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A recent study coauthored by NASA shows that rainfall might provide the energy needed for these vesicles to form.Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Perpetual Resonance” by Lee John Gretton [PRS]Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel and Facebook. || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3_print.jpg (1024x576) [112.3 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3.jpg (1280x720) [362.4 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3.png (1280x720) [734.2 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.2 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_720.mp4 (1280x720) [39.0 MB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [218.4 MB] || TitanVesiclesCaptions.en_US.srt [3.8 KB] || TitanVesiclesCaptions.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.3 GB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [8.0 GB] || ", "hits": 352 }, { "id": 20411, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20411/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2026-01-14T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Pathway to Protocells on Titan – Animations", "description": "These animations illustrate how simple protocells could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. When rain falls from Titan’s methane clouds into its hydrocarbon lakes, it can transport organic molecules like acrylonitrile that are attracted to both water and oil. Such amphiphile molecules are likely to collect in a thin film on the surface of Titan’s lakes. As large raindrops pelt the lakes, they could stir up this floating “pond scum” to form spherical droplets of methane coated in a bilayer of amphiphiles – structures called vesicles that resemble cell membranes on Earth.Although such vesicles have yet to be detected on Titan, a 2025 study by Christian Mayer and NASA scientist Conor Nixon lays out the process for their formation and evolution, and it proposes a mechanism for their discovery by a future mission to Titan. The paper also proposes that different mixtures of amphiphiles could stabilize vesicles and lead to the evolution of simple protocells on Titan. || ", "hits": 268 }, { "id": 14854, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14854/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-06-17T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "From Space to Soil: How NASA Sees Forests", "description": "Music: \"Overview Effect,\" \"All In Stride,\" Universal Production Music. NASA utilizes advanced satellite lidar technology to better understand and observe Earth’s forests—crucial ecosystems that absorb roughly 30 percent of atmospheric carbon. Remote sensing scientist, Laura Duncanson, explains the challenge of studying vast, remote regions where traditional field research is limited. For over 50 years, satellites like Landsat have tracked forest cover, but have lacked the ability to measure how much carbon these forests contain. That’s where NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission comes in. GEDI provides high-resolution 3D data on tree canopy height, canopy structure, and surface elevation, allowing scientists to determine forest biomass. However, based on GEDI’s orbit on the International Space Station (ISS), it is unable to capture data near Earth’s poles. To fill that gap, NASA uses the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), which, although not originally designed for forests, provides complementary 3D forest data, especially in boreal regions. Together, the two lidar systems enable the first comprehensive global biomass map, revealing where and how much carbon is being lost or regained in forests. With this new understanding comes smarter conservation and restoration efforts, assisting in identifying carbon-rich areas to prioritize protection. With these NASA Earth science missions, we can see a clearer global picture of our planet and its carbon balance. Find out more about NASA’s Earth Sciences Division at https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth.This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by external sources (see list below) is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. 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Though human activities, including agriculture, oil and natural gas production and use, and waste disposal, collectively contribute the majority of methane to the atmosphere, about a third of total methane emissions comes from wetlands. Wetland habitats are filled with things like waterlogged soils and permafrost, which makes them sizable carbon sinks. However, as the climate changes, these carbon-rich soils are vulnerable to flooding and to rising temperatures, which can release more carbon to the atmosphere in the form of methane. Understanding methane emissions from natural sources like wetlands is critically important to scientists and policymakers who are working to ensure that changes in natural systems don’t counteract progress in combatting climate change made by reducing emissions from human activities.This animation shows estimates of wetland methane emissions produced by the Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ-DGVM) Wald Schnee und Landscaft version (LPJ-wsl). LPJ-wsl is a prognostic model, meaning that it can be used to simulate future changes in wetland emissions and independently verified with remote sensing data products. The model includes a complex, topography dependent model of near surface hydrology, and a permafrost and dynamic snow model, allowing it to produce realistic distributions of inundated areas. Highlighted areas show concentrated methane sources from tropical and high latitude ecosystems. The LPJ-wsl model is regularly used in conjunction with NASA’s GEOS model to simulate the impact of wetlands and other methane sources on atmospheric methane concentrations, compare against satellite and airborne data, and to improve understanding and prediction of wetland emissions. 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It then cycles through over three decades of classification data for the entire Northern half of Brazil. We then zoom down to the town of Novo Progresso and compare its relative size to the San Francisco Bay region. Next we cycle through over three decades of transformation in the region showing how the north/south corridor of this region changed over time. 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Next we cycle through over three decades of transformation in the region showing how the north/south corridor of this area opened up over time. Lastly, we fade in 2019 fire data to indicate how the data will continue to change into the upcoming year. || novo_wide_finalcomp.2009_print.jpg (1024x576) [387.4 KB] || novo_wide_finalcomp.1116_print.jpg (1024x576) [221.0 KB] || novo_wide_finalcomp_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [30.2 MB] || novo_wide_finalcomp_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [3.7 MB] || Example_Composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || novo_wide_finalcomp_1080p30_2.mp4.hwshow [195 bytes] || ", "hits": 98 }, { "id": 4828, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4828/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2021-04-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Colider Land Use Data Over Time", "description": "This data visualization begins with a wide view of Northern Brazil. It then zooms down to the region surrounding the town of Colider and compares its relative size to Northern California. 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It then zooms down to the region surrounding the town of Ji Parana and compares its relative size to the San Francisco Bay area. Next we cycle through over three decades of land use transformation showing cropland a pasture expansion over time. 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It then zooms down to the Uatumã Biological Reserve and compares its relative size to the San Francisco Bay area. Next we cycle through over three decades of land use transformation to show the lake formation over time as well as the increased pasture and croplands to the west of the lake. 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Next we cycle through over three decades of transformation in the region showing land use change over time. Lastly, we fade in 2019 fire data to indicate how the data will continue to change into the upcoming year. || brazil_wide_finalcomp.2009_print.jpg (1024x576) [451.8 KB] || brazil_wide_finalcomp.2009_searchweb.png (320x180) [128.6 KB] || brazil_wide_finalcomp.2009_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || brazil_wide_finalcomp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [31.3 MB] || Sample_Composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || brazil_wide_finalcomp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [3.8 MB] || brazil_wide_finalcomp_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [195 bytes] || ", "hits": 84 }, { "id": 13694, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13694/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2021-04-19T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Tracking Amazon Deforestation", "description": "The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, nearly as big as the continental United States. But every year, less of that forest is still standing. Today's deforestation across the Amazon frontier is tractors and bulldozers clearing large swaths to make room for industrial-scale cattle ranching and crops. Landsat satellite data is used to map land cover in Brazil with a historical perspective, going back to 1984.Music: Organic Circuit by Richard Birkin [PRS]; Into the Atmosphere by Sam Joseph Delves [PRS]; Ethereal Journey by Noé Bailleux [SACEM]; Wildfires by Magnum Opus [ASCAP]; Letter For Tomorrow by Anthony d’Amario [SACEM].Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || Amazon_clearing_poster.jpg (3840x2160) [2.4 MB] || Amazon_clearing_DSC_1491.jpg (6000x4000) [5.3 MB] || Amazon_clearing_poster_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.6 KB] || Amazon_clearing_poster_thm.png (80x40) [5.8 KB] || 13694_Amazon_deforestation_yt.mp4 (1920x1080) [417.9 MB] || 13694_Amazon_deforestation_tw.mp4 (1280x720) [89.4 MB] || 13694_Amazon_deforestation_yt.webm (1920x1080) [45.5 MB] || 13694_Amazon_deforestation-captions.en_US.srt [7.1 KB] || 13694_Amazon_deforestation-captions.en_US.vtt [6.9 KB] || ", "hits": 837 }, { "id": 4900, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4900/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2021-04-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Novo Progresso Deforestation Soccer Field Comparison", "description": "Animation begins with a stylized bright green soccer field. Soccer fields then fall into place over a recently deforested field showing the estimated size of the newly cleared field. The camera then pulls back to reveal all the recently deforested areas (shown in bright green) around Novo Progresso from 2017 to 2018. || soccer_comp.0700_print.jpg (1024x576) [161.5 KB] || soccer_comp.0700_searchweb.png (320x180) [85.8 KB] || soccer_comp.0700_thm.png (80x40) [14.1 KB] || soccer_2017_2018_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [28.6 MB] || 2017_to_2018 (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || soccer_2017_2018_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.7 MB] || soccer_2017_2018_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [190 bytes] || ", "hits": 116 }, { "id": 4877, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4877/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2021-04-05T15:30:00-04:00", "title": "Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic", "description": "Animal movement tracking across the arctic on top of seasonal natural phenomena like changing vegetation, snow (white), and sea ice (light purple).This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || migration_final_024.1000_print.jpg (1024x576) [74.8 KB] || migration_final_024.1000_print_print.jpg (1024x576) [36.9 KB] || migration_final_024.1000_print_searchweb.png (320x180) [52.6 KB] || migration_final_024.1000_print_web.png (320x180) [52.6 KB] || migration_final_024.1000_print_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || migration_final_024_1080p59.94.webm (1920x1080) [17.1 MB] || migration_final_024_1080p59.94.mp4 (1920x1080) [103.0 MB] || north_america (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || captions_silent.30466.