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NASA Global Climate Change Vital Signs of the Planet Skip Navigation elements through it. -- features Visualizing the Quantities of Climate Change Satellite data show that Antarctica and Greenland are losing hundreds of gigatonnes of ice each year. How big is just one gigatonne? Full story › full story blog Not a Tempest in a Teapot How might climate change impact storms over Earth's tropical oceans? A body of evidence, including NASA research, is beginning to draw connections. Full story › full story news NASA Satellite Offers Urban Carbon Dioxide Insights Using data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, researchers found links between the population density of cities and how much carbon dioxide they produce per person. (Image credit: Bert Kaufmann/CC BY-SA) Full story › full story blog Why Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles Can't Explain Earth's Current Warming Small variations in how Earth moves around our Sun influence our climate over very long timespans, but they can't account for Earth's current period of rapid warming. Full story › full story features NASA Prepares for New Science Flights Above Coastal Louisiana As sea levels rise, some areas of the Mississippi Delta are drowning, while others are actually gaining mass. NASA's Delta-X heads to the delta to figure out why. Full story › full story '/public/partials/media_feature' # aka possible_carousel, has a carousel if more than one, else just shows the article without a container -- Carbon Dioxide 413 parts per million Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide levels in the air are at their highest in 650,000 years Global Temperature 1.9 °F since 1880 Global Temperature Nineteen of the 20 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001 Arctic Ice Minimum 12.85 percent per decade Arctic Ice Minimum In 2012, Arctic summer sea ice shrank to the lowest extent on record Ice Sheets 428 Gigatonnes per year Ice Sheets Satellite data show that Earth's polar ice sheets are losing mass Sea Level 3.3 millimeters per year Sea Level Global average sea level has risen nearly 7" (178 mm) over the past 100 years News and Features Small cyclical variations in the shape of Earth's orbit, its wobble and the angle its axis is tilted play key roles in influencing Earth's climate over timespans of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years. Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate A new NASA airborne science mission will amass about 1,200 hours of data to help climate and weather modelers better understand how aerosol particles and meteorological processes affect clouds. Probing the Hazy Mysteries of Marine Clouds The joint U.S.-European mission to study the effects of global warming on the ocean has a new name to honor Michael Freilich, the former head of NASA's Earth Science division. NASA, Partners Name Ocean-Observing Satellite for Noted Earth Scientist From 2009 through 2019, NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew above the Arctic, Antarctic and Alaska, gathering data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. NASA's Operation IceBridge Completes Eleven Years of Polar Surveys A vast animal migration – the largest on the planet and a critical part of Earth’s climate system – has been observed globally for the first time, thanks to an unexpected use of a space-based laser. NASA, French Space Laser Measures Massive Migration of Ocean Animals SMAP satellite soil moisture measurements now increase the accuracy of Army and Air Force weather forecasts and advisories. NASA Soil Data Join the Air Force NASA scientists flew over thousands of facilities in California to detect sources of concentrated methane plumes. Their findings could help the state lower emissions. A Third of California Methane Traced to a Few Super-Emitters The Earth-observing mission ECOSTRESS reveals how the massive rainforest fires this past August spread in dry areas visible only to this specialized sensor. Drought-Stressed Forest Fueled Amazon Fires NASA’s Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) have collected rain and snowfall from space for nearly 20 years, and for the first time in 2019, scientists can access PMM’s entire record as one data set. Two Decades of Rain, Snowfall from NASA's Precipitation Missions Ice fronts have retreated, rocky peaks are more exposed and fewer icebergs are drifting to the ocean. Landsat Illustrates Five Decades of Change to Greenland Glaciers Although ECOSTRESS' primary mission is to measure plant health from space, it can also detect other heat-related phenomena, including fires burning in the Amazon. NASA's ECOSTRESS Detects Amazon Fires from Space An ECOSTRESS image reveals heavy stress among vegetation in the drought-stricken Guanacaste region. NASA Gauges Plant Stress in Costa Rican Drought more news What is Climate Change? Evidence How do we know climate change is real? Causes Why is climate change happening? 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