Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 213, taking the temperature of Earth. I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight.

The International Space Station is a wonderful place to conduct microgravity science and it's a hotspot for a lot of experiments because of this capability.

But the space station also allows us a great vantage point to look down at our own home

planet.

Pair that view with a very capable international laboratory with lots of power and data available,

and the possibilities soar, or orbit, I guess.

One experiment on board station right now is helping to see how effectively plants are using

water across the planet. The experiment is called eco-stress which is of course an

acronym for ecosystem space-born thermal radiometer Experiment on Space Station.

Joining us from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is Carrie Kause Nicholson, who describes more about this experiment and how it's helping to understand how efficiently we're using our water across different

biomes and factoring in climate change. Also the way it's helping with urban

areas and volcanoes and even looking at wildfires across the Western United States.

So let's explore Earth science taking place right now. wildfires across the Western United States.

So let's explore Earth Science taking place right now on board the International Space

Station. Enjoy. T-minus

minus T-minus-T-minus T-minus T-County.

Mark.

A long, she goes. He's in. And here. I'm on the midline, sir, for the red.

Here she goes.

Isn't we have a podcast?

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