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            "title": "The Different Sources of Atmospheric Methane",
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            "title": "Webb Confirms Seasonal Variations in Titan Climate Model",
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            "title": "Collecting Global Methane Emissions with EMIT",
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            "title": "Methane plumes detected by EMIT Space Mission",
            "description": "The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission uses an imaging spectrometer to detect the unique pattern of reflected and absorbed light – called a spectral fingerprint – from various materials on Earth's surface and in its atmosphere. Perched on the International Space Station, EMIT was originally intended to map the prevalence of minerals in Earth's arid regions, such as the deserts of Africa and Australia. Scientists verified that EMIT could also detect the spectral fingerprints of methane and carbon dioxide which enables mapping of emissions from the energy, waste, and agriculture sectors. || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
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            "title": "NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index",
            "description": "This visualization of the NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index shows the relative warming contribution from various greenhouse gasses (1979-2023). The donut chart shows 2023 AGGI data.",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2023-06-20T16:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Global Atmospheric Methane (CH₄)",
            "description": "Volumetric visualization of the total Methane (CH₄) on a global scale added on Earth's atmosphere over the course of the year 2021. || TotalCH4_Comp_1920x19020p30_00080.png (1920x1920) [2.5 MB] || TotalCH4_Comp_1920x19020p30_00080_print.jpg (1024x1024) [114.9 KB] || VolumetricCH4_Composite (1920x1920) [0 Item(s)] || VolumetricCH4_Composite_1920x19020p30.mp4 (1920x1920) [353.5 MB] || ",
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            "release_date": "2023-03-29T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ABoVe Methane Airborne",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2022-12-14T13:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Methane Emissions from Wetlands",
            "description": "Methane is an important greenhouse gas that’s contributed to around one third of global warming. About a third of total methane emissions comes from wetlands. Wetland habitats are filled with things like waterlogged soils and permafrost, which is what makes them sizable carbon sinks. But as a warming climate causes wetland soils to warm or flood, carbon is released into the atmosphere as methane. || wetlands.jpg (875x488) [108.8 KB] || MethaneWetalndsFinal.mp4 (1920x1080) [74.1 MB] || MethaneWetalndsFinal.webm (1920x1080) [14.8 MB] || Sound_otter_ai.en_US.srt [2.5 KB] || Sound_otter_ai.en_US.vtt [2.5 KB] || MethaneWetalndsFinal.mp4.hwshow [408 bytes] || ",
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            "release_date": "2022-12-14T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Methane Emissions from Wetlands",
            "description": "Complete transcript available.Methane is an important greenhouse gas that contributes substantially to global warming. On a molecule by molecule basis, methane is much more efficient at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, the main driver of warming. 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. Music credit: “Emerging Wave” from Universal Production Music || Screen_Shot_2022-12-09_at_1.10.12_PM_print.jpg (1024x571) [117.6 KB] || Screen_Shot_2022-12-09_at_1.10.12_PM.jpg (875x488) [108.8 KB] || Screen_Shot_2022-12-09_at_1.10.12_PM_searchweb.png (320x180) [57.3 KB] || Screen_Shot_2022-12-09_at_1.10.12_PM_web.png (320x178) [56.0 KB] || Screen_Shot_2022-12-09_at_1.10.12_PM_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || Methane.mp_Wetalnds_Final.mp4 (1920x1080) [74.1 MB] || Methane.mp_Wetalnds_Final.webm (1920x1080) [14.8 MB] || Sound_otter_ai.en_US.srt [2.5 KB] || Sound_otter_ai.en_US.vtt [2.5 KB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2022-12-01T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Methane Emissions in the United States",
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            "release_date": "2022-11-02T08:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Methane Emissions over Canada and Alaska in the 2018",
            "description": "This 3D volumetric visualization shows the emission and transport of atmospheric methane over Canada and Alaska in September 2018 with the date and colorbar. || methane_withDate.0068_print.jpg (1024x576) [282.8 KB] || methane_withDate.0068_searchweb.png (320x180) [94.8 KB] || methane_withDate.0068_thm.png (80x40) [14.7 KB] || methane_withDate (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || methane_withDate_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [1.3 MB] || methane_withDate_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [131.3 MB] || methane_withDate_1080p30.mp4.hwshow || ",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
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            "title": "EMIT Spots Methane Hotspots",
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            "release_date": "2022-08-11T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Trends in Global Atmospheric Methane (CH₄)",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2021-09-29T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Tracking Power Plant Methane Emissions",
