Earth’s ocean and atmosphere are changing as our planet warms. Launching in February 2024, @NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite will help us understand how.

The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite, or PACE, will allow @nasaocean scientists to study ocean health, identify different types of phytoplankton, study clouds and aerosols, understand the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle, and more.

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:00 Two shots stacked atop each other. The top shows clouds. The bottom shows ocean water. Text reads “Earth’s ocean and atmosphere are changing as our planet warms.”

:05 Animation of the PACE satellite orbiting earth. “NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, PACE, will help us understand how. PACE= Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean, Ecosystem”

:09 Image of the turquoise swirls labeled phytoplankton bloom, followed by a shot of beach water that appears red from a phytoplankton bloom. “Climate change is affecting the abundance and types of phytoplankton. These tiny marine critters can sequester carbon and release it back into the atmosphere.”

:18 Shot of the PACE satellite in the clean room. An arrow points to a rectangular instrument covered by a hood and identifies it as “PACE’s Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)”.

:21 Close up of a scientist pipetting amber liquid into a beaker, followed by a satellite image of bright teal phytoplankton blooms swirling in blue ocean. “OCI will allow scientists to study ocean health and the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle in a warming world.”

:28 Animation of GMAO model data of aerosols. “PACE will also investigate one of the trickiest components of climate change to model”

:33 Animation of blue water droplets around spiky gray aerosol particles. The shot transitions to a view of fire smoke. “How clouds and aerosols interact.”

:37 Animation of the PACE satellite orbiting a globe. As it passes over, it leaves a swath of colorful ocean and aerosol data in its wake. “As Earth’s systems change in a warmer world, PACE is soon to be on the case.”

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