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So increasing global temperatures
lead to increasing extreme events, too.

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And we're seeing those extreme events now.

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We're seeing more heatwaves,
more wildfires.

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We're seeing changes in the water cycle

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that lead to more heavy precipitation
events and in some regions, more droughts.

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And we know that those events
have increased with warming to date

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and that future warming will lead
to even more increases in these extremes.

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We do see different extremes depending on
where you live in the country.

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So we tend to see more droughts
and wildfires out west and more

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heavy
precipitation events in the in the east.

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So one of the big things that NASA does is
we study the planet.

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We understand things about the atmosphere,
the land,

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the oceans, and we make all of that data
publicly available.

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So people have access to it
all around the world.

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And one of the things we're working on
now is making that easier to use.

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And the goal is really to ensure

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that people have access
to the information they need

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and so they can understand
what's happening, where they live,

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how their community is changing,
and they can take steps to address that.

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As part of that,
we opened an Earth Information Center

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last summer that provides that information
to the public so people can see

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what we know about the planet
and and can use that information.

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So one of the other things NASA does is
we develop

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technologies that can help us mitigate
or adapt to climate change.

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So we have an aeronautics team
that does research on airplanes,

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and they've worked with the aviation

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industry for decades to reduce the energy
use and emissions in aircraft.

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And they're continuing to work
to think about how we can reduce

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the environmental impact
of flying in the future.

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So El Nino is

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part of a natural cycle
that affects global temperatures.

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So El Nino years
tend to be warmer on average.

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La Nina years tend to be cooler.

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But on top of that natural cycle,
we are also experiencing human induced

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climate change that's leading to increases
in temperature overall.

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So our El Nino years tend to be warmer
than the previous El Nino years.

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Just as an example,
2022 was a La Nina year.

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It was the hottest La Nina year on record
and it was tied for the fifth warmest

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overall, even though La Nina years
tend to be cooler on average.

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So one of the things that we know
from science

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and understanding on our planet,
we also see this we look at other planets,

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is that the temperature rise
that we're seeing up

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until now is driven
by greenhouse gas emissions.

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And what we know about future temperatures
is as long as we have positive carbon

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dioxide emissions, we're going to continue
to see temperatures rise.

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Yeah, so we're really excited about PACE.

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It's launching in just a few weeks.

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It's going to tell us more
about looking at the color of the ocean

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and that will give us information

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about the species that live in the ocean
and the diversity of those species.

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And from that will be able to provide
information to marine fisheries,

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will be able to look at things
like harmful algal blooms

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and really understand
what's on the surface of the ocean.

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In addition
to looking at the surface of the ocean

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PACE is also going
to give us information about aerosols.

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These are these little particles
in the atmosphere

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and peace is going to help
us better understand those.

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So you can find more information
about this and all of our missions.

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At nasa.gov, we also have information
on social media @NASA.