Observe first, then explain
Earth at night
NASA Goddard SVS / Earth Observatory · Released in 2012 · Data composite, not live · 25 seconds, silent. Light distribution does not equal per capita electricity use or quality of life.
NASA SVS: Nighttime Earth Data Visualization (2012) ↗Two El Niños, do they look the same?
NASA Goddard SVS / Lori Perkins · Released in 2016 · About 13.7 seconds, silent. Comparing sea surface temperature anomalies of 1997/98 and 2015/16; keep the date and color scale when reading the graph.
NASA SVS: 1997/98 and 2015/16 Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies ↗A water body change
NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin, Allison Nussbaum; USGS Landsat. The two images show range change, not directly giving water depth or loss.
NASA Earth Observatory: Water Body Changes in Peru (2023) ↗Tuvalu: look at the terrain first, then find signs of life
