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Well, NASA is a world leader in studying

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climate change
and the Earth science research.

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With more than two dozen satellites
that we have,

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and then instruments
aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA uses our unique vantage point

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to bring critical climate data

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down to Earth.

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For example, ECOSTRESS.

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It's a thermal instrument on the ISS.

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It measures changes in temperature
to identify plant stress,

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which we can help identify extreme heat

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in urban areas as well.

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NASA's
soon going to launch the PACE mission,

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which is going to better understand
how particles in the atmosphere

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are changing, including what
aerosols in the atmosphere are doing

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and how our oceans

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and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide.

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And these are key factors
affecting global warming.

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We also have instruments

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such as SWAT.

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It's giving us the level
of all the freshwater

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or rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs.

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We have had the level of the oceans.

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This is the first time
through an instrument called SWAT.

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There are many, many instruments up there

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that are giving us a real time
specific definition

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of what is happening to our Earth.

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NASA and the Biden-Harris administration

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are really committed
to ensuring our climate data

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is not only understandable,

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but it's accessible to everyone.

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We want it to be for everyone,

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not just scientists and government
agencies,

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but schoolchildren as well,

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as well as around the world,

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not just here domestically.

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So one of the things

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with all of this data that we possess,

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we open the Earth Information Center.

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It's at our headquarters.

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It's an easy

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to use climate information for anyone.

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You don't have to walk in the building
to see it.

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You go on nasa-dot-gov (nasa.gov) or earth-dot-gov (earth.gov)

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and you can get that information
of what is happening to the Earth -

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real time from our NASA satellites

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as well as our instruments.

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So we had a big climate conference

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over in Dubai this past year.

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We announced there the U.S.

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Greenhouse Gas Center.

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This is real time critical climate data

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on carbon dioxide and methane,

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the two major greenhouse gases.

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That is available for everyone.

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And to see where those greenhouse

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gases are coming from.

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So changes in our climate
have serious impacts.

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Air quality agriculture, food security,

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forest wildfires, you name it.

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NASA's climate models are providing key
information to build

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into what we want climate resilience.

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We're working with

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all our government partners like NOAA

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to make sure we protect our planet.

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And we better do it

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because the Earth is heating up.