NASA's Earth Minute: Why Does NASA Study Earth?

Earth is a complex, dynamic system we do not fully understand. To learn more about it, NASA, as the agency with access to space, was tasked with launching the first weather satellite back in 1960. Today, NASA uses satellites, aircraft and even an occasional boat to study our planet's air, land and water. It's called "Earth System Science" and we are trying to answer some big questions: How is the global Earth system changing? What causes these changes? How will Earth change in the future? And what we learn benefits society through applications such as weather forecasting, freshwater availability and disaster response.

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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program
NASA Wavelength

[KoolStar]

Great video this is a much more interesting format to display your information and get people engaged than those rather dull Sciencecasts.

[leonrus]

We need NASA down to Earth & Space in time to be // Thank you all //

[jim]

NOAA should be taking the lead in this research and NASA should be concentrating on sending astronauts beyond low earth orbit.

[ingridgott]

thank you Nasa for trying to safe my only home my mother earth thank you thank you Ilove you nasa