The issue focused on tech innovation and technological transitions that create opportunities for scientific discovery. Scientists involved with NASA science experiments described scientists seeking technology innovations as technologies like robotics, biotech and wearable computers that produce discoveries faster than laboratory techniques can manage them. The Global Climate Change Technology Initiative helps researchers identify technologies that scientists believe could generate solutions to climate change challenges by enhancing research capabilities and enabling innovation in innovative technologies. Scientists agree that emerging technologies help scientists realize fundamental truths about how our planet responds to temperature changes and impacts from pollution and agriculture.