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    The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission is able to measure ocean features, like El Niño, closer to a coastline than previous space-based missions.
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    Water-Watching Satellite Monitors Warming Ocean off California Coast
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    Water-Watching Satellite Monitors Warming Ocean off California Coast
    The instrument will enable nonprofit organization Carbon Mapper to pinpoint and measure methane and carbon dioxide sources from space.
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    NASA-Built Greenhouse Gas Detector Moves Closer to Launch
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    NASA-Built Greenhouse Gas Detector Moves Closer to Launch
    Summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
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    NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record
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    NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record
    As the climate changes, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing.
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    Extreme Weather and Climate Change
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    Extreme Weather and Climate Change
    No stranger to hot weather, the region is facing more humid heat waves that test the adaptability of its residents. But different areas feel different effects.
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    NASA Maps Key Heat Wave Differences in Southern California
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    NASA Maps Key Heat Wave Differences in Southern California
    According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record.
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    NASA Clocks July 2023 as Hottest Month on Record Ever Since 1880
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    NASA Clocks July 2023 as Hottest Month on Record Ever Since 1880
    If global temperatures reach 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, people worldwide could face multiple impacts of climate change simultaneously.
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    NASA Study Reveals Compounding Climate Risks at Two Degrees of Warming
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    NASA Study Reveals Compounding Climate Risks at Two Degrees of Warming
    In June 2023, a South American reservoir reached critically low levels due to an ongoing drought and human use. Click through to get the view from space.
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    Uruguay's Paso Severino Reservoir Dries Up
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    Uruguay's Paso Severino Reservoir Dries Up
    A lot of hard work goes into ensuring a spacecraft like the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite delivers accurate data.
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    Crews Head Down River, Out to Sea to Prep New SWOT Water Satellite
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    Crews Head Down River, Out to Sea to Prep New SWOT Water Satellite
    NASA leadership, including climate experts, will be available at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 20, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to shed light on recent extreme weather events, and discuss how NASA research and data is enabling climate solutions.
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    Update: NASA to Discuss Climate Work in Wake of Record High Temps
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    Update: NASA to Discuss Climate Work in Wake of Record High Temps
    Independent analyses by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information likewise found June 2023 to be the warmest June in their records.
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    NASA Finds June 2023 Hottest on Record
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    NASA Finds June 2023 Hottest on Record
    Built on opposite sides of the planet, the NISAR satellite will deepen understanding of climate change, deforestation, glacier melt, volcanoes, earthquakes, and more.
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    Powerful NASA-ISRO Earth Observing Satellite Coming Together in India
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    Powerful NASA-ISRO Earth Observing Satellite Coming Together in India