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || migration_final_024_2160p59.94.mp4 (3840x2160) [297.5 MB] || migration_final_024_1080p.hwshow [83 bytes] || ", "hits": 160 }, { "id": 13800, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13800/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2021-03-22T09:30:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat Helps Warn of Algae in Lakes and Rivers", "description": "From space, satellites including the NASA and U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat 8 can help scientists identify lakes where an algal bloom has formed. It’s a complicated data analysis process, but one that researchers are automating so resource managers around the country can use the satellite data to identify potential problems.Music: Light From Dark by Adam Salkedi, Neil Pollard [PRS], published by Atmosphere Music Ltd.; Experimental Design by Laurent Dury [SACEM], published by Koka Media; Against The Wall by Benjamin Peter McAvoy [PRS], published by Sound Pocket Music; Brainstorming by Laurent Dury[SACEM], published by Koka Media; Together As One by Le Fat Club [SACEM], Olivier Grim [SACEM]; published by Koka Media.Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 13800_aquatic_reflection_poster.png (1564x936) [2.7 MB] || 13800_aquatic_reflection_poster_print.jpg (1024x612) [237.1 KB] || 13800_aquatic_reflection_poster_searchweb.png (320x180) [130.5 KB] || 13800_aquatic_reflection_poster_thm.png (80x40) [10.8 KB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance_prores.mov (1920x1080) [5.3 GB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance_yt.mp4 (1920x1080) [632.1 MB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance_fb.mp4 (1920x1080) [473.0 MB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance_tw-720.mp4 (1280x720) [161.2 MB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance_yt.webm (1920x1080) [21.7 MB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance-captions.en_US.srt [9.4 KB] || 13800_aquatic_reflectance-captions.en_US.vtt [9.0 KB] || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 13734, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13734/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-11-17T09:45:00-05:00", "title": "Technology Meets Conservation", "description": "In a constantly changing world, the protection of our planet’s endangered species and ecosystems is a priority for ecologists. Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Idaho have worked to combine their extensive on-the-ground research of the endangered Yuma Ridgway’s rail with Landsat’s vast archive, to create a habitat suitability model that can be used by land managers. By using this model, it gives land managers the tools and data to make decisions of how to best carry out conservation for the Yuma Ridgway’s rail on a year to year basis. With the success of this initial model, it’s hypothesized that this tool will be able to help additional species in the area and others down the road.To view the map, click https://sites.google.com/view/habitatsuitability-yrr/homeThe Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Landsat satellites have been consistently gathering data about our planet since 1972. They continue to improve and expand this unparalleled record of Earth's changing landscapes for the benefit of all. || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 4865, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4865/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2020-10-16T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel", "description": "Visualization showing study region, climate zones, close up of high res satellite data with machine learning-based tree crown regions, counting of trees, and overall tree counts and areaThis video is also available on our YouTube channel. || tree_counting_030_1080p59.94.02760_print.jpg (1024x576) [202.7 KB] || tree_counting_030_1080p59.94.02760_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.6 KB] || tree_counting_030_1080p59.94.02760_thm.png (80x40) [7.4 KB] || tree_counting_030_1080p59.94.mp4 (1920x1080) [37.1 MB] || tree_counting_030_1080p59.94.webm (1920x1080) [11.1 MB] || english (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || captions_silent.30076.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || tree_counting_030_2160p59.94.mp4 (3840x2160) [116.2 MB] || ", "hits": 134 }, { "id": 13723, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13723/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-09-22T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Greening Driven by Warmer Temperatures", "description": "Data from NASA/USGS Landsat satellites show that during 1985-2016, vegetation in the arctic tundra showed a 38% increase in greenness – representing plants growing more, becoming denser, and/or shrubs encroaching on typical tundra grasses and moss.Complete transcript available.Music: The Rework, by Josslin Bordat [SACEM], published by Koka Media [SACEM], available from Universal Production Music || 13723_ArcticGreening-468.jpg (1421x800) [140.8 KB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-468_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.7 KB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-468_thm.png (80x40) [11.2 KB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-v2.mp4 (1920x1080) [110.1 MB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-v2-twitter.mp4 (1920x1080) [34.0 MB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-v2.webm (1920x1080) [12.0 MB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-v2.en_US.srt [2.0 KB] || 13723_ArcticGreening-v2.en_US.vtt [2.0 KB] || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 13614, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13614/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-05-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "40 Years of Forest Recovery", "description": "The long record of Landsat data (since 1972) is helping scientists Sean Healey and Zhiqiang Yang of the Rocky Mountain Research Station (U.S. Forest Service) study the long-term impact of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. With Landsat data for 8 years before the eruption, and 40 years since, they have calculated the percent tree cover for each year, watching as vegetation grows back.Music: The Waiting Room by Sam Dodson [PRS], published by Atmosphere Music Ltd [PRS]; Inner Strength by Brava [SGAE], Dsilence [SGAE], Input [SGAE] , Output [SGAE], published by El Murmullo Sarao [SGAE], Universal Sarao [SGAE], Some Assembly by Kyle Fredrickson [ASCAP] and Taylor Alexander Locke [BMI], published by Killer Tracks [BMI], Soundcast Music [SESAC], and Light From Dark by Adam Salkeld [PRS] and Neil Pollard [PRS], published by Atmosphere Music Ltd [PRS], all available from Universal Production Music.Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_Landsat.png (1920x1080) [4.0 MB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_print.png (1920x1080) [3.5 MB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_print_print.jpg (1024x576) [287.9 KB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_print_searchweb.png (320x180) [106.3 KB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_print_thm.png (80x40) [7.4 KB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_prores.mov (1920x1080) [11.9 GB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_youtube.mp4 (1920x1080) [411.3 MB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_facebook.mp4 (1920x1080) [354.9 MB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_twitter.mp4 (1504x846) [139.3 MB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens_youtube.webm (1920x1080) [47.9 MB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens-captions.en_US.srt [8.6 KB] || 13614_Mt_St_Helens-captions.en_US.vtt [8.6 KB] || ", "hits": 84 }, { "id": 4800, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4800/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2020-03-19T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "JPSS Green Vegetation Fraction (GVF)", "description": "The visualization depicts Green Vegetation Fraction (GVF) based on data collected by the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-20 satellite. || gvf_18.0550_print.jpg (1024x576) [90.7 KB] || gvf_18.0550_searchweb.png (320x180) [56.2 KB] || gvf_18.0550_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || jpss_gvf_02_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.7 MB] || jpss_gvf_02_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.3 MB] || jpss_gvf_02_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [72.9 MB] || JPSS_Greening_02 (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || jpss_gvf_02_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [185 bytes] || ", "hits": 204 }, { "id": 31053, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31053/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2019-12-02T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global Vegetation Index, Terra MODIS", "description": "One of the primary interests of NASA's Earth Sciences Program is to study the role of terrestrial vegetation in large-scale processes with the goal of understanding how our world functions as a system. These maps show Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values—a measure of the \"greenness\" of Earth's landscapes—from February 2000 to the present. The values, derived using data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra satellite, range from -0.1 to 0.9 and have no unit. Rather, they are index values in which higher values (0.4 to 0.9) show lands covered by green, leafy vegetation and lower values (0 to 0.4) show lands where there is little or no vegetation. Dark green areas show where there was a lot of green leaf growth; light greens show where there was some green leaf growth; and tan areas show little or no growth. Black means no data. || ", "hits": 257 }, { "id": 4735, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4735/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2019-07-29T18:30:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Surveys Hurricane Damage to Puerto Rico's Forests (Data Viz Version)", "description": "Hurricane Maria transformed the lush rainforests of Puerto Rico leaving lots of openings in the forest canopy. NASA scientists studied the island's forests before and after the storm. Goddard's Lidar, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager (G-LiHT) is a portable instrument that maps forest health and structure from a small airplane resulting in detailed 3-D views of the forest. G-LiHT sends out 600,000 laser pulses every second mapping leaves and branches, rocks and streams. Almost 60% of the canopy trees lost branches, snapped in half, or were uprooted. Trees with wide, spreading crowns were reduced to a slender main trunk. Forests in Puerto Rico are now one-third shorter on average, after Hurricane Maria. The disturbances affected the whole ecosystem, from soils and streams to birds and frogs. G-LiHT data will help scientists understand how forests and wildlife respond to future changes. || SIGGRAPH_lidar_over_Puerto_Rico.01000_print.jpg (1024x576) [90.3 KB] || SIGGRAPH_lidar_over_Puerto_Rico.01000_searchweb.png (320x180) [89.6 KB] || SIGGRAPH_lidar_over_Puerto_Rico.01000_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || SIGGRAPH_PuertoRicoLidar.webm (1920x1080) [19.9 MB] || SIGGRAPH_lidar_over_Puerto_Rico.webm (1920x1080) [21.4 