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Colorful Celtic Sea
2024.05.15
Satellites captured an expansive blue and green phytoplankton bloom in the waters off France.
Smoke and Fire in British Columbia
2024.05.14
Unusually early and intense fires are spreading rapidly amid drought and high winds.
Hurricanes Have Left Their Mark on Louisiana’s Wetlands
2024.05.13
Scientists have been tracking how strong storms have eaten into the Gulf state’s coastline.
Water Levels Plunge in Philippine Reservoir
2024.05.11
Searing temperatures and little rain reduced water levels of Pantabangan Lake, one of the country’s largest reservoirs.
Media Advisory: NASA Invites Media to NOAA’s Advanced Weather Satellite Launch
2024.05.10
NASA is preparing to launch NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), a mission to help improve weather observing and environmental monitoring capabilities on Earth, as well as advance space weather observations.
Floods Engulf Porto Alegre
2024.05.09
Torrential rains have unleashed widespread and destructive flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state.
Complex Beauty in the Gulf of Oman
2024.05.08
NASA's newest Earth science satellite captured a striking image of swirling bands of phytoplankton.
New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate
2024.05.07
NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world.
Sierra Snowpack Springs Back
2024.05.07
A May storm dumped over two feet of snow in one day on parts of the California mountain range.
Cloudy With a Chance of Eclipse
2024.05.06
NASA citizen scientists collected thousands of photographs and temperature readings that are being used to study the relationship between total solar eclipses and clouds.
Return of the GEDI: Space Station Instrument Returns to Forest Monitoring
2024.05.04
That’s no moon, that’s a space station! The return of NASA’s GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation) is underway, as the agency’s very own “lightsaber” will soon be back to measuring forests in three dimensions after it was reinstalled on the International Space Station April 22.
Destructive Floods Afflict Tanzania
2024.05.02
Exacerbated by El Niño, heavy rains in spring 2024 caused severe flooding in Tanzania’s Rufiji district, among other areas in eastern Africa.
Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases
2024.05.01
Two NASA pathfinding missions were recently deployed into low-Earth orbit, where they are demonstrating novel technologies for observing atmospheric gases, measuring freshwater, and even detecting signs of potential volcanic eruptions.
NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space
2024.04.26
It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE to study the ocean and atmosphere with unprecedented clarity.
A Blanket of Ash from Ruang
2024.04.24
The powerful eruption lofted ash high into the atmosphere and spread tephra and other volcanic debris across the small island in Indonesia.
Severe Drought in Southern Africa
2024.04.24
One of the driest growing seasons in decades has decimated crops and left millions hungry.
NASA’s CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds
2024.04.23
CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations. Originally proposed as a 22-month mission, the spacecraft was recently decommissioned after almost 18 years observing the vertical structure and ice/water content of clouds.
NASA Data Helps Beavers Build Back Streams
2024.04.19
Humans aren’t the only mammals working to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Western United States. People there are also enlisting the aid of nature’s most prolific engineers – beavers. Using NASA-provided grants, two open-source programs from Boise State University in Idaho and Utah State University in Logan are making it possible for […]
Join NASA in Celebrating Earth Day 2024 by Sharing a #GlobalSelfie
2024.04.19
NASA invites you — and everyone else on the planet — to take part in a worldwide celebration of Earth Day with the agency’s #GlobalSelfie event. While NASA satellites constantly look at Earth from space, on Earth Day we’re asking you to step outside and take a picture of yourself in your corner of the world.
NASA Selects New Aircraft-Driven Studies of Earth and Climate Change
2024.04.19
NASA has selected six new airborne missions that include domestic and international studies of fire-induced clouds, Arctic coastal change, air quality, landslide hazards, shrinking glaciers, and emissions from agricultural lands.
AI for Earth: How NASA’s Artificial Intelligence and Open Science Efforts Combat Climate Change
2024.04.18
As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only conducting studies of these events, but also empowering outside researchers to do the same. The artificial intelligence (AI) efforts spearheaded by the..
NASA Invites Media for Climate Update, New Earth Missions
2024.04.17
n anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invites media to a briefing at the agency’s headquarters on Friday, April 19, at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will share updates on NASA’s climate science and early data from the agency’s ocean-watching PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, as well as reveal upcoming Earth airborne missions.
Spring Floods Sweep Across Central Asia
2024.04.17
Rivers overtopped their banks and submerged thousands of homes in Russia and Kazakhstan.
NASA’s Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to ‘Phone Home’
2024.04.17
The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission has delivered its first operational data back to researchers, a feat made possible in part by innovative, data-storing technology from NASA’s Near Space Network, which introduced two key enhancements for PACE and other upcoming science missions. As a satellite orbits in space, its systems generate critical data […]
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