            "description": "A mosaic of AVIRIS-NG images tracks emissions from the Valley Generating Station in California || aviris-ng_methane_valley_generating_station_mosaic_print.jpg (1024x576) [231.4 KB] || aviris-ng_methane_valley_generating_station_mosaic.png (5760x3240) [28.1 MB] || aviris-ng_methane_valley_generating_station_mosaic_searchweb.png (320x180) [124.5 KB] || aviris-ng_methane_valley_generating_station_mosaic_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || aviris-ng_methane_valley_generating_station_mosaic.hwshow [261 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2021-04-02T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "GeoCarb Observes Greenhouse Gasses from Geosynchronous Orbit",
            "description": "GeoCarb and OCO-2 measuring carbon dioxide from space || geocarb_HD_FINAL.4662_print.jpg (1024x576) [49.8 KB] || geocarb_HD_FINAL.4662_searchweb.png (320x180) [32.3 KB] || geocarb_HD_FINAL.4662_thm.png (80x40) [2.9 KB] || geocarb_HD_FINAL_1080p59.94.mp4 (1920x1080) [43.1 MB] || geocarb_HD_FINAL_1080p29.97.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.3 MB] || geocarb_HD_FINAL_1080p59.94.webm (1920x1080) [19.9 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [1.0 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_60p (3840x2160) [1.0 MB] || 5780x3240_16x9_30p (5760x3240) [1.0 MB] || geocarb_4k_FINAL_2160p59.94.mp4 (3840x2160) [135.4 MB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4799/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2020-07-09T14:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Sources of Methane",
            "description": "This 3D volumetric visualization shows the emission and transport of atmospheric methane around the globe between December 9, 2017 and December 1, 2018.Music:  \"Motion Blur\" by Sam Dobson [PRS]Complete transcript available.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Global_methane_narrated.1416_print.jpg (1024x576) [171.2 KB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || MethaneNarrationSM.webm (1920x1080) [15.5 MB] || MethaneNarrationSM.mp4 (1920x1080) [171.1 MB] || MethaneCaptionsenUS.en_US.srt [2.0 KB] || MethaneCaptionsenUS.en_US.vtt [2.0 KB] || MethaneNarration.mov (1920x1080) [1.6 GB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Earth Day 2020: Global Atmospheric Methane",
            "description": "This 3D volumetric visualization shows a global view of the methane emission and transport between December 1, 2017 and November 30, 2018. This visualizaion of the rotating global view is designed to be played in a continuous loop.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Earth_Day_Methane_loop.2919_print.jpg (1024x576) [102.0 KB] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop.2919_searchweb.png (320x180) [54.3 KB] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop.2919_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || loop_composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [11.5 MB] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [355.8 MB] || captions_silent.29410.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [196 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2020-03-23T10:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Global Atmospheric Methane",
            "description": "This first 3D volumetric visualization focuses on several continents showing the emission and transport of atmospheric methane around the globe between January 1, 2017 and November 30, 2018.  This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Global_methane_comp.1320_print.jpg (1024x576) [163.2 KB] || Global_methane_comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [22.1 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || captions_silent.29083.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || Global_methane_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [1.4 GB] || Global_methane_comp_1080p30.mp4.hwshow || ",
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            "release_date": "2020-03-23T10:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA Models Methane Sources and Movement Around the Globe",
            "description": "Complete transcript available.Music: \"Reported Missing\" by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS] and David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by Artbeats is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on stock footage may be found here. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html. || Methane_Still.jpg (1920x1080) [408.5 KB] || Methane_Still_print.jpg (1024x576) [181.8 KB] || Methane_Still_searchweb.png (180x320) [71.4 KB] || Methane_Still_web.png (320x180) [71.4 KB] || Methane_Still_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || 13559_Methane_Final.webm (960x540) [62.2 MB] || TWITTER_720_13559_Methane_Final_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [28.5 MB] || 13559_Methane_Final_lowres.mp4 (1280x720) [43.6 MB] || 13559_Methane_Final.mp4 (1920x1080) [272.5 MB] || Mathen_captions.en_US.srt [3.2 KB] || Mathen_captions.en_US.vtt [3.3 KB] || 13559_Methane_Final.mov (1920x1080) [3.4 GB] || ",
            "hits": 81
        },
        {
            "id": 13784,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13784/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2019-11-13T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Seasonal Variations in Oxygen at Gale Crater",
            "description": "For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, they noticed something baffling: oxygen, the gas many Earth creatures use to breathe, behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes. || ",
            "hits": 262
        },
        {
            "id": 13047,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13047/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2018-08-17T11:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "New Arctic Lakes Could Soon Be a Major Source of Atmospheric Methane",
