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Satellites 🤝 Farmers NASA’s OpenET system turns satellite data into valuable water insights, helping farmers across the U.S. track how much water is lost to air through evapotranspiration and how to better manage their resources. More: go.nasa.gov/4j4wjt2

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In March 2025, Arctic sea ice hit its lowest annual peak on record. At the other end of the globe, Antarctic sea ice cover was the second-lowest on record that month. That means that, overall, Earth’s sea ice reached a new record low in 2025. 🌊🧊 go.nasa.gov/4j0lgCe

Sea ice update 🌊🧊 Global sea ice hit a record low this winter, @NASA and @NSIDC report. In the Arctic, winter sea ice was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak this year. The Antarctic sea ice minimum was also the second-lowest on record. More: go.nasa.gov/4j4KpuV

Like many glaciers in the Alps, the Great Aletsch Glacier is retreating and thinning. These #Landsat images show change over the past 40 years. The shortening and narrowing of a glacier’s surface area can indicate a net loss of ice mass. go.nasa.gov/4inoZJB

Sea level update 🌊 In 2024, global sea level rose faster than expected mostly due to ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion. According to a NASA-led study, 2024’s rise was 0.23 in (0.59 cm) per year, compared to the expected rate of 0.17 in (0.43 cm) per year.

From severe weather to air quality, tiny atmospheric particles can have a big impact. A #NASAScience-funded team is exploring how metasurface optical elements could enable lighter & smaller space-based instruments to characterize these particles and improve our climate models and…