MB] || SIGGRAPH_PuertoRicoLidar.mp4 (1920x1080) [253.0 MB] || ", "hits": 55 }, { "id": 13262, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13262/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-07-22T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA and NOAA Take to the Air to Chase Smoke", "description": "Music: Broad Horizons by Chris White [PRS]Complete transcript available. || Still.png (1773x995) [3.3 MB] || Still_print.jpg (1024x574) [163.4 KB] || Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [119.4 KB] || Still_thm.png (80x40) [7.0 KB] || TWITTER_720_13692_FIREExKickoff_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [27.0 MB] || 13692_FIREExKickoff.webm (960x540) [44.5 MB] || 13262_FIREExKickoff.mov (1920x1080) [1.4 GB] || YOUTUBE_1080_13692_FIREExKickoff_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [207.3 MB] || 13262_FIREEx.en_US.srt [2.9 KB] || 13262_FIREEx.en_US.vtt [2.9 KB] || ", "hits": 217 }, { "id": 13222, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13222/", "result_type": "B-Roll", "release_date": "2019-06-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Goddard Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory (Footage)", "description": "Highlight reel of the NASA Goddard Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory. Available for download in broadcast-quality Apple ProRes. || Astrobiology_Lab_Preview_print.jpg (1024x576) [151.9 KB] || Astrobiology_Lab_Preview.jpg (1920x1080) [302.5 KB] || Astrobiology_Lab_Preview_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.9 KB] || Astrobiology_Lab_Preview_thm.png (80x40) [7.5 KB] || TWITTER_720_Astrobiology_Lab_Highlights_V2_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [25.1 MB] || Astrobiology_Lab_Highlights_V2.webm (960x540) [59.9 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_Astrobiology_Lab_Highlights_V2_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [159.2 MB] || Astrobiology_Lab_Highlights_V2.mp4 (1920x1080) [233.7 MB] || YOUTUBE_1080_Astrobiology_Lab_Highlights_V2_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [220.9 MB] || Astrobiology_Lab_Highlights_V2.mov (1920x1080) [4.5 GB] || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 12590, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12590/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-12-10T09:45:00-05:00", "title": "3-D Views of Puerto Rico's Forests After Hurricane Maria", "description": "To get a detailed look at vegetation and land cover, NASA uses an airborne instrument called Goddard’s Lidar, Hyperspectral and Thermal Airborne Imager, or G-LiHT. From the belly of a small aircraft flying one thousand feet above the trees, G-LiHT collects multiple measurements of forests, including high-resolution photographs, surface temperatures and the heights and structure of the vegetation. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.Music: Letting the Past Go, by Ben Hales [PRS], Matt Hales [PRS] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_youtube_1080.00248_print.jpg (1024x576) [311.0 KB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_youtube_1080.00248_searchweb.png (320x180) [126.9 KB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_youtube_1080.00248_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [29.6 MB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar.webm (960x540) [49.2 MB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [182.1 MB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [193.0 MB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar-captions.en_US.srt [1.6 KB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar-captions.en_US.vtt [1.6 KB] || 12590_Puerto_Rico_lidar_prores.mov (1920x1080) [1.7 GB] || ", "hits": 68 }, { "id": 4700, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4700/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2018-12-05T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "PACE - Studying Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and the Ocean Ecosystem", "description": "The visualization starts close on the PACE spacecraft. A representative data swath is shown, depicting biosphere plankton data. The camera then pulls out to show the spacecraft's polar orbit. Complete global coverage is achieved after approximately two days of orbits. Over time, the data swath cycles between biosphere, aerosol, and cloud data, representing PACE's collective mission to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. This version end with animated biosphere data. || pace_v2_4k_0245_print.jpg (1024x576) [36.4 KB] || pace_v2_4k_0245_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.7 KB] || pace_v2_4k_0245_thm.png (80x40) [3.7 KB] || pace_v3_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [30.0 MB] || pace_comp3_animated-biosphere (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || pace_v3_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [94.4 MB] || pace_v3_2160p30.webm (3840x2160) [19.1 MB] || 600-science-overview-003.hwshow || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 13100, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13100/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-11-07T07:45:00-05:00", "title": "GEDI: Mapping Carbon in 3-D", "description": "The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument will measure forest structure and canopy height, from a perch on the International Space Station. By sending laser pulses down to Earth, GEDI will generate a three-dimensional map of forest structure that will allow scientists to better understand where carbon is being stored around the world.Music: \"Hard Thinking\" by Leonard-Morgen and \"Hidden Files\" by Sam Dodson [PRS] Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 13100_GEDI_texter_still_print.jpg (1024x576) [121.7 KB] || 13100_GEDI_texter_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [103.7 KB] || 13100_GEDI_texter_still_thm.png (80x40) [8.2 KB] || 13100_GEDI_texter_still.tif (1920x1080) [7.9 MB] || 13100_GEDI_texter.webm (1920x1080) [10.5 MB] || 13100_GEDI_texter.mp4 (1920x1080) [152.6 MB] || 13100_GEDI_texter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [152.3 MB] || 13100_GEDI_texter-captions.en_US.srt [1.4 KB] || 13100_GEDI_texter-captions.en_US.vtt [1.5 KB] || 13100_GEDI_texter.mov (1920x1080) [2.6 GB] || ", "hits": 116 }, { "id": 13090, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13090/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "GEDI Media Resources", "description": "The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) uses laser pulses to give a view of the 3D structure of the Earth. GEDI’s precise measurements of the height and vertical structure of forest canopy, along with the surface elevation, will greatly advance our ability to characterize important carbon and water cycling processes, biodiversity, and habitat. The mission is led by the University of Maryland, College Park, and the instrument was built and tested at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.GEDI observes nearly all tropical and temperate forests using a self-contained laser altimeter on the International Space Station. GEDI has the highest resolution and densest sampling of any lidar ever put in orbit. This has required a number of innovative technologies to be developed at NASA Goddard.GEDI has three lasers that produce 8 parallel tracks of observations. Each laser fires 242 times per second and illuminates a 25-meter footprint on the surface over which 3D structure is measured. Each footprint is separated by 60 meters along the track, with an across-track distance of about 600 m between each of the 8 tracks. GEDI is expected to produce about 10 billion cloud-free observations during its nominal 24-month mission length.With these observations, GEDI will provide answers to how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations, how much carbon forests will absorb in the future, and how habitat degradation will affect global biodiversity. This data is of immense value for forest and water resource management, carbon cycle science, and weather prediction.For more information about GEDI: https://gedi.umd.edu || ", "hits": 255 }, { "id": 30988, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30988/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2018-08-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth System Diagram", "description": "Diagram showing parts of the Earth system. || earth_system_diagram_print.jpg (1024x574) [115.6 KB] || earth_system_diagram.png (4104x2304) [1.2 MB] || earth_system_diagram_searchweb.png (320x180) [63.5 KB] || earth_system_diagram_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || earth_system_diagram.hwshow [208 bytes] || ", "hits": 326 }, { "id": 13032, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13032/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-08-08T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone", "description": "A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign will study the fates and carbon cycle impacts of microscopic underwater organisms.The large multidisciplinary team, including members from more than 20 different research institutions, is accompanied by advanced underwater robotics and other instruments on a month-long campaign to study the secret lives of tiny organisms called phytoplankton, and the animals that eat them. These organisms can have a large impact on Earth's carbon cycle, storing carbon dioxide in a part of the ocean known as the twilight zone, between 650 and 3300 feet below the surface. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 12991, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12991/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-07-10T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Surveys Hurricane Damage to Puerto Rico's Forests", "description": "Overview of field expedition to Puerto Rico in April 2018, to survey the recovery of forests since Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the island seven months before.Complete transcript available.Music: Treehouse Imaginations by Zachary Scott Lemon [BMI]Down Terrace by Damien Deschamps [SACEM]Reloj by Kevin Carbo [BMI]Living Forest by Luca Proietti [SIAE]Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 12991-mangroves_and_plane_wing_IMG_0852.jpg (5184x3456) [1.3 MB] || 12991-mangroves_and_plane_wing_IMG_0852_searchweb.png (320x180) [84.2 KB] || 12991-mangroves_and_plane_wing_IMG_0852_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar_V2_prores.mov (1920x1080) [8.9 GB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar_V2_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [558.3 MB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar_V2.mp4 (1920x1080) [328.9 MB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar_V2_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [343.8 MB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar_V2_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [563.1 MB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [78.7 MB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar.webm (1920x1080) [39.1 MB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar-captions.en_US.srt [7.4 KB] || 12991_Puerto_Rico_lidar-captions.en_US.vtt [7.4 KB] || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 4530, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4530/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2018-06-12T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "50 Kilometers of Brazilian Forest Canopy", "description": "This visualization shows an airplane collecting a 50 kilometer swath of lidar data over the Brazilian rainforest. For ground level features, colors range from deep brown to tan. Vegetation heights are depicted in shades of green, where dark greens are closest to the ground and light greens are the highest. || transect2014.17900_print.jpg (1024x576) [106.2 KB] || transect2014.17900_searchweb.png (320x180) [44.6 KB] || transect2014.17900_thm.png (80x40) [4.1 KB] || transect2014_720p30.webm (1280x720) [71.4 MB] || transect2014_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [132.4 MB] || transect2014_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [311.2 MB] || transect2014_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [30.3 MB] || transect2014 (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || transect2014_2160p30_3.