Real NASA satellite images · Aral Sea

Watch a sea
disappear.

Eco-X turns NASA Earth data into answers anyone can explore. Built in Uzbekistan.

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2000satellite year
0water in 1960
0left in 2018
0of the sea, gone
NASA MODIS image of the Aral Sea in August 2000 with the 1960 shoreline in yellow NASA MODIS image of the Aral Sea in August 2018, mostly dry
1960
The yellow line is where the shore was.
68,000 km²of water2
NASA Earth Observatory · MODIS

Satellites watch every corner of Earth, every day. Most people never see that evidence. Eco-X turns it into something anyone can explore, understand, and act on.

Planet Pulse Map

Two years.
One view.

Drag or zoom either map and the other follows. Point anywhere to mark the same spot on both.

1.0×
Coming nextLand-surface heat

MODIS ground temperature, which is not the air temperature in a forecast.

Coming nextVegetation (NDVI)

MODIS greenness, an indicator of plant cover across Uzbekistan.

Coming nextAny month, any region

Compare heat and greenness together, season by season.

GeoRisk Indicators

Data in.
Signals out.

Each number is turned into a clear signal, with its formula, data and limits shown. A flag to look closer, never a prediction.

Area values from published studies2. Trend tested with Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope5.

Trend Detective

Is it real?
Now you know.

Pick a record and any span of years. Eco-X tells you the direction, the speed, and whether it could just be noise.

per decade
chance it is noise
years of data
Use your own NASA data
  1. Export a yearly series from Giovanni or Earthdata Search.
  2. Make a CSV: year, region, value.
  3. Paste it here. Up to 4 regions.
year,region,value
2003,Aral shore,0.171
2003,Fergana Valley,0.322

Eco Impact Tracker

Small actions.
Measured.

Log what you do. See the carbon, water and plastic it saves, using open, documented factors.

0.16 kg

CO₂ saved for every kilometre you walk instead of driving.4

9 litres

Saved for every minute cut from a shower (our stated assumption).

How it is calculated
Walk or cycle instead of a car0.1645 kg/km
Bus instead of a car0.0560 kg/km
Train or metro instead of a car0.1290 kg/km
Shorter shower9 L/min
Refillable bottle1 bottle

Car, bus and rail factors: UK government 2024 averages4. Estimates, not personal measurements. Saved only in this browser.

My impact

0kg CO₂ avoided
0litres saved
0bottles avoided
0Eco-Points
km

Monthly NASA Missions

Learn by
investigating.

A new data mission every month. Students explore, explain, and present what they find.

Mission 01 · Live now

Aral Sea Investigation

Explain how, where and how fast the sea changed, using satellite images and records.

Start mission
Mission 02

Heat Mapping

Which surfaces heat up fastest: city, field or dry seabed?

Coming soon
Mission 03

Vegetation Watch

Track greenness in the Amu Darya delta, season by season.

Coming soon
Mission 04

Water Explorer

Is Central Asia’s stored water falling? Ask GRACE-FO.

Coming soon
Mission 05

Data Storytelling

Turn one observation into a short visual story for your school.

Coming soon

Mission 01 · Aral Sea Investigation

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Eco-X missions are educational activities using NASA data, not official NASA missions.

Learning Hub

See plants the way
satellites do.

Leaves reflect near-infrared light and absorb red. NDVI compares the two. Try it.

0.70

−1 water0 bare ground+1 dense plants

NDVI = (NIR − Red) ÷ (NIR + Red)

MODIS

Land heat, vegetation and true-colour images.

Ground heat is not air temperature.
OCO-2

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, from orbit.

Narrow tracks leave gaps.
GRACE-FO

Changes in water stored on land, from gravity.

Regional, not a single well.
AIRS

Air temperature and water vapour, layer by layer.

Not ground-level pollution on its own.

Eco-Points

Learn. Act. Earn.

0

10

points per kg of CO₂ avoided

5

points per 100 litres of water saved

2

points per bottle not bought

20–40

points per mission step

Eco-Points are an engagement reward. They are not carbon credits and have no money value.

Concept

Eco Marketplace

Reusable essentials

Bottles and bags from approved local partners.

Learning rewards

Field guides, courses and science-camp places.

Student campaigns

Support products and campaigns made by students.

School challenges

Classes compete on verified eco challenges.

Built in Uzbekistan

Built to be trusted.

A youth-led project. Simple to use, never simplified science.

StudentsSTEM teachersYouth groupsResearchersLocal communitiesSchools
DoneFoundation

Aral Sea case, data and methods chosen.

NowCore demo

Planet Pulse, GeoRisk, Detective, Tracker.

NextValidate

Check data quality; add heat and NDVI layers.

NextPilot

Test in schools, measure learning before and after.

LaterExpand

More missions, partners, Uzbek and Russian.

We will measure reach, learning, scientific validity and behaviour, and never claim impact without separate evidence.