasa.gov/47iWmIA

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NASA Tracks Wildfires From Above to Aid Firefighters Below

Every evening from late spring to early fall, two planes lift off from airports in the western United States and fly through the sunset, each headed for an active wildfire, and then another, and another.

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Is climate change the same as global warming? Not quite.

The warming of Earth — or global warming — is just one factor that makes up a range of changes that are happening to our planet, which is climate change.

And @nasa is studying all of it: https://climate.nasa.gov/

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Home – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA.

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The U.S. Southwest endured more than three weeks of extreme temperatures in July 2023.🌡️

This map shows air temperatures on July 25, 2023 using satellite observations and a @nasagoddard GEOS model. Temperatures over 113°F (45°C) are dark red. https://go.nasa.gov/44OhEMx
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Typhoon Khanun approached China’s coast on the heels of Typhoon Doksuri, which left a trail of destruction in the days prior.

The @noaa-20 satellite captured these images of Typhoons Khanun (left) and Doksuri (right) on July 31 and 27, respectively. https://go.nasa.gov/3KnkMa2
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After the breach of Kakhovka Dam in June 2023, the adjacent reservoir drained, leaving farmers in southern Ukraine to cope with depleted water supplies.

These #Landsat images show the reservoir and two canals before (left) and after (right) the breach. https://go.nasa.gov/3Yh4rt2
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NASA communicator Katy Mersmann gets inspiration from the science she works with.

Her piece is based on a data visualization of @NASAGISS GISTEMP's 2020 global surface temperature anomalies. 2020 is currently tied for the warmest year on record. https://go.nasa.gov/2XDI6rh
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On #WorldEmbroideryDay, Earth inspires some creative threads. 🧵🌎

Artist Danielle Currie titled her piece 46.69, 50.43 after the coordinates of an image caught by #Landsat 8 of the Caspian Sea. https://go.nasa.gov/3Y8TI3E 🌊
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Making (atmospheric) waves ☁️🌊

A thin layer of Saharan dust in the atmosphere helped expose gravity waves along the coast of Libya.

The @nasa Aqua satellite captured this image on July 9, 2023. https://go.nasa.gov/44xGnV7
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Researchers from @BoiseState and @USUAggies are using data from @nasa’s Earth satellites to measure beaver restoration impacts across Idaho and Utah – and help ranchers reintroduce beavers to their land.
🦫: https://go.nasa.gov/3XXfDuE

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"Beaver Believers" See Impacts of Rewilding Via NASA Data

Researchers are using NASA Earth observations to monitor impacts of beaver restoration on water availability in drought-prone ecosystems.

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