NASA will soon increase its documentation of Earth’s environmental and societal changes. The space agency will accomplish this by collaborating with its European and Japanese partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The collaboration will make use of all available Earth-observing satellite data. This will be used to document and expand resources, as well as understand a broader range of changes occurring in the environment and human society around the world. The dashboard will be divided into six sections: atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and ocean, cryosphere, and economy.
The expanded documentation will broaden our access to online resources. This, in turn, will aid in the creation of more data-driven stories. The data can also be used to search for relevant datasets.
“With our partners at ESA and JAXA, this is another important step to get the latest information to the public about our changing planet, in an accessible and convenient way, which can inform decisions and planning for communities around the world,” Karen St. Germain, NASA Earth Science Division director, said in a statement.
The dashboard aims to provide an accessible and objective resource for people unfamiliar with satellite data, such as public scientists and decision-makers. Here’s what NASA has to say about this project on its website: “It provides a precise, objective, and all-encompassing view of our planet.” The dashboard depicts changes in the Earth’s air, land, and water, as well as their effects on human activities, using accurate remote sensing observations. Users can explore countries and regions all over the world to see how specific indicators change over time.”
The collaborators must find satellite data streams that can be rendered to simplified and objective resources for this purpose. To share information across agencies, the current computing infrastructure must be updated. The six focus areas will address various aspects of life on Earth.
The atmosphere focus area investigates air pollution and climate change, whereas agriculture seeks greater understanding of agricultural production, crop conditions, and food supply. How do trees and plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere? We’ll find out thanks to the biomass focus area. The cryosphere will address the effects of global warming on sea ice. The water and ocean area will investigate the wealth of this natural resource. The economy focus area will link the social and economic systems of the Earth to the environment.
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