            "description": "For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic's permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth's climate continues to warm, that carbon has begun to leach into the atmosphere, the result of microbes waking up and digesting once-frozen organic materials. A new NASA-funded study focuses on a mechanism that could accelerate the release of this atmospheric carbon, the result of thermokarst lakes. These lakes form when thawing permafrost causes the ground to slump, creating a depression that collects rain and snowmelt and perpetuates a cycle of further permafrost thaw. || ",
            "hits": 67
        },
        {
            "id": 12967,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12967/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2018-06-07T13:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars - Broadcast Graphics",
            "description": "NASA-TV graphics illustrating Curiosity's findings on Mars, broadcast on June 7, 2018 from Goddard Space Flight Center. All clips are formatted in 1280x720 or higher resolution. Learn more about this discovery. || ",
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        {
            "id": 12355,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12355/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2017-05-18T11:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ATom Postcard - Azore Islands to Kangerlussuaq",
            "description": "Atmospheric scientists Bernadett Weinzierl of the University of Vienna, Paul Newman of Goddard Space Flight Center, and Róisín Commane of Harvard University sent back a video postcard from the last three legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. Departing Ascension Island in the tropics, the science team traveled up the Atlantic to Terceira Island in the Azores off the coast of Portugal, and then back to the Arctic by way of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Finally the team crossed North America to return home to Palmdale, California. || Screen_Shot_2016-08-31_at_11.31.03_AM.png (1911x1072) [1.9 MB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-31_at_11.31.03_AM_print.jpg (1024x574) [126.6 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-31_at_11.31.03_AM_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.1 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-31_at_11.31.03_AM_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || ATom_Postcard_-_Azores_to_Kangerlussuaq.webm (1920x1080) [37.1 MB] || ATom_Postcard_-_Azores_to_Kangerlussuaq.en_US.srt [6.6 KB] || ATom_Postcard_-_Azores_to_Kangerlussuaq.en_US.vtt [6.3 KB] || ATom_Postcard_-_Azores_to_Kangerlussuaq.mp4 (1920x1080) [520.1 MB] || ATom_Postcard_-_Azores_to_Kangerlussuaq.mov (1920x1080) [8.8 GB] || ",
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        {
            "id": 12354,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12354/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2016-08-29T22:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ATom Postcard - Punta Arenas to Ascension Island",
            "description": "Postcard #3Atmospheric scientist Róisín Commane and Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy both of Harvard University sent back a video postcard from the Atlantic legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. The science team left Christchurch New Zealand and traveled past Antarctica to Punta Arenas, Chile at the bottom of the world. Then they went up the Atlantic Ocean to Ascension Island, just south of the equator. || Screen_Shot_2016-08-29_at_2.44.38_AM_print.jpg (1024x574) [143.5 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-29_at_2.44.38_AM.png (2154x1209) [3.4 MB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-29_at_2.44.38_AM_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.6 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-29_at_2.44.38_AM_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || ATom_Postcard_3_-_Punta_Arenas_to_Ascension.webm (1920x1080) [23.2 MB] || ATom_Postcard_3_-_Punta_Arenas_to_Ascension.en_US.srt [4.2 KB] || ATom_Postcard_3_-_Punta_Arenas_to_Ascension.en_US.vtt [4.0 KB] || ATom_Postcard_3_-_Punta_Arenas_to_Ascension.mov (1920x1080) [5.5 GB] || ",
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        {
            "id": 12350,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12350/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2016-08-29T11:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ATom Mission interview clips",
            "description": "The ATom mission aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory is sampling world-wide in one of the most extensive surveys of the atmosphere to date, measuring over 200 gases as well as airborne particles. The science team is particularly interested in methane, tropospheric ozone and black carbon particles, which have strong effects on climate and which all have both human and natural origins.Below are interviews with four scientists participating in the research flights:* Donald Blake, UC Irvine* Róisín Commane, Harvard University* Tom Ryerson, NOAA* Jack Dibbs, University of New HampshireFollow along with all eight of our #EarthExpeditions here: http://www.nasa.gov/earthexpeditions || ",
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        {
            "id": 12342,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12342/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2016-08-16T18:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ATom Postcard - Samoa to New Zealand",
