November 16th 2017 PDT
(/After you have checked out the latest issue, see below for a new way to subscribe to EO Kids updates./) *Ocean Green: Blooming Oceans* In the latest edition of *EO Kids*, we explore the swirling seas of phytoplankton blooms and invite readers to create their own NASA science visualization by making a flipbook. Read about how these tiny organisms are making a big impact on our living Earth. Flip through the pages and see the ocean change color as phytoplankton blooms and the land changes between brown and green a ...Continue Reading
November 16th 2017 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BLOOM OFF NEW ZEALAND A phytoplankton blooms swirls in the waters of the Tasman Sea off New Zealand's South Island coast. * Bloom off of New Zealand (Image from Nov 13, 2017; Posted Nov 15, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91274&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
November 16th 2017 PDT
November 16, 2017 RELEASE 17-090*NASA Selects Instrument for Future International Mission to Martian Moons * Artist’s concept of Japan’s Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, carrying a NASA instrument to study the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. */Credits: JAXA/NASA/* NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrograph, will help scientists resolve one of ...Continue Reading
November 16th 2017 PDT
November 16, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-136*NASA Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite Rescheduled for Nov. 18* The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta II carrying the NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, has been rescheduled for 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. */Credits: NASA/Glenn Benson/* The launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series of four highly advanced ...Continue Reading
November 16th 2017 PDT
November 16, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-135*Tennessee Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on International Space Station* Spacewalkers Mark Vande Hei and Randy Bresnik are pictured Oct. 5, 2017, working outside the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Students at Southside Elementary School in Lebanon, Tennessee, will have the opportunity to speak with NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 10:05 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 20. The 20-minute, Earth-to ...Continue Reading
November 15th 2017 PDT
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 We are pleased to announce an update to the PO.DAAC State of the Ocean (SOTO) visualization tool: Version 4.2.1 is now available online at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto/. For questions or to provide feedback, please visit the State Of The Ocean (SOTO) Forum. SOTO is a suite of tools presented through an interactive, web-based visualization front end. It provides access to a broad range of satellite-derived products and key parameters of interest to the oceanogr ...Continue Reading
November 15th 2017 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 16 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 320 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2687 S07E55 177 0090 Cao 08 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/ ...Continue Reading
November 15th 2017 PDT
November 15, 2017 RELEASE 17-089*NASA’s Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Audit Result* *//* NASA has received an unmodified audit opinion on its Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017) financial statements, making this the seventh consecutive year of "clean" opinions. The agency released its FY 2017 Agency Financial Report (AFR) Wednesday, which provides details on its financial results and performance highlights. The auditor's unmodified opinion is that NASA's financial statements fairly present the agency's fin ...Continue Reading
November 15th 2017 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA In November 2017, satellites captured imagery of dust and silt being carried over the Gulf of Alaska. * Connecting the Dots Between Dust, Phytoplankton, and Ice Cores (Image from Nov 11, 2017; Posted Nov 15, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91267&src=nha -------------- ...Continue Reading
November 15th 2017 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 November 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Africa's Great Lake Hanging in the Balance: Scientists Monitor the Rise and Fall of Lake Chad https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/LakeChad/?src=eoa-features More than 30 million people in Africa depend on Lake Chad for fresh water. But satellite and ground-based data show that the once-great lake now spans less than a ...Continue Reading
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