# Earth’s Atmosphere – NASA

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- NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions to investigate the complex system of space weather that surrounds our planet and how it’s connected to Earth’s atmosphere. The three concepts propose how to enact the DYNAMIC (Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling) mission, which was recommended by the 2013 Decadal Survey for Solar and Space [&#8230;]
- PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancing the ways that we view [&#8230;]
- NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA&#8217;s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before [&#8230;]
- Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way [&#8230;]
- Sulaiman Mountain Haze An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this Dec. 17, 2023, photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan.&#160;The Sulaiman Mountains form a natural barrier between the plateaus to the west and the Indus River Valley to the east. Winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Indus floodplain carry moisture and particulates inland, causing&#160;a [&#8230;]
- New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world. These four investigations are part of the agency’s new Earth System Explorers [&#8230;]
- Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases Two NASA pathfinding missions were recently deployed into low-Earth orbit, where they are demonstrating novel technologies for observing atmospheric gases, measuring freshwater, and even detecting signs of potential volcanic eruptions. The Signals of Opportunity P-Band Investigation (SNoOPI), a low-noise radio receiver, tests a new technique for measuring root-zone soil moisture by harnessing radio signals produced [...]
- GLOBE Eclipse Challenge: Clouds on Our Solar Powered Earth GLOBE Observer, the mobile app of the Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, gives anyone who wants to (in 120+ GLOBE countries) the opportunity to do NASA science by making environmental observations that complement NASA satellite observations and help scientists study Earth and the global environment. Between 15 March and 15 [...]
- NASA’s PACE Data on Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Now Available NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of&#160;ocean health, air quality,&#160;and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb. 8, and has been put through several weeks of in-orbit testing of the spacecraft and instruments to ensure [&#8230;]
- Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated.