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hello and welcome to NASA headquarters

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I'm Kate Calvin NASA's Chief scientist

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and Senior climate advisor thank you all

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for joining us today as we open the

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Earth information center here in

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Washington DC before we begin I'd like

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to take a moment to thank the entire

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NASA Earth information planning team

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whose tireless work made what we are

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here to celebrate possible and with

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support from our NASA leadership and I'd

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also like to thank our partners who

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you'll hear from today for your

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collaboration and support so we're going

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to hear some brief remarks and then

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we'll invite everyone to join us inside

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so to start things off I'm honored to

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turn this over to NASA administrator

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Bill Nelson

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good morning everybody

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welcome to the new Earth information

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so that's not the only new thing at Nasa

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today

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along with the blue Insignia that you

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all are familiar with

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it is uh by the way one of the most

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powerful uh signals uh of insignias of

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logos in the world

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whenever I travel abroad I always take a

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little survey of which do I see most

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the New York Yankees logo

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or the NASA meatball as we call it

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um I think New York Yankees Insignia is

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earlier this month over a hundred

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million Americans were under air quality

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the smoke Drift from the wildfires in

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was just the latest Stark reminder of

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how the climate crisis is disrupting

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and putting our health and our

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livelihoods at risk

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and the images of smoke stretching

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across the states and the borders

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that if you were here in DC

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uh from my vantage point across the

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river at the Iwo Jima memorial I could

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not see the Lincoln

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just across the river

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even more so I couldn't see the

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and yet it's another reminder of

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something is happening to the climate

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for more than 60 years NASA has been

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using our vantage point of space to

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observe the Earth

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and in just the last six months

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NASA has launched a series of satellite

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missions now this is just in the last

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to study surface water

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elevation of fresh water

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the rivers the Lakes the streams the

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reservoirs Tempo to study air pollution

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life-saving data

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but do folks really know how to access

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and that's why we're Gathering today

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the science is clear

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so is the fact that we're all in this

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uh the Biden Harris Administration has

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given us marching orders

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and that the data ought to be more

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understandable it ought to be more

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it ought to be more usable for everyone

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and that's everyone

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everywhere

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today we are opening this Earth

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whether folks live in cities or on farms

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in Suburban areas

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people are making decisions every day

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we want to help them

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we collectively we all of the agencies

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represented here

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home buyers need information

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to assess flood risk

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plant crops especially during a drought

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that the rains like a monsoon are coming

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firefighters

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and the Earth information center can

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Empower them it's the first of its kind

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physical and virtual space

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to engage and to underscore NASA's earth

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to show people that our home planet

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is as we see it from space

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and by the way that's an incredible View

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you look at the edge the rim of the

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earth and you see that thin fill and you

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suddenly understand

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that that's the atmosphere and that

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sustains all of our life and then with

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the naked eye you can see how we are

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so this idea of the Earth information

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first came to me because I'm familiar

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NASA is familiar with Mission Control

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it's where we bring all the data into

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one room about a space mission

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bring it all together in a user-friendly

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and then don't just display it in one

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physical location

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right now information

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that is being beamed to the Earth

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about a particular issue and then you

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the information you're seeking

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the Earth information center is just one

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uh NASA astronauts Nicole Scott who's

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help bring our immersive experience to

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another part in here as you walk in

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our partners across the federal

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government and they're represented here

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and are going to speak to US EPA NOAA

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and a big thanks to the NASA team who

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made this possible for NASA climate and

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we're not just an aeronautical research

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we are a climate Agency for the obvious

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prophetic statement

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when Apollo ate orbited the moon for the

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an astronaut Bill Anders said

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we came all this way to explore the Moon

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and the most important thing that we

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NASA has been studying Earth since the

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Apollo era and will continue now under

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thank you administrator Nelson now I'd

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well thank you so much Kate and thank

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you administrator Nelson for your vision

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that has been brought about through this

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commitment to engaging Federal Partners

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in this amazing effort what an inspiring

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assistant secretary Tanya Trujillo and

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interior and secretary Deb Holland who

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the science arm of the Department of the

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delivering actionable information to

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help Society address complex issues

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related to the environment to natural

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resources and to Public Safety and in so

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many cases that involves Partnerships

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with our good friends at Nasa and none

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more than our enduring partnership over

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50 years of partnering on the landsat

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workhorses they're put to use every day

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support of all of those complex societal

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in 2021 we're bringing down more data

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spectral capabilities is part of a

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this is a partnership that will keep

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paying dividends for the nation and the

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this physical and virtual Earth

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importance of putting all the Amazing

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use to help Society I'm excited to see

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how these Innovative communication

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approaches can make the science more

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accessible and deliver actionable

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who need it the most especially

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thank you again for this opportunity to

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thank you so much and good morning

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everyone it is such an honor to join

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NASA here today and all of you to

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celebrate the brand new Earth

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an amazing resource and goodness knows

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administrator Regan and everybody at EPA

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to everybody who's worked so hard to

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make this project a reality

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and thank you administrator Nelson there

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you are right in the middle

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um for having us here today for your

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vision

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um and for the partnership between EPA

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and NASA as we all work together to

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tackle uh one of the most pressing if

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not the most pressing environmental

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challenge of our lifetime climate change

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climate change affects every single one

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of us every aspect of our lives and

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livelihoods whether it's wildfires

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across the American West or the Canadian

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East as it might be to record shattering

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hurricane seasons in the gulf and east

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coast to Historic flooding in the middle

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of the country or drought take your pick

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Americans are seeing and feeling the

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impacts of climate change with

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increasing intensity and regularity

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there's not one single person in this

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country that doesn't experience the

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impacts of climate change whether they

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know that or not no small town big city

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Suburban or rural community that is

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unaffected babe the urgency presented by

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the societal challenge This Global

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challenge requires us all to be laser

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focused on delivering results or should

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I say satellite focused on delivering

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results and make sure that we are

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leaving no stone unturned no tool

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unexploited for good here and no

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information not made transparent and

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understandable to policy makers decision

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makers and families across the country

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and that's exactly what this Amazing

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Earth information center aims to do EPA

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is thrilled as always to be able to work

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together with NASA and with all the

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other agencies represented here and many

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others to be able to join and being

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bring our data and our expertise and the

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people that we work with we all have

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different constituencies and so we all

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have ways of getting this information

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out even more broadly

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from improved data visualization to

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expanding our understanding of natural

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sources of methane we spent a lot of

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time on methane these days at EPA the

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collaborative work that EPA is doing

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with NASA through this amazing resources

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will make a real difference in our

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effort to tackle the climate crisis and

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I'm really proud to be associated with

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it thank you again for inviting us here

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today but even more congratulations on

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this amazing achievement thank you

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[Applause]

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thank you and now I'd like to welcome

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Eric hooks Deputy Administrator of FEMA

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[Applause]

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well good morning

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administrator Nelson colleagues thank

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you for being here administrator Nelson

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thank you for your outstanding vision

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and your leadership across the

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interagency and really across this world

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I'm honored to be here today on behalf

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of administrator Chris well and all of

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the FEMA family for this historic event

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it's great to to see so many of our

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colleagues across the interagency

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because we are truly stronger when we

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come together and thank you for the

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collaboration the partnership that you

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exhibit day to day while FEMA executes

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on its mission of helping people before

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during and after disaster

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the earth science information center

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will play such a critical role in

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Sharing environmental data with

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communities to help them make more

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informed decisions on future climate

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risks this is a priority for FEMA this

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is a priority for NASA this should be a

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priority for all of us

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FEMA and NASA have been well partnered

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since 2010 in areas of climate change

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planetary defense space weather related

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issues and together with NOAA and so

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many other partners

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we work daily

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to keep people safe

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not just in this country but really

