October 12, 2017 RELEASE 17-082*NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike* The last El Nino in 2015-16 impacted the amount of carbon dioxide that Earth’s tropical regions released into the atmosphere, leading to Earth’s recent record spike in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The effects of the El Nino were different in each region */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regio ...Continue Reading

NASA History Listserv Readers:             You may be interested in the follow announcement.  Please feel free to forward as appropriate.  Thanks,             Steve * * The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) is pleased to call for applications to the 2018 Fellowship Program. The Museum offers an array of in-residence opportunities, from the early-career pre- and post-doctoral Guggenheim fello ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2680 Issue Time: 2017 Oct 12 1405 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Oct 12 1350 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Oct 12 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 285 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Oct 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Oct 11 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 284 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Oct 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 October 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Explosive Fires in Northern California https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91103&src=eoa-iotd * Lava Beds National Monument https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91089&src=eoa-iotd * White River, South Dakota https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91096&src=eoa-iotd * A Blaze of Colo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * Explosive Fires in Northern California (Image from Oct 9, 2017; Posted Oct 12, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91103&src=nha -------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

  October 10, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-119*NASA Announces Briefing on Carbon Mission Science Results* NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, to discuss new research to be published this week on changing global levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The research is based on data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission and other satellites. NASA launched OCO-2 in 2014 to gather global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with ...Continue Reading

  October 10, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-121*NASA TV to Broadcast Hispanic Heritage Event * *//* NASA will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the James Webb Auditorium in the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 12, with a discussion of the contributions of Hispanics to NASA’s mission and the importance of Hispanic representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. ¡Latinos STEM Up! is open to the pub ...Continue Reading

  October 10, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-122*NASA to Televise International Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking* NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station *//* NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space S ...Continue Reading