When a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued for your area by the National Weather Service, it is time to take cover immediately. But a lot of people don’t. They say, “It’s just a thunderstorm warning!…
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Ask NASA: How arctic fires are impacting you (Spoiler Alert: they are)
Your browser does not support the video tag. Wildfires in the Arctic often burn far away from population centers, but their impacts are felt around the globe. From field and laboratory work to airborne campaigns…
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Ask NASA: How fire works and how NASA tracks fire on Earth
Your browser does not support the video tag. Today we’re talking about fires. At any given time, there are multiple fires burning across the globe. During today’s show, we’ll discuss the science of fire, how…
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Ask NASA: Using the latest tech to better forecast hurricanes
Your browser does not support the video tag. NASA has a unique and important view of hurricanes around the planet. Satellites and aircraft watch as storms form, travel across the ocean and sometimes, make landfall.…
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Ask NASA: A Solar Orbiter discussion in Spanish
Your browser does not support the video tag. Spanish Facebook Live event with Solar Orbiter mission experts at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Video and description courtesy of NASA
Ask NASA: Modeling the retreating Greenland Ice Sheet
Your browser does not support the video tag. Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute used data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge to develop a more accurate model of how the Greenland Ice Sheet…
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Ask NASA: Answer your questions about the Sun
Your browser does not support the video tag. Is the Sun a ball of fire? And why does NASA send missions to the Sun? NASA’s Heliophysics Director Nicky Fox explains NASA’s latest solar science findings.…
Ask NASA: Explaining snowflakes and how we can see them from space
Your browser does not support the video tag. The Global Precipitation Measurement can help improve numerical weather predictions of snowfall by measuring the size and shape distribution of snow particles, layer by layer, in a…
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Ask NASA: Ever heard of “Dirty” snow? Research suggests aerosols make snow melt faster
Your browser does not support the video tag. Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists…
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Rain/Snow mix not impossible tonight for South Mississippi
via GIPHY Yeah, I am. It isn’t a great one. But, hey, if there was ever a chance it might be tonight between about 9pm and midnight. The Data The model soundings suggest a pretty…
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