            "description": "Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and atmospheric scientist Paul Newman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center sent back a video postcard of the second two legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. They and the science team traversed the tropical Pacific from Kona, Hawaii to Pago Pago, American Samoa, and then to Christchurch, New Zealand. || Screen_Shot_2016-08-16_at_6.11.17_PM_print.jpg (1024x574) [203.0 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-16_at_6.11.17_PM.png (2305x1293) [4.5 MB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-16_at_6.11.17_PM_searchweb.png (320x180) [124.7 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-16_at_6.11.17_PM_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || Samoa_to_New_Zealand.webm (1280x720) [24.5 MB] || Samoa_to_New_Zealand.en_US.srt [4.7 KB] || Samoa_to_New_Zealand.en_US.vtt [4.5 KB] || Samoa_to_New_Zealand.mp4 (1280x720) [245.1 MB] || Samoa_to_New_Zeland.mov (1280x720) [3.1 GB] || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 12337,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12337/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2016-08-10T15:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ATom Mission Postcard - Palmdale to Kona",
            "description": "Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and atomsperhic scientist Paul Newman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center sent back a video postcard of the first two legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. The science team first traveled from Palmdale California to Anchorage Alaksa by way of the North Pole, and one their second leg flew south to Kona, Hawaii. || Screen_Shot_2016-08-10_at_3.27.23_PM.png (1911x1069) [3.1 MB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-10_at_3.27.23_PM_print.jpg (1024x572) [177.1 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-10_at_3.27.23_PM_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.1 KB] || Screen_Shot_2016-08-10_at_3.27.23_PM_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || ATom_Final.webm (1920x1080) [19.0 MB] || Atom_Final.en_US.srt [3.4 KB] || Atom_Final.en_US.vtt [3.2 KB] || ATom_Final.mov (1920x1080) [4.6 GB] || ATom_Final.mp4 (1920x1080) [170.2 MB] || ",
            "hits": 18
        },
        {
            "id": 30787,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30787/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2016-06-22T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA Spots Single Methane Leak from Space",
            "description": "Comparison of detected methane plumes over Aliso Canyon, California, acquired 11 days apart in Jan. 2016 by: (left) NASA's AVIRIS instrument on a NASA ER-2 aircraft at 4.1 miles (6.6 kilometers) altitude and (right) by the Hyperion instrument on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite in low-Earth orbit at approximately 700km. || hyperion_methane_aliso_canyon_PIA20716.png (1920x1080) [2.0 MB] || hyperion_methane_aliso_canyon_PIA20716_print.jpg (1024x576) [189.5 KB] || hyperion_methane_aliso_canyon_PIA20716_searchweb.png (320x180) [126.3 KB] || hyperion_methane_aliso_canyon_PIA20716_thm.png (80x40) [8.5 KB] || hyperion_methane_aliso_canyon_PIA20716.hwshow [244 bytes] || ",
            "hits": 17
        },
        {
            "id": 12561,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12561/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2014-12-16T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Possible Methane Sources and Sinks on Mars",
            "description": "There are several possible ways that methane can be created, stored, and released on Mars, including both biological and non-biological pathways. || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088.jpg (1440x1080) [227.6 KB] || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088_searchweb.png (320x180) [108.1 KB] || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088.tif (1440x1080) [4.5 MB] || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10574,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10574/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2010-02-22T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle",
            "description": "The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest in the modern record. \"Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle\" illustrates how NASA satellites enable us to study possible causes of climate change. The video explains what role fluctuations in the solar cycle, changes in snow and cloud cover, and rising levels of heat-trapping gases may play in contributing to climate change. For complete transcript, click here. || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres.01252_print.jpg (1024x576) [113.2 KB] || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres_web.png (320x180) [207.8 KB] || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres_thm.png (80x40) [16.9 KB] || Temperature_Puzzle_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [83.9 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres.mov (1280x720) [166.2 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_AppleTV.m4v (960x720) [211.4 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle__Youtube.mov (1280x720) [87.7 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_iPod_small.m4v (640x360) [67.9 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_iPod_large.m4v (320x180) [27.9 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_svs.mpg (512x288) [136.6 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_portal.wmv (346x260) [38.8 MB] || ",
            "hits": 51
        },
        {
            "id": 3574,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3574/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Methane Plume on Mars",
            "description": "The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is alive in the sense that it still has geologic activity powered by heat from its interior, according to a team of NASA and university scientists. The team used spectrometer instruments attached to several telescopes to detect plumes of methane that were emitted from specific sites during the warmer seasons - spring and summer. Though nothing conclusive can yet be determined, it is possible that the detected methane was either produced by geologic processes such as the oxidation of iron (serpentinization) or by microscopic Martian life below the planet's surface. The methane released today could be produced currently, or it could be ancient methane trapped in ice 'cages' called clathrates or as gas below a sub-surface ice layer. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10358,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10358/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Geochemical Creation of Methane",
