RT @NASALaserComm: The upcoming @SpaceX CRS-29 mission is targeting a November 5th launch at 10:01 p.m. ET.

Onboard is NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload headed to the @Space_Station to demonstrate laser communications.

Follow along this week for more info about this cool @NASA_Technology.

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The mining sector could potentially be a leader in achieving positive outcomes for #biodiversity as outlined at #COP15 🌿

UNEP-WCMC's Senior Programme Officer Sebastian Bekker explains how in this article ➡️ eu1.hubs.ly/H05TQRL0

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We're celebrating #NASAHalloween with #Landsat! 🎃

Download Landsat 9 mission coloring pages and use them as inspiration for your next jack-o-lantern. go.nasa.gov/40dSo0J

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Nature connects us all. We must ensure a sustainable and just future for people and the planet 💚⁣

Via @Greenpeace

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RT @LaAgendadelMar: ¡Te esperamos el 1 de noviembre!
Noche para amantes del #océano 🌊

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RT @GreenpeaceCL: Ayúdanos a frenar la expansión de la industria #salmonera en los fiordos y canales de la #Patagonia chilena! FIRMA AQUÍ 👉 nomassalmoneras.cl #NoMásSalmoneras #GranInvasor #GranHermanoChile #GranHermanoCHV

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Thousands of U.S. auto workers are striking for better compensation, stronger protections and job security. As the US transitions to #ElectricVehicles, it's critical auto workers and communities prosper from the #EV revolution.

Read @DLashof's statement: bit.ly/3PW59s7

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From October 9-15, Marrakech hosted the 2023 @WorldBank Group-@IMFNews Meetings. Discover the highlights and insights from this event in our latest episode of the 🎧#DevelopmentPodcast : wrld.bg/V10W50Q1G1I

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RT @NWS: It may be a good idea to figure out how to incorporate a jacket into that costume tomorrow night across much of the lower 48. "Mr. Freeze" is a good costume, but only if it's intended. #Halloween

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See SWOT Mission's Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels
This animation shows global sea level data collected by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite from July 26 to Aug. 16. Red and orange indicate higher-than-average ocean heights, while blue represents lower-than-average heights. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
In Brief:

Data on sea surface heights around the world from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission yields a mesmerizing view of the planet’s ocean.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is sending down tantalizing views of Earth’s water, including a global composite of sea surface heights. The satellite collected the data visualized above during SWOT’s first full 21-day science orbit, which it completed between July 26 and Aug. 16.

SWOT is measuring the height of nearly all water on Earth’s surface, providing one of the most detailed, comprehensive views yet of the planet’s oceans and freshwater lakes and rivers. The satellite is a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency, CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales).

The animation shows sea surface height anomalies around the world: Red and orange indicate ocean heights that were higher than the global mean sea surface height, while blue represents heights lower than the mean. Sea level differences can highlight ocean currents, like the Gulf Stream coming off the U.S. East Coast or the Kuroshio current off the east coast of Japan. Sea surface height can also indicate regions of relatively warmer water – like the eastern part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean during an El Niño – because water expands as it warms.

The SWOT science team made the measurements using the groundbreaking Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) instrument. With two antennas spread 33 feet (10 meters) apart on a boom, KaRIn produces a pair of data swaths (tracks visible in the animation) as it circles the globe, bouncing radar pulses off the water’s surface to collect surface-height measurements.

“The detail that SWOT is sending back on sea levels around the world is incredible,” said Parag Vaze, SWOT project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “The data will advance research into the effects of climate change and help communities around the world better prepare for a warming world.”

More About the Mission

Launched on Dec. 16, 2022, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in central California, SWOT is now in its operations phase, collecting data that will be used for research and other purposes.

SWOT was jointly developed by NASA and CNES, with contributions from CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and the UK Space Agency. JPL, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, leads the U.S. component of the project. For the flight system payload, NASA provided the KaRIn instrument, a GPS science receiver, a laser retroreflector, a two-beam microwave radiometer, and NASA instrument operations. CNES provided the Doppler Orbitography and Radioposition Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) system, the dual frequency Poseidon altimeter (developed by Thales Alenia Space), the KaRIn radio-frequency subsystem (together with Thales Alenia Space and with support from the UK Space Agency), the satellite platform, and ground operations. CSA provided the KaRIn high-power transmitter assembly. NASA provided the launch vehicle and the agency’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy Space Center, managed the associated launch services.

To learn more about SWOT, visit:
https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/

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Jane J. Lee / Andrew Wang
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A study from a group of marine scientists — all of them ardent surfers — shows a bleak future for Earth’s coral reefs can be prevented & outlines the relatively small steps to ensure coral reefs’ long-term protection & productivity. conservation.org/blog/tired-…

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RT @greenpeaceusa: At least it wasn't a plastic bag 👻 #Halloween

Plastics are scary! Tell President Biden we need a #PlasticsTreaty ➡️ bit.ly/3zTxiZt

🎨: Liz Climo

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RT @greenpeacemx: ¡Están perdiendo su hogar y no pueden hacer nada para evitarlo!, pero nosotros sí, firma la petición: act.gp/3Micu45 👈

Exijamos a gobernadores de Campeche, Yucatán y Quintana Roo garanticen la protección de la biodiversidad de la Península de Yucatán.

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We did it! @NOAA and private sector partners conducted the first co-located mission into a hurricane that included a low flying drone (@anduriltech 's Altius 600) and an ocean surface uncrewed vehicle (@saildrone ), collecting data in the most dangerous area of the storm

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OPORTUNIDADES - Sempre quis trabalhar na Conservação Internacional? Estamos com duas vagas abertas.
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RT @noaaocean: As we look ahead to the next five years, we’re focusing our work on the things that matter most - keeping coastal communities safe, ensuring everyone can access and understand our work, and expanding the blue economy. oceanservice.noaa.gov/about/…

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