In the last decades, the world has made fantastic progress against extreme poverty. In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, the number of extremely poor people has declined by 1.5 *billion* people. 🧵

SVS is such a valuable NASA group!!

The New York Times article about the Escapade missions includes a beautiful visualization by the SVS's AJ Christensen. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...

Coffee prices are skyrocketing and Rise Up Coffee isn't taking any chances.

Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 2: Lines (Miniature Globes Edition) For today’s theme, “Lines,” I created a miniature globe of NASA SVS’ Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperature visualization. Look closely to see the mesmerizing ocean eddies!

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

The different sources of atmospheric methane: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5424 a companion to the popular SVS visualization of carbon dioxide from 2023: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5110

This only happens to you once

New Quanta Magazine series on climate science. I was one of the people interviewed for this months ago and happy to start digging in now! www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

Refraction

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration 800,000 BCE - July 2025 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5447/

This newly released visualization showing the progression of the Palisades and Eaton fires was the last visualization produced by the SVS's Cindy Starr after an incredible 37 year career. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5558/

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat

A few tips: 1: Open up your aperture as much as you can for more bokeh. Faster lenses are better. 2: Make a mark on your focus ring + lens (I use two narrow strips of masking tape) so you can quickly and repeatedly hit your in-focus point.

“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.

I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.

The core portion of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed vibration testing, ensuring it will withstand the extreme shaking experienced during launch: go.nasa.gov/4jNWjcK 🔭 🧪

NASA is our best US brand name. Proposed cuts to NASA will destroy our position of leadership in space science and exploration ! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science congressweb.com/PlanetarySocie… #

Meteorologists across the country should be adapting this messaging locally for their regional forecast needs…

Last day at the GISS building (Wed. May 28th). 🥲

In a super interesting new paper we show how ENSO and other climate oscillations influence crop yield variability today and in the future. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Let’s make today (May 10) Magnetosphere Appreciation Day! A year ago today we had that huge aurora display, caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm experienced in decades. Lovely visualisations by NASA SVS/NASA DRIVE science centre on how our atmosphere and magnetosphere responded. 🧪🔭☀️🧲

As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, it is important to keep in mind how temperatures are changing 🌡️ Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/

Upsetting news today about the lease on the GISS building being cancelled. Solidarity with my GISS colleagues who do important work on food security, agriculture, exoplanets, and education in addition to their groundbreaking climate modelling.

@novapbs.bsky.social premiered 'Secrets of the Forest' today. At the 5 minute mark Goddard's Lola Fatoyinbo shows off an SVS visualization of CO2 in front of our hyperwall. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...

Museum and Planetarium Friends, Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact. Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov). Thank you!

Phew that was close! www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/g...

🧪🌊 Despite the political chaos, Earth warms & seas rise. Satellite data show global #sealevel rising since 1993: higher than expected in 2024 (0.59 cm/yr vs. 0.43 cm/yr predicted), mostly due to excess ocean thermal expansion. The ocean are complicated. See NASA/JPL report in ALT text & below 1/2

March 22nd, 2025 set a record low for the Arctic sea ice extent maximum. March 1st, 2025 was the second lowest Antarctic sea ice minimum, and February 12th, 2025 was the record low total sea ice on record. www.nasa.gov/earth/arctic...

March 22nd, 2025 set a record low for the Arctic sea ice extent maximum. March 1st, 2025 was the second lowest Antarctic sea ice minimum, and February 12th, 2025 was the record low total sea ice on record. www.nasa.gov/earth/arctic...

🧵 some amazing new #ocean #dataviz from #nasa. First up, this article on the model behind it, called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Is includes 100s of millions of measurements of temperature, salinity, sea ice concentration, pressure, water height, and flow. 🌊

Bluebird vs. Cardinal sound on 🔊

Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024 www.nasa.gov/missions/jas...

Maybe things are calming down a bit. 2025 has the third warmest February on record, breaking a streak of more than 20 months where the ranking was #1 or #2. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190

Shop NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio for all your Lunar Eclipse needs: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5473/ svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5471/ svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5472/

I've recently seen an uptick of folks recycling old arguments that scientists are "manipulating temp records". Thankfully we set up a pristine monitoring network (USCRN) to ground truth what is actually happening. And it has actually shown faster warming:

With #LPSC2025 about to start, it's time to share what I've been working on during the last months and will be presenting at the conference. This is a new high resolution 3D model of the Mont Mercou outcrop in Gale crater, that I made during my recent internship at LPG Nantes. #planetsci 🧵

"Ain't it hard when you discovered that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal" - Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone" 1965

Need help from the #vr #xr community to find scenic artists with environmental expertise for #unity project. See video in link for example of the quality we need to match with the Arctic scenic that we already have in our platform. Reply with recommendation 🙏🏻

🧪Science and technology rocks! "This data visualization showing ocean currents around the world uses data from NASA’s ECCO model, or Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean. The model pulls data from spacecraft, buoys, and other measurements". youtu.be/R5-s6O8qyvE?...

"But Labe says his personal loss pales in comparison to the implications not only to climate science around the world but the everyday lives of people in the US."

Greg Shirah recently revisited one of SVS's most famous visualizations: "Perpetual Ocean" science.nasa.gov/earth/oceans...

While all of this is happening to our scientific agencies, the current extent of sea ice globally remains at record low levels... More visuals at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i...

We are hiring several post-bac positions at NASA Goddard! This is a single application for 8+ positions where you can list your preferred project(s). I am involved in hiring at least one so please feel free to reach out with any questions! aas.org/jobregister/...

Is the democratization of #dataviz a good thing? Reflecting on the Fourth Wave white paper I coauthored with @elijahmeeks.bsky.social, thinking through the more specific implications for #dataviz creators and for society as a whole. I'm optimistic. vizresponsibly.substack.com/p/fourth-wav...

7 swans a swimming. The visiting Tundra swans might be my favorite part of Annapolis winters.