AUSTIN (KXAN) – – Months of uncommon and extreme weather might have you on edge, but experts with NASA are saying these extremes are precisely what they expect to happen.

" These type of modifications: severe snowfall, severe dry spells, severe heat waves, that's very constant with what we've expected from environment modification," stated Lesley Ott, an environment researcher with NASA.

According to Ott, this "weirding of the weather" with more frequent and extreme weather condition is an outcome of the world warming due to human-driven climate change.

It's constantly tough for us to connect any one particular event to environment change," Ott discussed.

Considering that its beginning, NASA has actually been studying changes on the planet. "I think a great deal of people don't know how much research we do about world Earth. I think a lot of times, individuals do not value how much we do to study our home world," Ott stated.

NASA has more than 25 satellites in orbit that monitor the Earth. According to the company, they utilize the most Earth scientists worldwide.

" I believe one of the surprises is how much information there is, however also ‘‘ Hey, I didn't know NASA did that. You men do stuff that's not studying Mars?' We in fact do a ton of work here on Earth," Ott stated.

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What is NASA observing about the Earth?

According to Ott, the company gathers a good deal of information that helps comprehend how the climate in the world is changing.

" Things like vegetation, water vapor, ozone, that's been truly crucial in assisting us understand the baseline of the world and how it's altering over the last few years as environment change progresses."

Ott said that more recent satellite information is assisting with understanding air contamination and tracking the sources of greenhouse gasses.