Spotlight on Annmarie Eldering

Annmarie Eldering first came to JPL in 1999 for a summer fellowship, and stayed for over 20 years. She experienced the excitement and stresses that come with leading the development of new satellites.

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How is climate change impacting shellfish in the ocean?

A NASA satellite is measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But things get tricky when that CO2 finds a place to hide.

Earth Stories

Read more stories about how JPL Earth Science is used in the community.

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Earth Science & Technology

Using our unique expertise to better understand how Earth works as a system for the benefit of society

Features: JPL Earth Data in the Community

Observing your community can depend greatly on your perspective. A science teacher's dive into local carbon dioxide data provides a point of comparison for what NASA's carbon-monitoring satellite can reveal.

A Creative Teacher's Rooftop Science

Lan Dang works on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 and Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 satellites as the Science Data System Lead. When she’s not busy handling the data the satellite sends back, she’s pursuing her other passion: mentoring new hires and local schoolkids.

Lan Dang stands in a room, with others in the background, holding material for the tech demonstration/exploration they are working on.

Career profile: Lan Dang on mentorship at NASA-JPL

The global pandemic has been a difficult time, but you may have wondered: Have we at least put the brakes on climate change by staying home and not driving so much?

Did the pandemic slow down climate change?

Earth Science Missions

Currently there are more than a dozen missions in operation and several more in development being managed by the Earth Science and Technology Directorate.

Airborne Missions

JPL's Earth Science Airborne Suborbital Instruments and Measurements consist of missions utilizing remote sensing instruments for suborbital studies which are flown on a variety of airborne systems.