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.2 GB] || transect2014_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [212 bytes] || ", "hits": 103 }, { "id": 12982, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12982/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-06-12T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Amazon Canopy Comes to Life through Laser Data", "description": "Flying over the Brazilian Amazon with an instrument firing 300,000 laser pulses per second, NASA scientists have made the first 3D measurements of forest canopies in the region. With this research they hope to shed light on the effects of prolonged drought on forest ecosystems and to provide a potential preview of stresses on rainforests in a warming world.Complete transcript available. || Amazon_lidar_2018_final.00150_print.jpg (1024x576) [36.8 KB] || Amazon_lidar_2018_final.00150_searchweb.png (180x320) [21.4 KB] || Amazon_lidar_2018_final.00150_web.png (320x180) [21.4 KB] || Amazon_lidar_2018_final.00150_thm.png (80x40) [2.0 KB] || Amazon_lidar_2018_prores.mov (1920x1280) [4.5 GB] || Amazon_lidar_2018_final.mp4 (1920x1080) [705.9 MB] || Amazon_lidar_2018_final.webm (1920x1080) [17.2 MB] || 12982.AmazonLidar2018.cc.en_US.vtt [2.5 KB] || 12982.AmazonLidar2018.cc.en_US.srt [2.4 KB] || ", "hits": 174 }, { "id": 12939, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12939/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-05-04T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "May the Forest Be with You: GEDI Moves Toward Launch To Space Station", "description": "Music: Navigating the Nebulae by Or Kribos and Udi HarpazComplete transcript available. || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_UPDATED.00_00_29_17.Still002.png (1920x1080) [1.4 MB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_UPDATED.00_00_29_17.Still002_print.jpg (1024x576) [99.9 KB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_UPDATED.00_00_29_17.Still002_searchweb.png (320x180) [48.1 KB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_UPDATED.00_00_29_17.Still002_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || FACEBOOK_720_GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [55.1 MB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V8.mp4 (1920x1080) [44.8 MB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9.webm (960x540) [17.7 MB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [44.3 MB] || TWITTER_720_GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [9.9 MB] || YOUTUBE_1080_GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [72.4 MB] || YOUTUBE_720_GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [71.1 MB] || CH28_GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_ch28.mov (1280x720) [416.8 MB] || GEDIStarWarsDaywotextonscreen.mov (1920x1080) [594.2 MB] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_Captions.en_US.srt [866 bytes] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_Captions.en_US.vtt [878 bytes] || GEDI_Star_Wars_Day_V9_lowres.mp4 (480x272) [6.1 MB] || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 12858, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12858/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-02-09T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Candid Look at NASA's \"Living Planet\"", "description": "Creating a major scientific visualization takes considerable time and expertise. A team of scientists and data visualizers work together to building an artful depiction of hard data - whether it be an animation of sea surface temperature, hurricane paths, or life on Planet Earth. Get a closer look at how the \"Living Planet\" visualization was created from the perspective of scientists Gene Feldman and Compton Tucker and SVS data visualizer, Alex Kekesi. || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 12776, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12776/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-11-15T15:00:00-05:00", "title": "How to Find a Living Planet", "description": "The more we see other planets, the more the question comes into focus: Maybe we're the weird one? Decades of observing Earth from space has informed our search for signs of habitability and life on exoplanets and even planets in our own solar system. We're taking a closer look at what we've learned about Earth - our only example of a planet with life - to search for life in the universe. || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 12777, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12777/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-11-13T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Our Living Planet From Space", "description": "Life. It's the one thing that, so far, makes Earth unique among the thousands of other planets we've discovered. Since the fall of 1997, NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all plant life at the surface of the land and ocean. Earth is still the only planet we know of with life - with that in mind, our habitable home world seems evermore fragile and beautiful when considering the vastness of unlivable space. || ", "hits": 170 }, { "id": 12612, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12612/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-05-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat Tracks Mount St. Helens Recovery", "description": "In 1980, Mount St. Helens roared back into major activity with a massive eruption that leveled surrounding forest, blasted away over a thousand feet of the mountain's summit, and claimed 57 human lives.This short video shows the catastrophic eruption - and the amazing recovery of the surrounding ecosystem - through the eyes of the Landsat satellites, which have been imaging our planet for almost forty years. By observing red, near-infrared, and green wavelengths of light reflected off the surface, it is possible to distinguish healthy vegetation (in green) from bare ground (in magenta).Music: Running by Dirk Ehlert [BMI], Guillermo De La Barreda [BMI]Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse-print.jpg (1920x1080) [2.3 MB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse-print_searchweb.png (320x180) [129.3 KB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse-print_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.3 GB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [95.7 MB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [407.5 MB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [44.8 MB] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse_.webm (960x540) [38.8 MB] || GSFC_20170518_MtStHelens_m12612_Timelapse.en_US.vtt [42 bytes] || 12612-Mt-St-Helens-timelapse_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [15.5 MB] || ", "hits": 121 }, { "id": 4413, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4413/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-01-07T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly Comparison", "description": "Animation showing Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (SSTA) and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) data from 2002 to 2015 simultaneously. For SSTA data, blues indicate temperatures lower than normal and reds are areas warmer than normal. With this data we can see the comings and goings of El Niño and La Niña across the years. For the TWSA data, browns indicate areas with less ground water than normal and greens are areas with more ground water than normal, which correlates to droughts and floods in these various regions. Furthermore, terrestrial areas that show significant amounts of low water storage are much more sensitive to wildfires. || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_print.jpg (1024x576) [133.2 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_searchweb.png (180x320) [91.1 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2_2x_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.8 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || robinson_projection (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || dates (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || grace_w_ssta_rob2_2x_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [9.8 MB] || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 11861, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11861/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-04-22T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA On Air: NASA Satellites Show Global Biosphere Yearly Cycle (4/22/2015)", "description": "LEAD: A new view from NASA satellites show how the earth “greens up\" during spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Here is an entire year in seven seconds.1. The green color represents plant growth on land, which is caused by increased sunlight during longer days (daylight).2. In the ocean, plant life is represented by the teal color. This color represents populations of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton.TAG: The satellite data has been averaged over ten-year periods and provides long-term views of how Earth changes. || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_print.jpg (1024x576) [138.0 KB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_searchweb.png (320x180) [77.6 KB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_web.png (320x180) [77.6 KB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_thm.png (80x40) [6.8 KB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [6.9 MB] || WC_Biosphere_converted.avi (1280x720) [8.1 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [10.2 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [26.8 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [48.9 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.webm (1920x1080) [1.5 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [121.6 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [121.6 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [217.9 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [359.4 MB] || WC_Biosphere-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [406.2 MB] || ", "hits": 229 }, { "id": 4205, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4205/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-09-24T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth Science Heads-up Display", "description": "On September 10, 2014, NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) was celebrated in an evening event at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. The title of this event was \"Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet\", and the speakers at this event included several Earth Scientists from Goddard Space Flight Center. This animation was used in the beginning of the event to illustrate the interconnectedness of the many Earth-based data sets that NASA has produced over the last decade or so. The animation simulates a view of the Earth from the International Space Station, over which interconnected data sets are displayed as if on a head-up display. || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 4209, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4209/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-09-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Forest Cover Loss 2000-2012 in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Saskatechewan", "description": "Twelve years of global deforestation, wildfires, windstorms, insect infestations, and more are captured in a new set of forest disturbance maps created from billions of pixels acquired by the imager on the NASA-USGS Landsat 7 satellite. The maps are the first to measure forest loss and gain using a consistent method around the