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Vegetation as Seen by Suomi NPP

06.19.2013
Images from a year’s worth of data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite provide a vivid depiction of worldwide vegetation. Suomi NPP is a partnership between NASA and NOAA.
Terra image of southwestern Alaska fires

Wildfires in Southwestern Alaska

06.18.2013
On June 16, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of wildfires burning in a remote part of southwestern Alaska.
GOES-13 image of Tropical Depression 02

Hurricane Season 2013: Barry (Atlantic)

06.17.2013
The second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed close to where the second storm of the Eastern Pacific season died, in the Bay of Campeche.
Aqua satellite image of Tropical Deptression 04W

Tropical Depression 04W (Northwestern Pacific Ocean)

06.17.2013
NASA Satellite Sees Developing Tropical Depression Near Philippines
Aqua image of Silver fire

Pyrocumulus Cloud Billows From N.M. Fire

06.17.2013
The Silver fire burning east of Silver City, New Mexico, in addition to producing gray smoke plumes, spawned a pyrocumulus cloud—a tall, cauliflower-shaped cloud that billowed up above the smoke.
Aqua image of Australia

Fires in the North of Western Australia

06.15.2013
Since Australia is heading into their winter as the northern climates head into summer, the north of Western Australia is ripe for bushfires and many have already begun.
Thumbnail Aqua image of a well-defined plume of dust swept across the entire Atlantic Ocean on June 24, 2009.

HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

06.14.2013
NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.
Photo of calving front of an ice shelf in West Antarctica.

Warm Ocean, Not Icebergs, Causing Most of Ice Shelves' Mass Loss

06.13.2013
Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, a new study by NASA and university researchers has found.
Terra image of Colorado Fires.

Colorado Fires

06.13.2013
The Royal Gorge fire which began on June 11 has now consumed 3,100 acres. Twenty structures have been lost, however, the Royal Gorge Bridge is intact. This fire continues to burn west of Canon City.
Thumbnail of MODIS image of Colorado and New Mexico fires

Fires in Colorado and New Mexico

06.12.2013
The Royal Gorge fire in Colorado was first reported at 1 p.m. Tuesday June 11, south of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Arkansas River. It is estimated at 3800 acres.
Landsat image of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez

Landsat Satellite Looks Back at El Paso, Forward to a New Mission

06.11.2013
Landsat 8 is operational and producing more than 400 images per day, adding to the deep archive collected since 1972.
Terra image of Arizona and New Mexico fires

Fourmile and Silver Fires in Arizona and New Mexico

06.11.2013
NASA's Terra satellite sees two fires burning in the Southwest....
TRMM image of Tropical Storm Yagi

Yagi (Northwest Pacific)

06.10.2013
NASA sees Tropical Storm Yagi spinning in the Western Pacific Ocean...
Thumbnail of map showing Xingu River Basin fires

Fire in the Xingu River Basin

06.10.2013
Over a recent study period, the Xingu River Basin saw more forests with repeated burning than nearly anywhere else in the Amazon.
Photo of fire burning in forest

Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013

06.07.2013
University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere.
Map graphic of Amazon forest

Climate Co­nditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk

06.07.2013
Using an new satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying more forest than deforestation.
Aqua image of fires in Saskatchewan

Fires in Northern Saskatchewan

06.07.2013
NASA's Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image on June 05, 2013.
GOES-14 image of 91L

Andrea (Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico)

06.06.2013
NASA sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Andrea...
Photo of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in flight

NASA SEAC4RS Mission Targets How Pollution, Storms And Climate Mix

06.06.2013
NASA's science aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions affect atmospheric composition and climate.
Photo of technicians and engineers with SMAP propellant tank after installation at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

NASA Builds Sophisticated Earth-Observing Microwave Radiometer

06.05.2013
A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the pitfalls that have plagued similar Earth-observing instruments in the past.
The XPOL weather radar installed near Calmar, Iowa, photographed April 30, 2013.

NASA and Iowa Flood Center to Host Public Event on Precipitation and Flood Forecasting

06.05.2013
The public and media are invited to meet representatives of NASA and the Iowa Flood Center at an outreach event at 7 p.m. CDT on Wed., June 12 on the Northeast Iowa Community College campus.
ASTER image of Oklahoma Tornado destruction

NASA Spacecraft Captures Swath of Destruction from Deadly Oklahoma Tornado

06.05.2013
The massive tornado that devastated portions of Moore, Okla. and surrounding areas on May 20 scarred the landscape for miles, as seen in a new NASA image.
Cropped graphical interpretation of Antarctica bedrock

IceBridge Mission Contributes to New Map of Antarctica

06.04.2013
The new map's improved precision will lead to better calculations of Antarctic ice volume and its potential contribution to sea level rise.
The NASA NPOL (left) and D3R (right) precipitation radars deployed south of Waterloo, Iowa, for the Iowa Flood Studies ground measurement campaign

NASA and Colorado State Univ. Volunteer Network Invite Public to Free Webinar on Floods

06.04.2013
The public is invited to participate in a free webinar about a NASA field campaign that uses rain measurements to improve flood forecasting.
MASTER infrared view of Powerhouse Fire

NASA MASTER Infrared View of the Powerhouse Fire, California

06.04.2013
NASA’s MASTER instrument captured this infrared composite image of California’s Powerhouse Fire. The MASTER image shows the intensity of the heat from the fire in different colors.
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