Clouds! The Science, the Wonder & Why NASA Needs You.

Atmosphere with Emily Gracey · Oct 20, 2026 · 37m · transcript

What if simply looking up at the clouds could help NASA?

Satellites can observe Earth in extraordinary detail, but there's something they can't do: stand on the ground and look up with the human eye. And that human perspective turns out to be incredibly valuable to scientists.

In this episode of Atmosphere, meteorologist Emily Gracey talks with Dr. Andy Sayer, an atmospheric scientist working with NASA's PACE satellite, and Jessica Taylor from NASA's GLOBE Clouds program about the surprising limitations of satellite technology and how everyday people can help fill in the gaps.

Through NASA's…