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New Jersey Pine Barrens Ablaze
2025.04.25
Fires in these coastal forests can rejuvenate ecosystems but also threaten large numbers of people and homes in the densely populated state.
NASA's Curious Universe Earth Series: The Ocean, Now in Full Color
2025.04.22
Life all over the planet—even far from the coasts—depends on the oceans. A pair of NASA satellites, PACE and SWOT, is giving us a fresh look at Earth’s water. PACE tracks color changes driven by tiny plankton, which give us us a big-picture view of ocean life. By measuring sea level height from space, SWOT shows ocean currents and other features...
Signs of the Season in Pine Island Bay
2025.04.16
A major embayment in West Antarctica saw new sea ice growth in autumn 2025 amid older sea ice that had survived the austral summer melt season.
Blooming British Isles
2025.04.10
The colorful North Atlantic waters visible around the archipelago in April 2025 are likely due to a mix of phytoplankton and suspended sediment.
Building Out Chattanooga
2025.04.10
Signs of urban expansion cover parts of Tennessee’s “scenic city,” which is nestled along the meandering Tennessee River.
Flooding Along the Mississippi
2025.04.09
A slow-moving storm system dumped heavy rain across the Midwest and Southeast and fueled major floods along several of the river’s tributaries.
South Korea Charred by Fire
2025.04.08
Following destructive fires in March 2025, satellite imagery showed burned land stretching more than 80 kilometers toward the coastline in the country’s southeast.
Winter Sea Ice Reached New Lows in the Arctic
2025.04.04
The region’s ice extent on March 22, 2025, was the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.
Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer 2025
2025.04.02
The region’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record.
Mangrove Pioneers
2025.03.31
The right climatic and geographic conditions in the southeastern U.S. have allowed mangroves to migrate northward to Georgia.
Wildland Fires Char U.S. Southeast Forests
2025.03.29
In late March 2025, several blazes burned in the western Carolinas and northeastern Georgia amid windy, dry conditions.
Tornadoes Rip Through Mississippi
2025.03.28
Tracks of damage extended dozens of miles after 18 tornadoes plowed through several parts of the state.
NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low
2025.03.27
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
A Swirl of a Day for Phytoplankton
2025.03.26
In the Gulf of Oman, eddies drew seasonal phytoplankton blooms into mesmerizing whirls.
Outbreak of Fire Across South Korea
2025.03.25
Several wildland fires burned amid dry and windy conditions in the country’s southeast.
NASA Takes to the Air to Study Wildflowers
2025.03.24
NASA research is revealing there’s more to flowers than meets the human eye. A recent analysis of wildflowers in California shows how aircraft- and space-based instruments can use color to track seasonal flower cycles. The results suggest a potential new tool for farmers and natural-resource managers who rely on flowering plants.
Low Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
2025.03.21
The body of water off eastern Canada is one of the southernmost locations where Arctic sea ice forms, but its extent in winter 2024-2025 was well below normal.
Signs of Life in Thawing Lake Erie
2025.03.20
As winter turned to spring, ice cover on the lake diminished to reveal colorful billows of sediment and phytoplankton.
A Year in Review: New Earth Discoveries in 2024
2025.03.18
Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program combines space, airborne, and ground-based observations with data processing from high-tech computer models and algorithms to uncover new things about the Earth. Explore some of our top discoveries of 2024.
Dusty Inferno Hits Oklahoma
2025.03.17
A major weather system spawned wind-fueled fires and dust storms in the state before moving east.
Bahía Blanca Inundated
2025.03.17
Torrential rains set off dangerous flash flooding in the Argentinian port city.
NASA Data Supports Everglades Restoration
2025.03.14
A new data product developed by NASA-funded researchers will help monitor from space the changing relationship between coastal wetlands and atmospheric carbon. It will deliver daily measurements of gaseous flux — the rate at which gas is exchanged between the planet’s surface and atmosphere.
Glacial Losses in the Swiss Alps
2025.03.14
Images bridging four decades show where Switzerland’s largest glacier and its neighbors have been losing ice.
NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture
2025.03.13
When Hurricane Irma made landfall in September 2017 as a category 4 storm, violent winds battered the shore and a storm surge swept across the coast, decimating large swaths of mangrove forest. Seven years later, most of the mangroves here haven’t seen any new growth...
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