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 Earth and ClimateExploreClimate ChangeScience in ActionMultimediaDataFor ResearchersExplore This SectionEarth and ClimateExploreClimate ChangeScience in ActionMultimediaDataFor ResearchersEarth DayThe ocean holds about 97 percent of Earth’s water and covers 70 percent of our planet’s surface. According to the United Nations, the ocean may be home to 50 to 80 percent of all life on Earth. Even if you live hundreds of miles from a coast, what happens in the ocean is fundamental to your life.Earth Day Everywhere ToolkitNASA’s fleet of satellites see the whole Earth, every day. This year, you can celebrate Earth Day with NASA wherever you are! Host your own Earth Day event—supported by NASA science—with activities, demonstrations, handouts, posters, videos, and more.Learn MoreJoin NASA for Earth Day in Washington D.C., April 18-19Free and Open to the Public 9:00 a.m to 3 p.m. both days.Only a few blocks away from the National Mall, NASA celebrates Earth Day in the Earth Information Center, an exhibit space that transforms science into art.•  Learn about our home planet through 17 hands-on activities• View stunning visuals of Earth data from space on a cutting edge 20-ft hyperwall• Hear from scientists how information about Earth from space improves lives and livelihoods in the face of disasters, environmental challenges and climate change• Walk through and touch the many connections between land, air, sea, and life — including us — in an immersive and interactive experienceSee Earth as NASA sees it and complete a Passport to Fun for all ages.Address:Mary W. Jackson NASA HQEast Lobby/ 300E. St SWWashington DC Closest Metro: Federal Center SWNumerous kids sit on tiled floor in a building with illuminated classical roman architecture style decor and high vaulted ceilings as they await a speaker to make their way to the temporary floor level staging and sound system. An inflatable Earth dome sits in the background with activities set up inside and an earth day banner hangs on the wall in the far right of the imageFeatured VideoEarth Day PostersEach Year NASA creates Earth Day posters meant to inspire. Watch what the artist has to say about the inspiration behind this year's and peruse our collection of current and past posters for you to download, print, and use.Learn MoreEarth Day 2017 posterPast Earth Day PostersPeruse and download Earth Day posters from years pastFeatured StoriesNASA Earth science studies our planet all day, every day. By tracking the movement of our natural systems – and the effect of human activity on them – we can understand the patterns, causes and results of climate change on the elemental activities that sustain us. On Earth Day we take time to celebrate this wondrous planet with special discussions, events and activities.All NASA Earth News4 min readSWOT Satellite Catches Coastal Flooding During California StormsArticle2 months agoThis satellite image centers the meandering Sacramento river surrounded by rice fields. The fields are broken into primarily square and rectangular areas with the fields nearest the river being full of green and brown vegetation, and farther from the river they are flooded and appear dark blue.OpenET Study Helps Water Managers and Farmers Put NASA Data to WorkRead MoreMichael Thorpe, a man with dark hair, poses with a tube of sediment collected from a nearby body of water. He wears a gray sweatshirt underneath dark green waders, or waterproof overalls, and kneels next to a brown lake with clumpy dirt banks in the foreground and background. Two more scientists in waders stand next to a small, flat white boat. The sky is bright blue and mostly covered with puffy clouds.Michael Thorpe Studies Sediment from Source to SinkRead MoreArticle5 min readAs the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting CarbonArticle5 min readNASA Mission Excels at Spotting Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources6 min readOn a Changing Planet, NASA Goes GreenArticle3 years agoIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.Neil ArmstrongNASA Astronaut, First Man on the Moon
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