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across the world

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it's really an honor to be with you

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today sir and with all of you as we take

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on this extraordinary new adventure and

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I've learned throughout my time of

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Public Safety that the more we explore

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the universe the more we learn about

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ourselves thank you

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[Applause]

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thank you and now Noah so please welcome

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Dr Michael Morgan assistant Secretary of

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Commerce for environmental observation

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thank you and good morning and

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congratulations to NASA on this

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incredible achievement I'm excited to

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represent Noah today as one of the

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founding agency partners on this unique

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platform NASA's environmental NASA's

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Earth information center is a dashboard

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of selected environmental information

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that will provide Rich data stories

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amazing visualizations and experiences

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that will allow all in our planet to

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better understand the current and

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evolving Earth system

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how and where we live and work build and

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plant are all impacted by our changing

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climate environmental intelligence

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allows us to better plan for this

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changing environment many agencies

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provide such data indeed Noah has a

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unique responsibility for providing

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reliable authoritative high quality

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situational awareness alerts on

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environmental threats and predictions

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our operational weather and climate

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Services provide necessary information

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for individuals communities in the

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private sector to make informed

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decisions but we don't do this alone as

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you see with the array of Partners here

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in particular NASA

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um we can't do it alone these

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Partnerships are critical our

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partnership with NASA runs long and deep

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from the development and launch of our

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own observing systems our shared

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dynamical core for weather and climate

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prediction to our investments in data

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assimilation in recent years our

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partnership with Earth observations has

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grown and demonstrated new successes now

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that jpss and goes our programs are

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operational and as the space weather

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follow-on program becomes established

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I appreciate NASA's invitation for Noah

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to be a founding partner in this

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exciting Endeavor and look forward to

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the contributions that we and other

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Federal Partners might make with NASA in

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making the Earth information center a

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success congratulations and thank you

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to welcome Dr Marlon Eve Deputy

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Administrator agricultural research

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thank you Kate and uh good morning

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everyone and administrator Nelson it's

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great to meet you and to be here with

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you to celebrate this event uh secretary

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vilsack sends his regards and his

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congratulations

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the at the Department of Agriculture we

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have a long history of partnering with

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NASA of working with NASA data our

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program offices use NASA data for

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Drought monitoring for uh land cover

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assessments for many parts of the census

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of Agriculture and in my home agency of

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the Agricultural research service we use

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NASA products every day in conducting

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our research our scientists have worked

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tools and platforms and so I'm just

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thrilled to be here to welcome in this

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new era of Earth information and proud

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to represent the Department of

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Agriculture as a founding member of the

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Earth information center I have said to

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uh to my leadership that ARS needs to be

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driving Precision agriculture for all

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Farmers similar to the way that

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administrator Nelson mentioned that the

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Earth information system needs to

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provide data and information to all

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Americans and to the global community

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so I believe that working together NASA

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and USDA and our other Federal Partners

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can really enable a new generation of

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agricultural production that's much more

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informed data driven and precise and so

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I'm I'm thrilled to be here excited to

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see the the information center and once

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again congratulations administrator

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Nelson

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[Applause]

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thank you next up we have Mike Michener

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Deputy assistant administrator Bureau of

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resilience and food security at usaid

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[Applause]

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good morning

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thank you to administrator Nelson

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director Saint Germain and the entire

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NASA team for including usad in today's

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launch of the Earth information center

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it's also wonderful to be here with the

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leaders of the of the partner agencies

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to The Outsider usaid and NASA may look

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like fundamentally different

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organizations NASA's Investments probe

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the very edge of the universe usaid

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works on the ground with countries

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around the world to improve economic

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well-being and fight hunger and poverty

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but usaid and NASA have found a sweet

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spot for working together in the

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application of satellite collected data

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to the development problems and

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challenges that we face around the world

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the two agencies will continue to build

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on our long history working together

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including with our Flagship severe

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collaboration and our work on the famine

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early Warning Systems Network or fews

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Nets

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as we work in the midst of the climate

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crisis with escalating impacts felt all

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around the world the Earth information

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center is a magnificent display of the

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power of data and information that can

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be leveraged in support of managing

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climate risks and monitoring important

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carbon Landscapes data and information

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play an important role in our ability to

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better adapt to climate change and

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mitigate its aspects congratulations to

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NASA on the launch and ribbon cutting of

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the Earth information center this is an

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important demonstration of what public

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investment in science means for life on

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[Applause]

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thank you and now I'm happy to welcome

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Dwayne Roth a farmer from Iowa to share

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good morning everyone

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um Dwayne Roth I'm a Western Kansas

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farmer

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um it's an honor to be here today and

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I'm very grateful

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um

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as I said I am the fourth generation but

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now my nephews we have a succession plan

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they are the fifth generation

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we're hoping to work with NASA to get

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that sixth generation to the farm

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today as well we all have something in

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common

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we're going to have to produce a lot

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more food with a lot less resources out

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on our farm in Kansas

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and with NASA data we can have the

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ability to do that

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we're going to have to make sound

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agronomic decisions

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for instance when to apply water when to

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with the succession plan we had I would

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like to go back the last year in 2022 it

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was the hottest and driest that Kansas

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had ever seen we had crop failures

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beyond your imagination

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so we're looking if we can look in the

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future

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temperatures possible rain forecast

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would actually be able to maybe use less

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finite resources and keep them for the

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future Generations

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I never thought before where I boots on

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the ground that I'd be able to use

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satellites space to help me make better

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decisions

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so that flow of technology that we're

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using we're working on a system in

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Kansas that we already have in place the

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Kansas Kansas Geological Survey where we

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can measure water we can quantify it we

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can solve it so we know that if we can

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predict

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say within a reasonable amount of what

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the temperature is going to be in the

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rain we'll know when to be able to turn

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the pivot on shut that pivot off if we

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can just save a little bit of water on

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the front a little bit of water on the

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end that computes to millions of gallons

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of water so I'm really looking forward

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to this today I'm very grateful again to

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be here and looking forward to the

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future

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thank you and lastly I'd like to invite

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Dr Karen St Germain NASA's earth science

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division director

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what a day thank you so much

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administrator Nelson Dr Calvin uh and

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esteemed agency partners the Earth

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information center embodies A Renewed

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focus at Nasa on earth science and

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bringing actionable science to decision

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makers at every level

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we want people to see our planet as we

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see it as a complex system of systems

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where we study the land and the oceans

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the ice and the atmosphere to see how a

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change in one area drives changes in the

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others

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NASA's community of scientists and

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Engineers is accelerating Humanity's

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understanding of our planet's changing

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and we share that scientific

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understanding with our sister agencies

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so they can provide new and better

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operational services for people

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businesses communities to mitigate and

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adapt to to that climate change at its

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heart

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what you're looking at today is really

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about engaging engaging with more people

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on earth science to learn what we are

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learning so their decisions can be

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all right administrator Nelson Karen I'd

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like to invite you up for the ribbon

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I believe we have

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Bob Gibbs and oceans West

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representatives are also going to help

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us with this ribbon cutting if you'd

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I'd also like to invite our partners it

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is um if you can walk through up here

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that way and get you all in the picture

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[Applause]

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so thank you all for joining us today

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this wraps the ribbon cutting ceremony

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so on behalf of the thousands of

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scientists and Engineers whose work is

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featured here I'd like to invite you to

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experience Earth as we do from space so

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we're going to start with these guests

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and then we'll invite everyone to Move

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It In Waves so they can experience the

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center and there is a reception inside

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for those of you looking for more

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information if you're here physically in

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person there are QR codes that will take

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you to a website for those of you from

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home

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go.nasa.gov EIC so thank you very much

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and welcome to the Earth information

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center

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[Applause]

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the history of this agency is marked