How NASA Decodes the Secrets of the Arctic

  • Released Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Universal Production Music: Home To You by William Baxter Noon [PRS], Pluck Up Courage by John Griggs [PRS], Philip Michael Guyler [PRS], Wafer Thin by Adam Leslie Gock [APRA], Dinesh David Wicks [APRA], Mitchell Stewart [APRA], The Magpie's Pie by Quentin Bachelet [SACEM], Romain Sanson [SACEM], Ticking Tension by Quentin Bachelet [SACEM], Romain Sanson [SACEM], Reward Drawer by Ehren Ebbage [BMI]

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Since 2015, scientists with NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) project have been studying how climate change is affecting Arctic and boreal regions. The team is studying permafrost thaw, changes in plant cover, wildfires, shifting animal migration patterns and more. With research aircraft flying over Alaska and northwestern Canada and scientists conducting field experiments on the ground below, ABoVE is collecting data that will help researchers understand how these events are intertwined – and how they are impacted by climate change.

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Universal Production Music: Home To You by William Baxter Noon [PRS]

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A segment highlighting how ABoVE utilizes NASA's UAVSAR for airborne observations.

Universal Production Music: Pluck Up Courage by John Griggs [PRS], Philip Michael Guyler [PRS]

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A segement showcasing the Alaska Satellite Facility and how it relates to NASA Earth observations. Additional imagery provided by ASF.

Universal Production Music: Wafer Thin by Adam Leslie Gock [APRA], Dinesh David Wicks [APRA], Mitchell Stewart [APRA]

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An interview with Dr. Katey Walter Anthony at Big Trail Lake, Alaska about thermokarst lakes, thawing permafrost and methane emissions.

Universal Production Music: The Magpie's Pie by Quentin Bachelet [SACEM], Romain Sanson [SACEM]

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An overview of wildfire in Alaska. Includes an interview with Alison York, Alaska Fire Science Consortium and Dr. Liz Hoy, Senior Scientist for NASA's ABoVE mission.

Universal Production Music: Ticking Tension by Quentin Bachelet [SACEM], Romain Sanson [SACEM]

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