globe at high spatial resolution, allowing scientists to compare forest changes in different countries and to monitor annual deforestation. Since each pixel in a Landsat image represents a piece of land about the size of a baseball diamond, researchers can see enough detail to tell local, regional and global stories. Hansen and colleagues analyzed 143 billion pixels in 654,000 Landsat images to compile maps of forest loss and gain between 2000 and 2012. During that period, 888,000 square miles (2.3 million square kilometers) of forest was lost, and 308,900 square miles (0.8 million square kilometers) regrew. The researchers, including scientists from the University of Maryland, Google, the State University of New York, Woods Hole Research Center, the U.S. Geological Survey and South Dakota State University, published their work in the Nov. 15, 2013, issue of the journal Science.Key to the project was collaboration with team members from Google Earth Engine, who reproduced in the Google Cloud the models developed at the University of Maryland for processing and characterizing the Landsat data; Google Earth Engine contains a complete copy of the Landsat record. The computing required to generate these maps would have taken 15 years on a single desktop computer, but with cloud computing was performed in a few days. Since 1972, the Landsat program has played a critical role in monitoring, understanding and managing the resources needed to sustain human life such as food, water and forests. Landsat 8 launched Feb. 11, 2013, and is jointly managed by NASA and USGS to continue the 40-plus years of Earth observations. To view the forest cover maps in Google Earth Engine, visit: http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/google.com/science-2013-global-forest || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 11393, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11393/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2013-11-14T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global Forest Cover, Loss, and Gain 2000-2012", "description": "Twelve years of global deforestation, wildfires, windstorms, insect infestations, and more are captured in a new set of forest disturbance maps created from billions of pixels acquired by the imager on the NASA-USGS Landsat 7 satellite. The maps are the first to measure forest loss and gain using a consistent method around the globe at high spatial resolution, allowing scientists to compare forest changes in different countries and to monitor annual deforestation. Since each pixel in a Landsat image represents a piece of land about the size of a baseball diamond, researchers can see enough detail to tell local, regional and global stories. Hansen and colleagues analyzed 143 billion pixels in 654,000 Landsat images to compile maps of forest loss and gain between 2000 and 2012. During that period, 888,000 square miles (2.3 million square kilometers) of forest was lost, and 308,900 square miles (0.8 million square kilometers) regrew. The researchers, including scientists from the University of Maryland, Google, the State University of New York, Woods Hole Research Center, the U.S. Geological Survey and South Dakota State University, published their work in the Nov. 15, 2013, issue of the journal Science.Key to the project was collaboration with team members from Google Earth Engine, who reproduced in the Google Cloud the models developed at the University of Maryland for processing and characterizing the Landsat data; Google Earth Engine contains a complete copy of the Landsat record. The computing required to generate these maps would have taken 15 years on a single desktop computer, but with cloud computing was performed in a few days. Since 1972, the Landsat program has played a critical role in monitoring, understanding and managing the resources needed to sustain human life such as food, water and forests. Landsat 8 launched Feb. 11, 2013, and is jointly managed by NASA and USGS to continue the 40-plus years of Earth observations. To view the forest cover maps in Google Earth Engine, visit: http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/google.com/science-2013-global-forest || ", "hits": 265 }, { "id": 30375, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30375/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "16-Day Vegetation Index", "description": "One of the primary interests of NASA's Earth Sciences Program is to study the role of terrestrial vegetation in large-scale processes with the goal of understanding how our world functions as a system. These maps show 16-day Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values—a measure of the \"greenness\" of Earth's landscapes—from February 18, 2000 to the present. The values, derived using data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra satellite, range from -0.1 to 0.9 and have no unit. Rather, they are index values in which higher values (0.4 to 0.9) show lands covered by green, leafy vegetation and lower values (0 to 0.4) show lands where there is little or no vegetation. Dark green areas show where there was a lot of green leaf growth; light greens show where there was some green leaf growth; and tan areas show little or no growth. Black means no data. || ", "hits": 99 }, { "id": 30376, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30376/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Monthly Vegetation Index", "description": "One of the primary interests of NASA's Earth Sciences Program is to study the role of terrestrial vegetation in large-scale processes with the goal of understanding how our world functions as a system. These maps show monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values—a measure of the \"greenness\" of Earth's landscapes—from February 2000 to the present. The values, derived using data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra satellite, range from -0.1 to 0.9 and have no unit. Rather, they are index values in which higher values (0.4 to 0.9) show lands covered by green, leafy vegetation and lower values (0 to 0.4) show lands where there is little or no vegetation. Dark green areas show where there was a lot of green leaf growth; light greens show where there was some green leaf growth; and tan areas show little or no growth. Black means no data. || ", "hits": 64 }, { "id": 30377, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30377/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "16-Day Vegetation Anomaly", "description": "The map is based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a measure of how plant leaves absorb visible light and reflect infrared light. Drought-stressed vegetation reflects more visible light and less infrared than healthy vegetation. The vegetation index helps us see how much or how little live plant material is out there. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 3877, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3877/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-10-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Dynamic Earth Dome Show - Biosphere", "description": "This visualization was a prototype affiliated with the 'Dynamic Earth', an Earth science planetarium show. The visualization shows the global biosphere and NDVI from the SeaWiFS instrument with MODIS ice and snow overlayed.The images were rendered using a fish eye technique so that they would project properly onto a planetarium dome.Earth scientists are able to measure many of the Earth's 'vital signs', and just like a doctor measures our vital signs to see how healthy we are. Scientists will use these measurements of the Earth to better understand how the Earth functions, how the different systems on Earth interact and how those interactions have set the stage upon which life flourishes. The visualization shows a timeseries of images of SeaWiFS Global Biosphere - the ocean's long-term average phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration acquired between September 1997 and September 2007 combined with the SeaWiFS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index over land. On land, the dark greens show where there is abundant vegetation and tans show relatively sparse plant cover. In the oceans, red, yellow, and green pixels show dense phytoplankton blooms, those regions of the ocean that are the most productive over time, while blues and purples show where there is very little of the microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton. Remote sensing, especially using satellite-mounted colour scanners (SeaWiFS and similar platforms), is advocated for broad-based monitoring of chlorophyll once appropriate algorithms have been developed and proved. The concentration of the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll a (referred to as chlorophyll) in marine waters is a proven indicator of the biomass of phytoplankton, the organisms that constitute the base of the marine food web. Fluorometry provides an estimate of chlorophyll levels in sea water and thus an estimate of primary productivity in the upper part of the water column.For more information on monitoring the Earth from Space with SeaWIFS see http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/TEACHERS/. || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 4092, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4092/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-08T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping the Fire Intensity Record for the United States (2000 through 2013)", "description": "This visualization displays the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP). The CMG fire products incorporate MODIS active fire data into gridded statistical summaries of fire pixel information intended for use in regional and global modeling. The products are currently generated at 0.5 degree spatial resolution. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes. Orange indicates fires that were more intense with the most intense FRP being shown in yellow. Most of these intense fires occurred in the western United States, where lightning and human activity often sparks blazes that firefighters cannot contain. || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 4093, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4093/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-08T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping the Fire Intensity Global Record (2000 through 2013)", "description": "This visualization displays the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP). The CMG fire products incorporate MODIS active fire data into gridded statistical summaries of fire pixel information intended for use in regional and global modeling. The products are currently generated at 0.5 degree spatial resolution. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes. Orange indicates fires that were more intense with the most intense FRP being shown in yellow. Notice, many of the most intense fires occurred in higher latitudes. || ", "hits": 83 }, { "id": 4055, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4055/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-03-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Seasonal Vegetation and Snow Change", "description": "To determine the density of green on a patch of land, researchers must observe the wavelengths of visible and near-infrared sunlight reflected by the plants. The pigment in plant leaves, chlorophyll, strongly absorbs visible light (from 0.4 um - 0.7 um). Vegetation strongly reflects near-infrared light (from 0.7 -1.0 um). The more healthy leaves a plant has, the more the the visible light will be absorbed and the near-infrared will be reflected. In this animation, dark green indicates dense, healthy vegetation, whereas beige areas represent bare soil. Snow from the MODIS instruments is overlaid on top. || ", "hits": 55 }, { "id": 4011, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4011/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "United States Active Fires 2012", "description": "Records maintained by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and NASA both indicate that 2012 was an extraordinary year for wildfires in the United States.NIFC statistics show that more than 9.1 million acres had burned as of November 30, 2012—the third highest total in a record that dates back to 1960. Also notable: despite the high number of acres burned in 2012, the total number of fires—55,505—was low, the least on the NIFC record. Average fire size in 2012 was the highest on the record.The visualizations depict fires that burned between January 1 and October 31, 2012, as detected by the MODIS instruments. The fires are displayed over MODIS' vegetation and snow cover data. Yellow and orange indicates fires that were more intense and had a larger area of active burning. Most of these intense fires occurred in the western United States, where lightning and human activity often sparks blazes that firefighters cannot contain. