Embracing Strengths: NASA Goes Green on Earth Day

NASA accelerated the environmental awareness of the 1970's with the Apollo Earthrise photo, taken from the moon, showing our beautiful Blue Marble in a sea of blackness.
NASA conducts a vast amount of earth monitoring research, which has enabled our collective awareness of global warming. Can NASA and her partners rise to the global warming mitigation challenge next? Stay tuned.

via: NASAwatch.com and NASA.gov

WASHINGTON -- NASA centers across America will roll out the green carpet April 22 to celebrate Earth Day and reporters are invited to hear first hand about the agency's contributions to understanding and protecting our environment.

NASA Earth research missions study all aspects of our planet, from its oceans, land surfaces and atmosphere, to its biosphere and cryosphere. NASA is a world leader in studying the cause and effects of climate change now and in the future.

Earth Day events at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. will include Panel discussions and presentations, including climate researcher James Hansen.