New NASA Website Focuses on Global Climate Change
A new website from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.,  is devoted to educating the public about Earth's changing climate.
A new website from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.,  is devoted to educating the public about Earth's changing climate.  The Global Climate Change website provides  easy-to-understand information about the causes and effects of climate change  and how NASA studies it.The new Global Climate Change website may be found at:http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov.Highlights of the new website include:A       continuously updated snapshot of our planet's health, built from NASA data       on such climate indicators as the condition of Earth's ice sheets, global       average temperatures, sea level change and concentrations of key       greenhouse gases.Interactive       visualizations of current climate data, including a Sea Level Viewer that       provides views from space of ocean surface topography data and related       phenomena such as El Nin?o; and a Global Climate Change Time Machine that       takes users back in time to see how Earth's climate has changed in the       past, and how it is projected to change in the future.A       downloadable desktop widget that allows users to track key indicators of       climate change as measured by NASA satellites.Easy-to-understand       background articles on the evidence, causes and effects, and uncertainties       of global climate change, as well as links to selected resources that       provide information about possible solutions.NASA's       Eyes on the Earth: An overview of ongoing NASA JPL missions to study our       planet's oceans, atmosphere, land, ice and biosphere.The       latest news and features from NASA JPL on climate change research.For more information on NASA's Earth Science Program, visit:http://www.nasa.gov.JPL studies all aspects of the Earth system -- our oceans,  land, atmosphere, biosphere,and cryosphere -- to identify how Earth's climate is changing, understand the  causes ofthese changes, and support development of models used to predict future global  change.Currently, JPL has six dedicated Earth science spacecraft in orbit, with  another fiveinstruments flying aboard NASA's Terra, Aqua and Aura spacecraft. JPL's newest  Earth mission, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2, launched June 20.  Several more missions are planned for launch in the next few years, including  the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, scheduled for launch in January 2009. Decision  makers around the world use JPL Earth science data to support policy-making and  resource management decisions.JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology  in Pasadena.