And now there are TWO powerful winter storms impacting the continental U.S! This 12-hour #GOESEast toggle of IR and Water Vapor imagery simultaneously tracks the western system barreling onshore from the Pacific while another major storm system pummels communities in the east.

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#BREAKING: Norway sparks global outrage by approving #DeepSeaMining in the Arctic, endangering the last haven for marine life.

The deep sea is the world's largest carbon reservoir with unique wildlife and important habitats that do not exist anywhere else on Earth.

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Flooding in central England 🌧️ #Landsat 9 captured these enhanced-color images of flooding along the River Trent, brought on by consecutive storms in early January. Water appears in shades of blue. go.nasa.gov/3SaieA5

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An updated user interface for NASA’s Science Discovery Engine makes it easier and more efficient to discover data, documentation, and code across NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

➡️Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3RQu9BM

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A new report from @CopernicusECMWF has just been released and it highlights how 2023 broke many records, climate-wise.

One example? 2023 dethroned 2016 as warmest year on record, with temperature close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial level.
More highlights from the report: climate.copernicus.eu/global…

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RT @NWS: Heavy rainfall will bring widespread and potentially significant river and flash flooding to the Eastern U.S Tuesday. Severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the Southeast Tuesday. Heavy snow will continue across portions of the Midwest and in the Cascades.

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#Landsat satellites have seen the explosive growth of Las Vegas since 1972!

Viva Las Vegas! 🎸Elvis played 636 sold-out shows there starting in 1969, when the population was 220,000. By his last show in 1976, it was 346,000! See how far Vegas has come in this video. More details in our Earthshot: ow.ly/JawE50QoMZS #HappyBirthdayElvis: - USGS EROS

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2023 was the warmest calendar year on record, close to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, according to @CopernicusECMWF.
➡️ ecmwf.int/en/about/media-cen…

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Climate classifications help people know what types of conditions a region usually experiences through the year. As temperature and precipitation patterns change, so too will ecosystems, and the climate classifications that are based on them. climate.gov/maps-data/climat…

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RT @EUGreenCapital: Let’s all welcome Valencia, as #EUGreenCapital 2024 🇪🇸 as well as Elsinore 🇩🇰and Velenje 🇸🇮as #EUGreenLeaf 2024 🤗

📆 First step: Valencia's Opening Ceremony next 11 January

Find out how your city may apply 👉bit.ly/47jwlaR

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RT @unep_espanol: El Plan de Biodiversidad 🌎

🌱Proteger y restaurar
🤝Invertir y cooperar
🦋Prosperar con la naturaleza
🌺Repartir los beneficios equitativamente cbd.int/gbf/ vía @UNBiodiversity #COP16 | @MinAmbienteCo

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#DYK you can browse through our latest @CopernicusEU #Sentinel Success Stories by category?

Click the link below to find stories about:
❄️ Ice and Glaciers
🌊 Seas and Oceans
💧 Rivers and Lakes
🌱 Plant and Vegetation
💨 Air quality
💦 Floods
🔥 Heatwaves and Fires
🌋 Volcanoes
🆘 Earthquakes
📌 Other sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/…

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HAPPENING NOW!

International activists and multiple environmental organisations join in protest in at the Norwegian Parliament to denounce the absurdity of mining the Arctic.

Deep sea mining in the Arctic?

There’s NO(R)WAY! #StopDeepSeaMining

Greenpeace International

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RT @UNEP: Forests cover 1/3 of the global land area, provide clean air and water, store vast amounts of carbon, and are home to an important amount of the planet’s amazing biodiversity.

Here’s how UNEP supports the protection & sustainable management of forests: bit.ly/3JGpopV #GenerationRestoration

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RT @USGS: Happy #EarthRotationDay! Landsat orbits the Earth 14 times a day at 17,000 mph as our planet spins, capturing views of our ever-changing world.

Explore more at ow.ly/qcXA50QoXuH

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“Global warming in 2023 hit 1.48 degrees Celsius, data published Tuesday shows, as the hottest year on record propelled the world just hundredths of a degree away from a critical climate threshold.”
 
Via @CNN @angeladewan @KrystinaShveda @mrlourobinson cnn.com/2024/01/09/climate/t…

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December #temperature highlights from #C3S. Last month:

🌡 was the warmest December on record globally;
🌡 was 0.31°C above the previous warmest Decembers, in 2015 and 2019;
🌡 the average surface air temperature was 0.85°C above the 1991-2020 level.

▶️ bit.ly/48pyFhT

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💡#CleanEnergy is booming across the US thanks to investments from the BIL & IRA. To ensure equitable development & local input, #CommunityBenefitsAgreements and project agreements should be developed to respond to communities’ unique needs.

Learn more: bit.ly/3PfOuAp

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(1 of 6) JUST IN: U.S. struck with historic number of #BillionDollarDisasters in 2023.

Last year was the nation’s 5th-warmest year on record.

More from our #Annual 2023 #StateofClimate Report: bit.ly/2023USAnnualClimateRe… @NOAANCEI

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(2 of 6) #2023 (Jan–Dec) avg. temp for the contiguous U.S. was 54.4°F, 2.4°F above avg. — ranking 5th warmest in NOAA’s 129-year record: bit.ly/2023USAnnualClimateRe… @NOAANCEI #StateOfClimate

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