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A Tornado Scars Southern Illinois
2025.05.21
Severe weather swept across the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic in May 2025, spawning destructive twisters in several states.
Forty Years of Change in Louisiana’s Wetlands
2025.05.19
Scientists used Landsat satellite images to detect both abrupt and gradual changes and to examine how phenomena, from storms to sea level rise, have reshaped coastal ecosystems.
Fires Erupt in North American Forests
2025.05.15
Record heat and dry conditions helped stoke several large blazes in Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota.
A Smoky Start to Saskatchewan’s Fire Season
2025.05.13
Still early in the fire season, satellites in mid-May observed intense blazes and towering plumes of smoke.
On-Again, Off-Again at Kilauea
2025.05.09
The Hawaiian volcano has been spewing fountains of lava with remarkable frequency.
Spring Flooding in Kazakhstan
2025.05.08
Warm temperatures and spring rains unleashed a surge of water that inundated riverside communities in the northern part of the Central Asian country.
Spawning Spectacle
2025.05.05
A late-season herring spawn in a British Columbia inlet created a vibrant patch of turquoise water.
Arkansas Farmers Face Lingering Floodwaters
2025.05.03
Many growers have been forced to replant as a prolonged flood killed off crops in the Arkansas Delta.
Floods Give Way to a Burst of Desert Life
2025.04.30
Heavy rain in Queensland sent floodwaters coursing through the Australian Outback. Carpets of green emerged in their wake.
NASA's Curious Universe Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate
2025.04.29
Earth has an incredibly varied and ever-changing landscape—jagged mountains, arid deserts, lush rainforests, rolling wheat fields. Before NASA came on the scene, no one was keeping a systematic eye on the ground from above. One long-running satellite program collects the data farmers need to grow the crops that feed the world.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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