Dr. Kate Calvin, pictured here at the Earth Information Center ribbon cutting in June, addressed members of the media along with other NASA leadership and climate experts on July 20, 2023. Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky
In light of recent extreme weather
events in the United States and around the world, NASA held a media roundtable
July 20 from its headquarters in Washington to highlight the agency’s climate
work.
From wildfires raging across North
America, flooding in the Northeast, heatwaves across the Southwest, and a
record hot June, millions of Americans are experiencing the effects of extreme
weather. NASA is tracking it all, and sharing its data.
“The data is clear: Our Earth is
warming. And NASA is committed to empowering scientists, decisionmakers, and
people around the world to make data-based decisions when it comes to climate,
said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “With more than two dozen satellites,
instruments aboard the International Space Station, and commercial and
international partnerships, NASA uses our unique vantage point of space to observe
our planet. To put it another way, NASA is bringing space down to Earth.”
Other NASA experts participating in
the discussion were:
- Kate
Calvin, NASA chief scientist and senior climate adviser
- Karen St.
Germain, director, NASA’s Earth Science Division
- Gavin
Schmidt, director, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Tom
Wagner, associate director for Earth Action
- Huy Tran,
aeronautics director, NASA’s Ames Research Center
- Carlos
Del Castillo, chief, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight
Center
The topics of discussion ranged
from greenhouse gases, NASA’s new Earth Information Center, the fleet of
satellites the agency has observing weather-data, how NASA uses surface records
to learn more about climate change, how climate change affects oceans, and
more.
“NASA’s vast, decades-long array of
Earth, atmospheric, and solar data – which are openly and freely available to
anyone – provide a comprehensive, real-time history of our dynamic and complex
planet. Understanding Earth gives us the means to better protect it,” said
Calvin.
Audio of the full briefing is
available on NASA's Youtube
channel. NASA
also offers a variety of resources across its websites including:
NASA GISS Resources
GISTEMP Global Temperature Record
ModelE Climate Model
Climate Impacts
Agency Resources
Climate.NASA.gov
Agency Climate
Strategy Overview
NASA Español
JPL Center for Climate Sciences
GSFC Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Langley Research Center
Ames NASA Earth Exchange
Visualization Resources
NASA Science
Visualization Studio
NASA Earth Observatory
Social Media Resources
NASAEarth
NASAClimate
Climate Explainer Resources
Temperature Record 101: How We Know What We Know about
Climate Change
The Climate Events of
2020 Show How Excess Heat is Expressed on Earth
‘We Asked A NASA Scientist’
Series
Why Does Climate Change Matter?
Are Wildfires Getting Worse?
Why Is Sea Level Rising?
Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger?
How Do We Know What The Climate Was Like Long Ago?
Is Polar Ice Melting?
Earth Action Resources
Earth Information
Center
NASA Earth Applied Sciences
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Rosenzweig Receives 2022 World Food Prize
Source: NASA Offers
Many Resources to Monitor Climate Change | NASA
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