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    "title" : "Join the Global Climate Change Conversation with NASA’s Earth Now |Digital.gov",
    "description": "Join the Global Climate Change Conversation with NASA’s Earth Now",
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    {"title" :"Join the Global Climate Change Conversation with NASA\u0026#8217;s Earth Now","summary" : "Wanna join the global climate change conversation? Arm yourself with real-time facts about Earth’s vital signs from NASA’s Earth Now mobile app. Earth Now is an app that visualizes recent global climate data, including surface air temperature, carbon dioxide, carbon","date" : "2014-11-20T10:00:52-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kdowney" : "Kevin Downey"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-20-join-the-global-climate-change-conversation-with-nasas-earth-now.md","slug" : "join-the-global-climate-change-conversation-with-nasas-earth-now","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/20/join-the-global-climate-change-conversation-with-nasas-earth-now/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/11/600-x-230-NASA-Earth-Now-Android-app.jpg\"\n    alt=\"4 screens from the Android version of NASA\u0026#39;s Earth Now app\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWanna join the global climate change conversation? Arm yourself with real-time facts about Earth’s vital signs from NASA’s Earth Now mobile app.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarth Now is an app that visualizes recent global climate data, including surface air temperature, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and water vapor, as well as gravity and sea level variations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis app not only shows you the current vital signs of the planet, but also explains why each vital sign is important to monitor, and how changes to these signs affect the climate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what does NASA have to do with climate change?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNASA is an expert in climate and Earth science and its purview includes providing the robust scientific data needed to understand climate change and evaluating the impact of efforts to combat it, according to NASA’s website. NASA makes this information available to the global community. For more information, see \u003ca href=\"http://climate.nasa.gov/nasa_role/\"\u003eNASA’s role\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Earth Now app displays a 3-D model of Earth that you can spin, rotate and zoom in and out to see how each climate data map affects a specific area. For instance, select the “Ozone” vital sign and you can zoom in to see the severely depleted region over Antarctica between the months of August and October. The app goes on to explain what ozone is and how it functions on Earth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelect the “Carbon Dioxide” vital sign and learn how it plays a crucial role in both air pollution and climate change, and see how the U.S. compares in carbon monoxide distribution in real time to other regions of the world.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe app contains a treasure trove of information on the state of the planet, and is suitable for a wide audience with various levels of understanding about climate change. The app goes in-depth about each data point, but also does a great job of explaining how it relates to the bigger picture of global climate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarth Now is available on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/earth-now/id494633346?mt=8\u0026amp;ls=1\"\u003eApple iOS\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nasa.jpl.earthnow.activity\"\u003eAndroid\u003c/a\u003e devices. It was developed by the Earth Science Communications and Visualization Technology Applications and Development Teams at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with support from NASA Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonus\u003c/strong\u003e: Don’t miss the awesomely mobile-optimized \u003ca href=\"http://climate.nasa.gov\"\u003eclimate.nasa.gov\u003c/a\u003e website, which is linked from the information screen of the app. The website lays out evidence, causes and effects of global climate change, and links to selected resources from U.S. government organizations that provide information about options for responding to climate change.\u003cem\u003eYou can download this and other cool mobile government apps with just a few clicks from our \u003ca href=\"http://www.usa.gov/mobileapps.shtml\"\u003eUSA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory\u003c/a\u003e. Federal agencies can get their apps in the directory by \u003ca href=\"https://touchpoints.app.cloud.gov/registry\" title=\"The Federal Mobile Products Registry\"\u003eusing the\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://touchpoints.app.cloud.gov/registry\" title=\"The Federal Mobile Products Registry\"\u003eThe Federal Mobile Products Registry\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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