Keith’s note: I was just on Alhurra TV talking about the upcoming launch of the PACE mission and how it can contribute to our understanding of Earth’s climate. I lost the translator audio half way through for about 30 seconds – then it came back. The trick in doing these interviews is to speak and pause periodically so the translator can keep up (I used to be a Sign Language interpreter so I get that) and also to avoid NASA jargon and acronyms (which no one on Earth outside of NASA actually speaks), and present things in every day language for an audience who does not read NASA press releases every day. Here’s the [audio].

Keith’s note: According to NASA PAO: “A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants – down to four square miles – lifted off on its way to geostationary orbit at 12:30 a.m. EDT Friday. The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument will improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality from space.” More. ICYMI I just did an interview with BBC World Service on the TEMPO launch and the benefits it will have to actual individuals back on Earth. Audio

Keith’s note: The latest report from the IPCC – AR6 Synthesis Report – has been out for more than a day. The Biden Administration has been making full throated endorsements about the need to combat Climate Change as a whole of government effort. NASA has a seat at the table at the White House National Climate Task Force. Last year NASA made a big deal about VP Harris and NASA’s climate efforts. SO you’d expect that there would be some mention of this report given that the rest of the world is responding. Yet no mention is at NASA.gov at @NASA or @NASA Earth. Again, NASA PAO is just totally out of synch with issues of vital importance to its overtly stated mission. Wake up PAO.

NASA: Request for Public Nominations for Authors and Scientific/ Technical Inputs and Notice of Planned Public Engagement Opportunities for the Fifth National Climate Assessment, NASA “NASA, on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), is soliciting nominations for authors and scientific/ technical inputs for the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). Refer to the NCA5 Draft Prospectus (presented in a previous Federal Register Notice and accessible via www.globalchange.gov/notices) for […]

Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, U.S. Global Chance Research Program “In the absence of significant global mitigation action and regional adaptation efforts, rising temperatures, sea level rise, and changes in extreme events are expected to increasingly disrupt and damage critical infrastructure and property, labor productivity, and the vitality of our communities. Regional economies and industries that depend on natural resources and […]

Trump White House quietly cancels NASA research verifying greenhouse gas cuts, Science “You can’t manage what you don’t measure. The adage is especially relevant for climate-warming greenhouse gases, which are crucial to manage – and challenging to measure. In recent years, though, satellite and aircraft instruments have begun monitoring carbon dioxide and methane remotely, and NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), a $10-million-a-year research line, has helped stitch together observations of […]

National Academies To Release Earth Science Decadal Survey, AIAA Aerospace America “U.S. scientists plan to release their once-a-decade list of recommended Earth observation spending priorities Friday in a press conference in Washington, D.C. The scientific community survey, “Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space,” was written by a committee assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Known informally as the Earth […]

US federal department is censoring use of term ‘climate change’, emails reveal, Guardian “Staff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference “weather extremes” instead. A series of emails obtained by the Guardian between staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a USDA unit that oversees farmers’ land conservation, show that […]

#NASA says "GISS websites may be unavailable due to network reconfiguration"Does this mean data will be removed? https://t.co/7VmNwzWtln pic.twitter.com/7FMfNKsK9F — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2017

#NASA charts/websites like this contradict Trump. Watch as Trump orders @NASA to change charts to match his decision https://t.co/kmmfWebEHl pic.twitter.com/UoMbVUgXrw — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 1, 2017