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Days on Earth are growing slightly longer, and that change is accelerating. The reason is connected to the same mechanisms that also have caused the planet’s axis to meander by about 30 feet (10 meters) in the past 120 years. The findings come from two recent NASA-funded studies focused on how the climate-related redistribution of
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July 8th, 2024
NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix StreetsResearchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California mapped scorching pavement in Phoenix where contact with skin—from a fall, for example—can cause serious burns. The image shows land-surface temperatures across a grid of roads and adjacent sidewalks, revealing how urban spaces can turn hazardous during hot weather. Data for this visualization of the Phoenix
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NASA joined more than 20 federal agencies in releasing its updated Climate Adaptation Plan, helping expand the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to make federal operations increasingly resilient to the impacts of climate change for the benefit of all. The updated plans advance the administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework, which helps align climate resilience investments across the public and
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The first national estimates of naturally occurring lithium in groundwater that can be used for drinking water were recently published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS-led study focuses on groundwater that supplies water to both public and private wells. Ongoing research by health organizations has linked the low-level occurrence of natural lithium in drinking water to
