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The '''NASA Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)''', formerly called '''Mission To Planet Earth (MTPE)''',<ref>[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm NASA Mission To Planet Earth], retrieved [[November 13]], [[2006]]</ref> is a [[NASA]] research program "to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations"<ref>[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov//Library/ESE/index.html Overview of the Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)], NASA, retrieved [[November 13]], [[2006]]</ref>.

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==[[NASA]] Vision==

* To improve life here.

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as only NASA can.

==Earth Science==

"To improve life here" and "To understand and protect our home planet," NASA supports research in the Earth Sciences and, as part of its [[Earth Observing System]] (EOS), launches and maintains Earth observing satellites to monitor the state of the climate, atmospheric chemistry, ocean and land ecosystems. It was a NASA scientist, Dr. [[James Hansen]], who first alerted the world to the dangers of [[global warming]] due to [[greenhouse gases]] emitted by human burning of [[fossil fuels]]. Earth Science research also provides the foundations of understanding for the search for [[extraterrestrial life on other worlds]] through the [[NASA Astrobiology Institute]] (NAI), in which the focus is often on the extreme conditions for life to survive.<ref>[http://nai.nasa.gov NASA Astrobiology Institute], retrieved [[November 13]], [[2006]]</ref>

== References ==

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*http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm

*http://nai.nasa.gov/

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