Earth - NASA Science
This NASA Climate Kids resource explores Earth's science, focusing on its physical characteristics, atmospheric composition, and climate change indicators like warming temperatures, shrinking sea ice, and rising sea levels. It highlights various NASA missions and instruments used to monitor these aspects of our planet.
Overview
Added
March 17, 2026
Subject & domain
science-daily-life · measurement-mathematics-in-science
Grade range
Grade 3–Grade 8
Page kind
Article
Introduction
NASA Earth Observation Missions
- CLARREO Pathfinder: Measures reflected solar light and energy to improve the accuracy of climate data collected by other satellite missions.
- CYGNSS: A constellation of seven satellites that analyze Global Navigation Satellite System signals as they reflect off the ocean surface.
- GEDI: The first laser-based instrument designed to generate 3-D maps of Earth's forests, measuring canopy height, branch density, and leaf spacing.
- Landsat Satellites: Monitor land surface changes, including glacier retreat, urban expansion, natural disasters (floods/droughts), and agricultural/forestry shifts.
- Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich: Focuses on ocean circulation and global sea level rise, while also collecting atmospheric data to enhance weather and climate forecasting.
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