            "description": "Conceptual animation depicting how geochemical processes during the course of Mars' history may have produced the methane plumes now seen in Mars' atmosphere. Here, through a process called serpentinization, methane is generated as part of a reaction involving the conversion of liquid water (seen seeping into the planet's crust), iron oxide, and carbon dioxide energized by the planet's internal heat into serpentine minerals. || methane_geo_mpgLG00377_print.jpg (1024x576) [85.2 KB] || methane_geo_mpgLG_web.png (320x180) [184.0 KB] || methane_geo_mpgLG_thm.png (80x40) [16.0 KB] || methane_geo_h264fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.0 MB] || methane_geo_h264fullres.mov (1280x720) [12.3 MB] || methane_geo_prores.mov (1280x720) [535.3 MB] || methane_geo_YouTube.mov (1280x720) [5.8 MB] || methane_geo_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [3.5 MB] || methane_geo_mpgLG.mpg (640x360) [4.7 MB] || methane_geo_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [1.5 MB] || methane_geo_mp4SM.mp4 (320x240) [665.5 KB] || methane_geo_mpgSM.mpg (512x288) [3.1 MB] || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10359,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10359/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Biological Creation of Methane",
            "description": "Conceptual animation depicting how biological organisms (shown as oval-shaped translucent structures) living beneath the surface of Mars may have produced methane (shown as blue spheres). || methane_bio_mpgLG00327_print.jpg (1024x576) [88.5 KB] || methane_bio_mpgLG_web.png (320x180) [202.1 KB] || methane_bio_mpgLG_thm.png (80x40) [16.4 KB] || methane_bio_h264fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [4.5 MB] || methane_bio_h264fullres.mov (1280x720) [12.3 MB] || methane_bio_prores.mov (1280x720) [505.6 MB] || methane_bio_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [3.7 MB] || methane_bio_mpgLG.mpg (640x360) [4.6 MB] || methane_bio_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [1.4 MB] || methane_bio_mp4SM.mp4 (320x240) [1.1 MB] || methane_bio_mpgSM.mpg (512x288) [3.1 MB] || ",
            "hits": 61
        },
        {
            "id": 10360,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10360/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Mars Methane Spectroscopy",
            "description": "Conceptual animation demonstrating the process of spectroscopy. The first animation demonstrates the general concept of visible-light spectroscopy by which white light is separated into its component wavelengths (colors) using a prism. The second animation demonstrates how this idea is applied to the discovery of methane in Mars' atmosphere. Because it absorbs specific wavelengths of electromagnetic energy, methane has a 'fingerprint' that can be seen as missing lines on the resulting spectograph. || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_mpgLG.00715_print.jpg (1024x576) [54.5 KB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_mpgLG_web.png (320x180) [60.4 KB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_mpgLG_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_h264fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.9 MB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_h264fullres.mov (1280x720) [9.7 MB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_prores.mov (1280x720) [140.3 MB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_YouTube.mov (1280x720) [6.8 MB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [3.6 MB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_mpgLG.mpg (640x360) [6.2 MB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [1017.7 KB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_mp4SM.mp4 (320x240) [658.4 KB] || Mars_Methane_Spectroscopy_mpgSM.mpg (512x288) [4.2 MB] || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10362,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10362/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Radiolytic Production of Methane by Microbial Life",
            "description": "Animation depicting how 'extreme microbes' on Earth produce methane. || ",
            "hits": 42
        },
        {
            "id": 10363,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10363/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "The Mystery of Martian Methane",
            "description": "Mike Mumma and his team of researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center have made the first definitive observations of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. The evidence of methane plumes only during certain seasons and the chemical processes that could lead to its possible sources both raise intriguing questions for future study.For complete transcript, click here. || methane_short_mpgLG.00377_print.jpg (1024x768) [55.1 KB] || methane_short_mpgLG_web.png (320x180) [154.8 KB] || methane_short_mpgLG_thm.png (80x40) [14.9 KB] || Methanev2_h264_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [23.3 MB] || Methanev2_h264_YouTube.mov (1280x720) [40.0 MB] || Methanev2_h264_appletv.m4v (960x540) [82.2 MB] || Methanev2_h264_fullres.mov (1280x720) [85.4 MB] || Methanev2_svs_SM.mpg (512x288) [22.1 MB] || Methanev2_svs_LG.mpg (640x360) [32.9 MB] || Methanev2_h264_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [27.9 MB] || Methanev2.mp4 (320x240) [4.7 MB] || Methanev2_h264_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [11.3 MB] || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 20114,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20114/",