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes.The Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) can routinely detect both flaming and smoldering fires that are aproximately 1000 square meters in size. Under pristine and extremely rare observing conditions even smaller flaming fires that are aproximately 50 square meters can be detected. Each active fire location represents the center of a 1 km pixel that is flagged by the algorithm as containing a fire within the pixel. For more information on the fire data, see the MODIS Collection 5 Active Fire Product User's Guide. For more information on the algorithm, see Giglio, L., J. Descloitres, C. O. Justice, and Y. J. Kaufman. 2003. An enhanced contextual fire detection algorithm for MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 87:273-282 || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 3947, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3947/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-07-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Watching the Earth Breathe:
An Animation of Seasonal Vegetation and its effect on Earth's Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide", "description": "In this animation, NASA instruments show the seasonal cycle of vegetation and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The animation begins on January 1, when the northern hemisphere is in winter and the southern hemisphere is in summer. At this time of year, the bulk of living vegetation, shown in green, hovers around the equator and below it, in the southern hemisphere.As the animation plays forward through mid-April, the concentration of carbon dioxide, shown in orange-yellow, in the middle part of Earth's lowest atmospheric layer, the troposphere, increases and spreads throughout the northern hemisphere, reaching a maximum around May. This blooming effect of carbon dioxide follows the seasonal changes that occur in northern latitude ecosystems, in which deciduous trees lose their leaves, resulting in a net release of carbon dioxide through a process called respiration. Carbon dioxide is also released in early spring as soils begin to warm. Almost 10 percent of atmospheric carbon dioxide passes through soils each year.After April, the northern hemisphere moves into late spring and summer and plants begin to grow, reaching a peak in the late summer. The process of plant photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the air. The animation shows how carbon dioxide is scrubbed out of the atmosphere by the large volume of new and growing vegetation. Following the peak in vegetation, the drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide due to photosynthesis becomes apparent, particularly over the boreal forests.Note that there is roughly a three-month lag between the state of vegetation at Earth's surface and its effect on carbon dioxide in the middle troposphere.Data like these give scientists a new opportunity to better understand the relationships between carbon dioxide in Earth's middle troposphere and the seasonal cycle of vegetation near the surface.Creating the AnimationThis animation was created with data taken from two NASA spaceborne instruments. The concentration of carbon dioxide data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), a weather and climate instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft, is overlain on measurements of vegetation index from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, also on NASA's Aqua spacecraft, to better understand how photosynthesis and respiration influences the atmospheric carbon dioxide cycle over the globe. The animation runs from January through December and repeats. The AIRS tropospheric carbon dioxide seasonal cycle values were made by averaging AIRS data collected between 2003 and 2010, from which the annual carbon dioxide growth trend of 2 parts per million per year has been removed. For example, the data used for January 1 is actually an average of eight years of AIRS carbon dioxide data taken each year on January 1. The vegetation values were made using data averaged over a four-year period, from 2003 to 2006.Further DetailAIRS uses infrared technology to determine the concentration of atmospheric water vapor and several important trace gases as well as information about temperature and clouds. AIRS orbits Earth from pole-to-pole at an altitude of 438 miles (705 kilometers), measuring Earth's infrared spectrum in 3,278 channels spanning a wavelength range from 3.74 microns to 15.4 microns. Originally designed to improve weather forecasts, AIRS has improved operational five-day weather forecasts more than any other single instrument over the past decade. AIRS has also been found to be sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide in the middle troposphere, at an altitude of 5 to 10 kilometers or 3 to 6 miles. AIRS is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. For further information, access the AIRS projectThe MODIS instrument is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. For further information, access the MODIS project. || ", "hits": 228 }, { "id": 3927, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3927/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-06-07T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "ICESCAPE Mission Measures High Chlorophyll-a Under the Ice", "description": "ICESCAPE is a multi-year NASA mission to study biogeochemical and ecological impacts of climate change in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in the Arctic. During 2011, the ICESCAPE mission acquired data while sailing on the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy. This visualization shows both the technique used by the ICESCAPE mission to take data measurements as well as some of the data that was taken.The visualization shows the ICESCAPE ship's path through the Chukchi and Beaufort seas north of Alaska from July 3, 2011 through July 8, 2011. The ship stops and takes measurements along the way. The measurements are taken by canisters lowered to various depths that sample the water. The measurement depths range from 1.8 meters to 149.3 meters below sea level. The sets of measurements are broken into two transects. The first transect is the trip out into the ice. The second transect is the trip back. Topography (above sea level) is exaggerated 10 times. Bathymetry (below sea level) is exaggerated 200 times in order differentiate the measurements.The colors of the measurements (i.e,. stations) correspond to the color bar below which represent chlorophyll-a concentrations. Measurements that are depicted by spheres were acquired while the ship was in open water while measurements depicted by cubes were acquired when the ship was in ice. As data is collected, a wall of interpolated data is generated.An important finding of this research was that high concentrations of chlorophyll-a were found under the ice. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 3938, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3938/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-04-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data 2000 through 2004", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the Western seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 10634, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10634/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Wildfire and Pine Beetles", "description": "Mountain pine beetles are native to Western forests, but in recent years their numbers have skyrocketed. As they damage more trees and kill whole regions of forest, some worry that the dead forest left behind has become a tinderbox ready to burn. But do pine beetles really increase fire risk?Using Landsat satellite data, University of Wisconsin forest ecologist Phil Townsend and his team are discovering that pine beetle damage appears not to have a significant impact in the risk of large fires. In fact, it might even reduce fire risk in some instances. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 3764, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3764/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-08-19T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "How Much Carbon do Plants Take from the Atmosphere?", "description": "Plant life converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass through photosynthesis, a process called 'fixing'. This is one of the main ways in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and is a major part of the carbon cycle. The amount of carbon removed is called the gross primary productivity (GPP), and the change in GPP due to rising global temperatures is very important factor in the response of the Earth to climate change.Data from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite has been recently used to calculate the GPP for the whole world for the last 10 years. This animation shows a time sequence of GPP on land as measured by MODIS during the years 2000 through 2009. Two things to note are the year-long productivity of the tropical regions and the large seasonal productivity in the northern hemisphere. A close look at the animation also reveals major urban areas for which the productivity is negligible.For a look at why the decade from 2000 through 2009 meant lower productivity, see the page 'How has the Atmospheric Carbon Uptake from Plants Changed in the Last Decade?' || ", "hits": 245 }, { "id": 3765, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3765/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-08-19T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "How has the Atmospheric Carbon Uptake from Plants Changed in the Last Decade?", "description": "Plant life converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass through photosynthesis. This process, called fixing, is one of the main ways in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and is a major part of the carbon cycle. Plants release a fraction of this fixed carbon by respiration in order to get energy to live and to move carbon to other organs. The amount of carbon removed minus the amount of carbon respired is called the net primary productivity (NPP) and is the amount of carbon turned into biomass.The change in NPP due to rising global temperatures is a very important factor in the response of the Earth to climate change. Measurements of radiation and leaf area from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite have recently been used to calculate the change in NPP for the whole world for the last 10 years. This animation shows a time sequence of annual NPP deviation from normal (or 'anomaly') on land as measured by MODIS during the years 2000 through 2009. Annual NPP, especially its departures from a long-term mean condition, will demonstrate the effects of environmental drivers such as ENSO (El Niño) events, climate change, droughts, pollution episodes, land degradation, and agricultural expansion.Earlier studies of productivity between 1982 and 1999 showed that prouctivity went up