Scientists could gain access to higher-than-ever-resolution maps of global carbon dioxide and methane within the decade thanks to a proposed Caltech-led project on which Carnegie Science’s Anna M. Michalak is deputy principal investigator. The Carbon Investigation, or Carbon-I, was recently named by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration as one of four finalists for upcoming space missions; the two winning projects will be announced next year and will launch in 2030 and 2032.
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Summary – NASA has launched a new satellite, dubbed PACE, under its earth sciences program. Its name is an acronym for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem satellite mission. It was sent into space from Cape Canaveral by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. NASA’s goal is to observe phytoplankton in the oceans, which are important to Earth’s carbon cycle. These phytoplankton are critical to Earth’s food chain. Currently, global warming is having adverse impacts on them, and NASA is using this new satellite so that further research might be conducted on how to prevent harm and provide aid to the carbon system in the future most effectively. It utilizes hyperspectral technology, which monitors ocean color to determine the amounts of phytoplankton in certain areas. Takeaways – The carbon cycle provides crucial stability to the atmosphere and to the air we breathe. Being able to monitor the phytoplankton which contribute heavily to the wellbeing of the atmosphere and the health of the environment. This technology will allow for this monitoring to increase on a large scale. Implication—The ability to monitor phytoplankton allows for greater amounts of preventative measures to be taken towards global warming in the future. If NASA is able to effectively identify which parts of the ocean require the greatest focus in restoring phytoplankton to aid the environment, businesses can capitalize off of this information by taking their own action and marketing this aid to the public. Larger space firms such as Blue Origin or SpaceX might also be able to replicate NASA’s technologies and profit off of them. https://lnkd.in/gAY4PF6N
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"Launched to the International Space Station in 2022, EMIT – short for Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation – is an imaging spectrometer developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The mission fills a crucial need among climate scientists for more detailed information on surface mineral composition. ....Aside from tracking 10 key minerals that are part of its primary mission, EMIT data is being used to identify a range of other minerals, types of vegetation, snow and ice, and even human-produced substances at or near Earth’s surface. And with vastly more measurements at their disposal, researchers will be able to find statistical relationships between surface characteristics and other features of interest. ....EMIT was selected from the Earth Venture Instrument-4 solicitation under the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and was developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California. The instrument’s data is available at the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center for use by other researchers and the public." Link: https://lnkd.in/gPdYXPA6 #Space #NASA #Data #EO #Climate #Technology
NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions
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👋🏼 from COP28. NASA just released the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center with our partners EPA, NOAA and NIST. This is an example of open sharing of scientific data to improve life on 🌍. Proud to see this idea 💡 come to life! The first three areas of focus are: *Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities *Naturally occurring greenhouse gas sources and sinks on land and in the ocean. *Large methane emission event identification and quantification, leveraging aircraft and space-based data. More info here: https://lnkd.in/gtXcpxia COP28 UAE NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NASA, Partners Launch US Greenhouse Gas Center to Share Climate Data
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"Earlier this week, the European Union's Earth #science team came out with its analysis of 2023's global #temperatures, finding it was the warmest year on record to date. In an era of #globalwarming, that's not especially surprising. What was unusual was how 2023 set its record—every month from June on coming in far above any equivalent month in the past—and the size of the gap between 2023 and any previous year on record. The Copernicus dataset used for that analysis isn't the only one of the sort, and on Friday, Berkeley Earth, #NASA, and the NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration all released equivalent reports. And all of them largely agree with the EU's: 2023 was a record, and an unusual one at that. So unusual that NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's chief #climate scientist, Gavin Schmidt, introduced his look at 2023 by saying, "We're frankly astonished." Despite the overlaps with the earlier analysis, each of the three new ones adds some details that flesh out what made last year so unusual." (...)
NASA scientist on 2023 temperatures: “We’re frankly astonished”
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This is one of the most innovative breakthroughs in climate space, IMO it is because I have had this dream and vision to integrate direct air capture (DAC) into spacecrafts. I didn’t agree to stop air travel or space exploration because of the trajectory we are on with the climate crisis (which is pretty depressing and requires urgency), however, I have always advocated and voiced my strong view on bringing alternative solutions to it just like electrifying through renewables. We must understand the challenges of some of these technologies and limitations with physics yet here we are on the way to alternate through integration for another sucker called methane which is a first cousin to CO2. #climatesolutions
In the world of climate polluters, methane stands as a formidable yet often underestimated foe. Molecule for molecule, it packs a much more potent punch than its widely acknowledged heat-trapping counterpart, carbon dioxide. But there's hope on the horizon, and it comes in the form of cutting-edge technology and collaborative efforts from Carbon Mapper and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. These organizations are spearheading a mission to not just track but combat methane emissions, taking us one step closer to a sustainable future. Discover how the 'eyes in the sky' are revolutionizing the way we monitor and mitigate the invisible threat of methane in this Marketplace Business News piece: https://bit.ly/3PeaWd2
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