            "result_type": "Animation",
            "release_date": "2007-09-07T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Greenhouse Gases Effect on Global Warming",
            "description": "The 'greenhouse effect' is the warming of climate that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space. Certain gases in the atmosphere resemble glass in a greenhouse, allowing sunlight to pass into the 'greenhouse,' but blocking Earth's heat from escaping into space. The gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect include water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxides, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).On Earth, human activities are changing the natural greenhouse. Over the last century the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric CO2. This happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon (C) with oxygen (O2) in the air to make CO2. To a lesser extent, the clearing of land for agriculture, industry, and other human activities have increased the concentrations of other greenhouse gases like methane (CH4), and further increased (CO2).The consequences of changing the natural atmospheric greenhouse are difficult to predict, but certain effects seem likely: - On average, Earth will become warmer. Some regions may welcome warmer temperatures, but others may not. - Warmer conditions will probably lead to more evaporation and precipitation overall, but individual regions will vary, some becoming wetter and others dryer. - A stronger greenhouse effect will probably warm the oceans and partially melt glaciers and other ice, increasing sea level. Ocean water also will expand if it warms, contributing to further sea level rise. - Meanwhile, some crops and other plants may respond favorably to increased atmospheric CO2, growing more vigorously and using water more efficiently. At the same time, higher temperatures and shifting climate patterns may change the areas where crops grow best and affect the makeup of natural plant communities. || ",
            "hits": 1799
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        {
            "id": 20079,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20079/",
            "result_type": "Animation",
            "release_date": "2006-09-18T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA Warms Up to Maryland's Trash",
            "description": "Trash to Gas Process  - Landfill gas provides all of the center's heating needs 95 percent of the time, with natural gas serving as the back up. Methane is a natural product of trash. In this animation, wells draw methane out of the landfill and feed it to an on site purification plant. Before Goddard started using the gas, all of it was burned off in a flare. Now, the gas is intercepted from the flare and directed to a purification plant where the gas is cleaned and sent to Goddard. || ",
            "hits": 7
        },
        {
            "id": 20080,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20080/",
            "result_type": "Animation",
            "release_date": "2006-09-18T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA Warms Up to Maryland's Trash",
            "description": "Gas Purification Process - Most of the landfill gas purification process involves removing water. This animation shows four major steps to purifying the landfill gas for Goddard. First, placed throughout the landfill purification plant, filters sift out tiny trash particles and water. Second, a compressor squeezes out more water. Third, pipes cool gas drooling out even more water. Finally, the gas is reheated and transported to Goddard. Warm gas reduces moisture. || ",
            "hits": 9
        },
        {
            "id": 20078,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20078/",
            "result_type": "Animation",
            "release_date": "2006-09-12T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Methane's Connection to Global Warming",
            "description": "Methane is a simple compound made of carbon and hydroge.  This gas comes from ordinary sources, like cattle herds and garbage dumps. On a planetary scale it also has a significant impact on climate. As it builds up in the atmosphere, it traps energy from the sun like a layer of insulation. Carbon dioxide does much the same thing-it causes global warming by trapping heat. But as experts struggle to curtail global climate change, a decrease of atmospheric methane might be easier to achieve than proportional drops in carbon dioxide, affording an alternate scenario to policy makers.Methane is second only to carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. It is a naturally occurring gas, a product of a variety of biological processes. But in terms of climate change, it is the unnatural concentration of the gas from human induced factors that has researchers concerned. In the case of garbage disposal, methane enters the atmosphere as a byproduct of decomposition. As anaerobic bacteria break down polymers and other carbon based garbage, like the banana peel shown here, methane gets produced as a waste gas. As it enters the atmosphere, it reduces the Earth's ability to cool by absorbing more reflected heat from the planet than would otherwise occur. Other sources of methane production include rice cultivation, industrial production, and cattle herds. || ",
            "hits": 63
        },
        {
            "id": 1011,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1011/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "1999-11-10T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Nine Datasets on a Single Globe with Wipe Between Different Datasets",
            "description": "Single globe with wipe between different data sets. Sequence: Galileo, radiant energy, vegetation index anomalies, temperature, fires, aerosols, clouds, methane, water vapor, biosphere, Galileo || ",
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