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Laura Duncanson and Amy Neuenschwander help lead a groundbreaking effort to map Earth’s forests using satellite lidar. By combining data from GEDI and ICESat-2, they reveal hidden carbon hotspots ...

How a suitcase-sized NASA device could map shrinking aquifers from space Next‑gen gravity maps could help track groundwater, ice loss, and magma.

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A few decades ago, the idea of predicting a disease outbreak via satellite was science fiction. But today, researchers can use environmental data to predict when and where some diseases are likely to ...

A NASA map that uses satellite images and the Goddard Earth Observing System model to show temperature highs across the U.S. on July 10, 2024. Dark red corresponds to temperatures above 104°.