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Test your knowledge of how Earth is different from other planets, both within our solar system and beyond.

Test your knowledge of how Earth is different from other planets, both within our solar system and beyond.

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Learn how you can explore Earth Now's many features, including real-time data visualizations of Earth's vital signs and 3D models of Earth-orbiting satellite missions.
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'Earth Now' Tutorial
This video shows the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) during a single calendar year.
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Global Carbon Dioxide: 2020-2021
Video: how different factors, both natural and industrial, contribute to global warming.
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Video: How global warming stacks up
Video: NASA scientists release the first new global map of Earth at night since 2012.
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Video: Lights of human activity shine in NASA's image of Earth at night
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NASA Earth Right Now promo
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NASA Earth Right Now promo
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Climate time machine interactive
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Interactive: Climate time machine
A super high-definition view of how carbon dioxide in the air moves around the world with the winds.
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This visualization shows carbon emissions from fires from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2018. The color bar reflects the quantity of carbon emitted.
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Carbon Emissions from Fires: 2003-2018
Test your knowledge of ocean salinity and its relationship to climate change.
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Quiz: Ocean salinity
This animation shows how various temperature records and Arctic sea ice have changed between 1850 and 2018 from human and natural drivers of climate change.
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Human and Natural Drivers of Climate Change (1850-2018)
Video: The NASA satellite fleet in 2017, from low Earth orbit to the DSCOVR satellite taking in the million-mile view.
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Video: NASA's vantage point to view Earth
Video: Simulation of global clouds and aerosols from September 1, 2005, to December 31, 2005.
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Video: Simulated clouds and aerosols
Video: Using observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the atmosphere from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.
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Video: Following atmospheric carbon dioxide
A detailed look at Jupiter's and Earth's atmospheres and cores as we unlock mysteries of the solar system.
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Infographic: Jupiter and Earth: Giant discoveries ahead
This image shows a spinning formation of ice, clouds and low-lying fog off the eastern coast of Greenland. This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on May 14, 2001. This is a false-color composite image made using infrared, red and green wavelengths.
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Whirlpool
Whirlpool
Video: Southern Hemisphere ozone between July 1 and December 31 for selected years between 1979 and 2018.
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Video: Ozone Watch 2018
Video: Ozone Watch 2018
Las nubes son complicadas cuando se trata de la ciencia del clima, ya que calientan y enfrían la Tierra.
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Las nubes
Las nubes
Desde 1978, la NASA ha estado monitoreando los vientos oceánicos a través de la dispersometría, cuyos datos han mejorado los pronósticos meteorológicos y de huracanes y nos han ayudado a comprender mejor los patrones climáticos globales.
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Los vientos oceánicos
Los vientos oceánicos
Los aerosoles son diminutas partículas sólidas y líquidas suspendidas en la atmósfera.
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Me llamo Aerosol
Me llamo Aerosol
Land. Water. Fire. Ice. These elements are basic ingredients that make up planet Earth. Take a moment to admire the magnificent spectacle of our stunning home planet from the perspective of space.
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The IPCC's four key findings
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Test your knowledge about global temperature change and its impact on Earth's climate.
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Video: 2020 Hurricane Season

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Images of Change

Images of Change

Explore a stunning gallery of before-and-after images of Earth from land and space that reveal our home planet in a state of flux.
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Climate Time Machine

Climate Time Machine

Travel through Earth's recent climate history and see how increasing carbon dioxide, global temperature and sea ice have changed over time.
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Eyes on the Earth

Eyes on the Earth

Track Earth's vital signs from space and fly along with NASA's Earth-observing satellites in an interactive 3D visualization.
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Global Ice Viewer

Global Ice Viewer

Earth's ice cover is shrinking. See how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets.
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