Why NASA is sending scientists to the planet's most fragile edges
In short: Space-based data provides a broad view of our changing world, but understanding the nuances of climate change requires boots on the ground. This video follows NASA's 2016 global expedition to study critical environmental shifts firsthand.
While NASA utilizes satellite imagery to monitor global trends like natural hazards and climate change, the agency recognizes that space-level data requires local context. To bridge this gap, NASA launched a six-month world tour in 2016 featuring eight major new field experiments.
These expeditions transport researchers to high-stakes environments, including the Greenland ice sheet and South Pacific coral reefs. The goal is to investigate the specific impacts of human activity and to improve environmental predictions for the future.
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