Season 9 · Episode 3
Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate
NASA satellites track changes on our planet's surface and help farmers feed the world.
NASA's Curious Universe · National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
April 29, 202531m 53s
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Show Notes
Earth has an incredibly varied and ever-changing landscape—jagged mountains, arid deserts, lush rainforests, rolling wheat fields. Before NASA came on the scene, no one was keeping a systematic eye on the ground from above. NASA scientist Brad Doorn explains how one long-running satellite program collects the data farmers need to grow the crops that feed the world.