as global temperatures rose, because longer, warmer growing seasons were better for plant growth. This new study indicates that this is still true in the northern hemisphere, but that increased temperatures have meant increased drought and dryness in the tropics and the southern hemisphere. As a result, the global net productivity has actually decreased in the period from 2000 through 2009.Regionally, negative annual NPP anomalies were mainly caused by large-scale droughts. In 2000, droughts reduced NPP in North America and China; in 2002, droughts reduced NPP in North America and Australia; in 2003, drought caused by a major heat wave reduced NPP in Europe; in 2005, severe droughts in the Amazon, Africa, and Australia greatly reduced both regional and global NPP; from 2007 through 2009 over large parts of Australia, continuous droughts reduced continental NPP.For an animation of daily productivity, see the page How Much Carbon do Plants Take from the Atmosphere?. || ", "hits": 134 }, { "id": 10630, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10630/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-08-19T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Plant Productivity in a Warming World", "description": "The past decade is the warmest on record since instrumental measurements began in the 1880s. Previous research suggested that in the '80s and '90s, warmer global temperatures and higher levels of precipitation — factors associated with climate change — were generally good for plant productivity. An updated analysis published this week in Science indicates that as temperatures have continued to rise, the benefits to plants are now overwhelmed by longer and more frequent droughts. High-resolution data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, indicate a net decrease in NPP from 2000-2009, as compared to the previous two decades. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 10562, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10562/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-05-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill", "description": "You can learn more about NASA's satellite observations of the oil spill by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/. || ", "hits": 59 }, { "id": 3709, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3709/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-05-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Five Spheres - Biosphere", "description": "Satellite data can be used to monitor the health of the biosphere from space. This animation of seasonal changes to the biosphere is match framed to animation entries 3707, 3708, 3710, and 3711. The SeaWiFS instrument is carried aboard the satellite OrbView-2, providing important information about the oceans, the land, and the life within them. On land, the dark greens show where there is abundant vegetation and tans show relatively sparse plant cover. In the oceans, red, yellow, and green pixels show dense phytoplankton blooms, those regions of the ocean that are the most productive over time, while blues and purples show where there is very little of the microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton. For most of the world's oceans, the most important things that influence its color are phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are very small, single-celled plants, generally smaller than the size of a pinhead that contain a green pigment called chlorophyll. All plants (on land and in the ocean) use chlorophyll to capture energy from the sun and through the process known as photosynthesis convert water and carbon dioxide into new plant material and oxygen. Although microscopic, phytoplankton can bloom in such large numbers that they can change the color of the ocean to such a degree that we can measure that change from space. The basic principle behind the remote sensing of ocean color from space is this: the more phytoplankton in the water, the greener it is...the less phytoplankton, the bluer it is. For more information, visit http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/. || ", "hits": 85 }, { "id": 10497, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10497/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Ocean's Green Machines", "description": "One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These microscopic photosynthetic drifters form the basis of the marine food web, they regulate carbon in the atmosphere, and are responsible for half of the photosynthesis that takes place on this planet. Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as our home planet warms, so does the ocean. Warming waters have big consequences for phytoplankton and for the planet. 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This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through this complex cycle. The ocean plays the most critical role in regulating Earth's carbon balance, and understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earth's changing climate. 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Single-celled microscopic plants called phytoplankton float in the upper ocean. These photosynthetic plants form the foundation of the marine food web, and nearly all life in the ocean depend upon them for survival, including microscopic zooplankton and whales. || foodweb_0701.00702_print.jpg (1024x563) [49.3 KB] || foodweb_0701_web.png (320x180) [162.0 KB] || foodweb_0701_thm.png (80x40) [11.1 KB] || MarineFoodWeb_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.8 MB] || 1280x720_16x9_30p (1280x720) [32.0 KB] || MarineFoodWeb_appletv.m4v (960x540) [9.7 MB] || MarineFoodWeb_h264.mov (1280x720) [12.3 MB] || MarineFoodWeb_prores.mov (1280x720) [436.5 MB] || MarineFoodWeb_ipod.m4v (640x360) [5.3 MB] || foodweb.mp4 (320x176) [3.7 MB] || ", "hits": 136 }, { "id": 3641, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3641/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Rotating Phytoplankton 10-year Global Average", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation displays the 10-year global average of nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 3625, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3625/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-08-26T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Honey Bees Weigh In on Climate", "description": "This animation illustrates the relationship between the annual vegetation cycle and seasonal variations in the weights of honey bee hives. The weight of a hive increases in the spring as bees bring back nectar from flowering plants. The change in hive weight over time can be compared with satellite measurements of vegetation. Tracking a large number of hives this way can reveal the effects of changing climate and land use on the interaction of plants and pollinators. Data from this hive in Highland, Maryland and others suggests that for some locations in the U.S., spring is arriving earlier by as much as half a day per year, probably due to a combination of climate and the warming effect of urbanization.This animation has been incorporated into the video \"Feeling the Sting of Climate Change,\" which provides more background and introduces HoneyBeeNet, a central repository for hive weight data from across the U.S. || ", "hits": 85 }, { "id": 10468, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10468/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-07-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Journey to Galapagos", "description": "NASA oceanographer Dr. Gene Carl Feldman is no stranger to the Galapagos Islands, although he has never been there. He has studied these \"Enchanted Isles\" from the vantage point of space for the last 25 years, but in July 2009 he will set foot on the islands for the first time. 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin as well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. In celebration of these two events, the Charles Darwin Foundation is holding an international symposium to assess the current state of knowledge about this remarkable place, and has invited Dr. Feldman to present a paper on his perspective of the Galapagos. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 3580, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3580/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-05-28T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Stresses on Global Phytoplankton Revealed by MODIS", "description": "All plants absorb energy from the sun, typically more than the plant can consume through the process of photosynthesis. The extra energy is mostly released as heat as the plants respirate oxygen and water vapor. But a fraction of that energy is re-emitted as fluorescent light, particularly in red wavelengths. MODIS is the first instrument to observe this signal on a global scale.Red-light fluorescence says something about the physiology of plants and the efficiency of photosynthesis, as different parts of the plant's energy-harnessing machinery are activated based on the amount of light and nutrients available. The amount of fluorescence increases when plants are under stress from a lack of iron, a critical nutrient in the sea. When water is iron-poor, plants slow their growing processes and struggle to dissipate excess solar energy that cannot be used in photosynthesis. The fluorescence data from MODIS gives scientists a tool to see where waters are iron-enriched or iron-limited, and where plankton might flourish or not. Iron is typically picked up by winds blowing dust from deserts and other arid areas, and by river plumes and island currents. || ", "hits": 90 }, { "id": 3585, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3585/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-03-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Stereoscopic SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation: 1997-2006", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon.This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. This time period repeats twice during the animation. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones.This visualization is a stereoscopic version of animation entry: #3420:SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation from 1997 to 2006 || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 10386, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10386/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sources of Aerosols", "description": "Aerosols can occur in nature, but they can also originate from human activity. These animations provide an introduction to four of the varied sources of atmospheric aerosols: cities, forest fires, the ocean, and deserts. || ", "hits": 51 }, { "id": 3515, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3515/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over Northeastern United States", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the north eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 3516, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3516/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over United States Eastern Seaboard", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 3524, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3524/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over Northeastern United States (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the north eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 3526, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3526/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over United States Eastern Seaboard (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 5 }, { "id": 3527, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3527/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Across the United States Western Seaboard (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the Western seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 5 }, { "id": 3528, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3528/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Around the Gulf of Mexico (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 3544, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3544/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Around the Costa Rica Dome (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon.Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3517, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3517/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-06-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Across the United States Western Seaboard", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the Western seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 3518, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3518/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-06-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Around the Gulf of Mexico", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 3454, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3454/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Pacific", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 3471, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3471/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Pacific (Slow Version)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land.This animation is essentially the same as animation #3454 with a few minor changes and runs at a slower speed. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3494, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3494/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over Australia", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3459, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3459/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-09-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Multivariate ENSO Index Correlation with Ocean Net Primary Production Data over the North Atlantic", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. A check up of the Earth's planetary health reveals that the lowest rung in the ocean food chain is shrinking. For the past 20 years (early 1980s to present), phytoplankton concentrations declined as much as 30 percent in northern oceans. Scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Oregon State University say warmer ocean temperatures and low winds may be depriving the tiny ocean plants of necessary nutrients. However, they still do not know if the loss of phytoplankton is a long-term trend or a climate oscillation. Scientists can monitor ocean and planetary health through phytoplankton. Since the whole ocean food chain depends on the health and productivity of phytoplankton, a significant change could indicate a shift in our climate. Phytoplankton consists of many diverse species of microscopic free-floating ocean plants that form the base of the ocean's food chain. These plants thrive on sunlight and nutrients. Limit either one and phytoplankton will not grow. This animation shows the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) in red and the net primary production NPP anomaly in units of Tgrams carbon per month in green. The MEI is a multivariate index that incorporates sea level pressure, surface zonal and meridional wind components, sea surface temperature, surface air temperature, and cloudiness (Wolter and Timlin, 1998). The MEI index is calculated for the tropical Pacific (i.e., between 10 degrees North and 10 degrees South, from Asia to the Americas) with units of kg m-3. The Net Primary Production (NPP) data was generated from the Vertically Generalized Production Model (VGPM). The VGPM data set is available at the following URL: http://web.science.oregonstate.eduocean.productivity/ . As the sea surface temperature warms, the production levels decrease. || ", "hits": 97 }, { "id": 3420, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3420/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-04-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation from 1997 to 2006", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 3399, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3399/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-01-23T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Dynamic Earth Dome Prototype: Hemisphere", "description": "This visualization was a prototype affiliated with the 'Dynamic Earth', a proposed Earth science planetarium show. The visualization shows the global biosphere from the SeaWiFS instrument with ice and snow overlayed.The images were rendered using a fish eye technique so that they would project properly onto a planetarium dome. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 3400, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3400/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-01-23T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Dynamic Earth Dome Protoype: Fly Around", "description": "This visualization was a prototype affiliated with 'Dynamic Earth', a proposed Earth science planetarium show. The visualization shows a flyover of North America towards Greenland. MODIS Blue Marble data is initially used, then fading to SeaWiFS based biosphere data. MODIS based snow and ice are overlayed on the biosphere data.The images were rendered using a fish eye technique so that they would project properly onto a planetarium dome. The horizon was kept at approximately the 'sweet spot' based on typical viewer locations in a planetarium. || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 3387, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3387/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere from 1997 to 2006", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. A recent study indicates there is a correlation between this ocean nutrients and changes in sea surface temperature (SST). The results show that when SSTs warm, marine plant life in the form of microscopic phytoplankton declines. When SSTs cool, marine plant life flourishes. Changes in phytoplankton growth influence fishery yields and the amount of carbon dioxide the oceans remove from the atmosphere. This could have major implications on the future of our ocean's food web and how it relates to climate change. Once the animation pulls out to a full global view, the remaining animation can be compared to the 'MODIS Sea Surface Temperature from 2002 to 2006' animation. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 3388, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3388/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "MODIS Sea Surface Temperature from 2002 to 2006", "description": "A recent study indicates there is a correlation between ocean nutrients and changes in sea surface temperature (SST). The results show that when ocean water warms, marine plant life in the form of microscopic phytoplankton tend to decline. When water cools, plant life flourishes. Changes in phytoplankton growth influence fishery yields and the amount of carbon dioxide the oceans remove from the atmosphere. This could have major implications on the future of our ocean's food web and how it relates to climate change.The temperature data in this visualization comes from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra and Aqua spacecraft.In order to see the correlation between SST and SeaWiFS data, this animation can be compared to the latter part of the 'SeaWiFS Biosphere from 1997 to 2006' animation. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 3389, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3389/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "MODIS Sea Surface Temperature Highlighting the Gulf Stream (2002 to 2006)", "description": "A recent study indicates a correlation between ocean nutrients and changes sea surface temperature (SST). The results show that when SSTs warm, marine plant life in the form of microscopic phytoplankton declines. Similarly, when SSTs cool, marine plant life seems to flourish. Changes in phytoplankton growth influence fishery yields and the amount of carbon dioxide the oceans remove from the atmosphere. This could have major implications on the future of our ocean's food web and how it relates to climate change.The temperature data in this visualization comes from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra and Aqua spacecraft. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 3510, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3510/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "MODIS Sea Surface Temperature from 2002 to 2006 around Australia", "description": "A recent study indicates there is a correlation between ocean nutrients and changes in sea surface temperature (SST). The results show that when ocean water warms, marine plant life in the form of microscopic phytoplankton tend to decline. When water cools, plant life flourishes. Changes in phytoplankton growth influence fishery yields and the amount of carbon dioxide the oceans remove from the atmosphere. This could have major implications on the future of our ocean's food web and how it relates to climate change.The temperature data in this visualization comes from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra and Aqua spacecraft.In order to see the correlation between SST and SeaWiFS data, this animation can be compared to 'SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over Australia'. Please click here to see this other animation. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 3112, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3112/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-02-15T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS)", "description": "The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all, but an immense fresh water lake. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared because much of the river flow feeding the lake was diverted to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. Concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water, leading to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology and precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit the now exposed lake bed soil. This has contributed to a significant reduction in breathable air quality, and crop yields have been appreciably affected due to heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. This series of Landsat images taken in 1973, 1987 and 2000 show the profound reduction in overall area at the north end of the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 2641, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2641/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-11-15T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "The SC2002 Conference Opening Video", "description": "This video introduced the latest in high-performance computing and communications and the best of host city Baltimore to keynote address attendees at the SuperComputing 2002 (SC2002) conference on Tuesday, November 19, 2002. || a002641.00010_print.png (720x480) [597.0 KB] || a002641_pre.jpg (320x262) [15.2 KB] || SVS2002-0034_The_SC2002_Conference_Opening_Video.webmhd.webm (960x540) [106.4 MB] || SVS2002-0034_The_SC2002_Conference_Opening_Video.mov (720x480) [1.6 GB] || a002641.dv (720x480) [1.4 GB] || a002641.mp4 (640x480) [82.9 MB] || a002641.mpg (320x240) [72.2 MB] || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 2625, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2625/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-10-15T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Sea Surface Temperature with Land Vegetation", "description": "Visualization of global surface temperature. || Sea surface temperature with land vegetation || SeaSurTemp_Veg_0594.jpg (4096x2048) [2.0 MB] || SeaSurTemp_Veg_0594_web.jpg (320x160) [17.4 KB] || SeaSurTemp_Veg_0594_thm.png (80x40) [5.7 KB] || SeaSurTemp_Veg_0594_web_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [20.9 KB] || SeaSurTemp_Veg_0594.tif (4096x2048) [6.6 MB] || ", "hits": 47 } ] }