Ozone Hole Continues Healing in 2024 - NASA Earth Observatory
Oct 30, 2024 · A hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066.
Temperature and Precipitation Graphs - NASA Earth Observatory
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Jan 6, 2011 · climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover ...
Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise - NASA Earth Observatory
Aug 10, 2022 · Editor’s Notes—This article is part of a collection explaining how NASA and other science institutions measure and monitor sea level rise. Also: are you looking for data related to sea level rise? The Sea Level Change Data Pathfinder on NASA’s Earthdata site highlights tools used by researchers to study ocean altimetry, including the Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for ...
Desert: Mission: Biomes - NASA Earth Observatory
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Tundra: Mission: Biomes - NASA Earth Observatory
Description. The tundra is the coldest of the biomes. It also receives low amounts of precipitation, making the tundra similar to a desert. Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia.
Earth Matters - Happy 2025 from NASA Earth Observatory!
Jan 6, 2025 · We are kicking off 2025 with much to look forward to but also much to look back on. In 2024, over 7.5 million readers visited our website to read our stories, and many millions more viewed our imagery on the NASAEarth social media channels and elsewhere. Since our founding in 1999 (2024 marked our 25 th anniversary), we have produced text …
Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits - NASA Earth Observatory
There are essentially three types of Earth orbits: high Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit, and low Earth orbit. Many weather and some communications satellites tend to have a high Earth orbit, farthest away from the surface.
Grassland: Mission: Biomes - NASA Earth Observatory
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Rainforest: Mission: Biomes - NASA Earth Observatory
Description. There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is warm. Temperate rainforests are found near the cooler coastal areas further north or south of the equator.