(AGENPARL) – mer 17 aprile 2024 NASA Invites Media for Climate Update, New Earth Missions
April 17, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-057
For a media briefing in advance of Earth Day, NASA will share info about next steps for its Earth research program, as well as highlight our newest Earth-observing satellite PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem). This image from PACE shows two different communities of phytoplankton in the ocean off the coast of South Africa on Feb. 28, 2024.
Credit: NASA
In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invites media to a briefing at the agency’s headquarters on Friday, April 19, at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will share updates on NASA’s climate science and early data from the agency’s ocean-watching PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, as well as reveal upcoming Earth airborne missions.
The speakers include:
* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
* Karen St. Germain, division director, NASA Earth Sciences Division
* Tom Wagner, associate director for Earth Action
The briefing will air live on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website.
For more information on NASA’s Earth Science Division visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/earth
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