Press Releases
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Mount Fuji Bare Again After Fleeting Snow
2024.11.19
The volcano’s first snow of the season fell in early November 2024—the latest in a 130-year record—only to apparently vanish within a few days.
Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas
2024.11.18
Rising seas have redistributed cyanobacterial mats blanketing part of Andros Island and restructured the island’s marshes and mudflats.
Antarctic Icebergs Show Their Colorful Undersides
2024.11.16
The blue underbellies of icebergs were spotted floating near the Amery Ice Shelf.
NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels
2024.11.15
From 2015 through 2023, satellite measurements showed that the average amount of freshwater stored on land — that includes liquid surface water like lakes and rivers, plus water in aquifers underground — was 290 cubic miles (1,200 cubic km) lower than the average levels from 2002 through 2014.
Indonesia Continues to Erupt
2024.11.15
A series of explosive eruptions from Mount Lewotobi lofted ash to the cruising altitudes of jets.
NASA Goddard Lidar Team Receives Center Innovation Award for Advancements
2024.11.14
NASA researchers Guan Yang, Jeff Chen, and their team received the 2024 Innovator of The Year Award for their exemplary work on a lidar system enhanced with artificial intelligence and other technologies at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Fall 2024
2024.11.14
On September 18, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from the GOES-19 satellite, its newest geostationary satellite launched on June 25, 2024...
Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data
2024.11.12
Dr. Inia Soto Ramos became fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean while growing up in Puerto Rico’s mountains. Today, she works at NASA as an oceanographer and data manager, where she can uncover these enigmas from space.
NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign Supports Blue Carbon Management in South Florida
2024.11.12
NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign, a three-year (2021–2024), $1.5-million project operating under the agency’s Carbon Monitoring System, used field, aircraft, and satellite data to study the impact of both natural and anthropogenic pressures on South Florida’s coastal ecology.
Windblown Smoke in Southern California
2024.11.08
Strong Santa Ana winds carried the Mountain fire’s plume westward over the Pacific Ocean.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki Spews Ash
2024.11.07
Eruptions in November 2024 sent volcanic material over the Indonesian island of Flores.
Smoky Skies Over the Indo-Gangetic Plain
2024.11.05
Annual fires contributed to hazy skies over northern Pakistan and India, causing schools in some areas to close.
Landsat Plumbs the (Shallow) Depths
2024.11.04
Researchers have developed a new way to measure near-shore bathymetry using satellite observations alone.
Drought Expands Across the U.S.
2024.11.02
Dry conditions parched all but two states in October 2024 and worsened as the month progressed.
NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming
2024.10.29
A new study, co-authored by NASA scientists, details where and how greenhouse gases are escaping from the Earth’s vast northern permafrost region as the Arctic warms.
Streaming Snow and “Sea Smoke”
2024.10.28
Visible atmospheric phenomena revealed springtime winds roaring over Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier.
Petit Saut Reservoir
2024.10.26
A dam along the Sinnamary River created this artificial lake in northern French Guiana.
Majestic Color on the Michigan Mitten
2024.10.25
Autumn color still clung to northern parts of the state in late October 2024.
Today’s Glacial Retreat is a Recent Phenomenon
2024.10.24
Alpine glaciers around the world were advancing as recently as 1990. Now they’re melting fast.
A Deluge for Roswell
2024.10.23
The city in southeastern New Mexico received four times more rainfall in a day than it usually receives in a month.
Water for a Desert Lake in Algeria
2024.10.21
Scientists are studying the rare filling of Sebkha el Melah for clues about past—and possibly future—greening of the Sahara Desert.
Pyramid Lake in Bloom
2024.10.18
Blooms of cyanobacteria develop in the brackish waters of this Nevada lake nearly every year.
NASA Goddard Hosts Former VP Al Gore to Mark 10 Years of DSCOVR Mission
2024.10.17
Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Oct. 16, 2024, to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) mission.
Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Approached Historic Lows
2024.10.17
Sea ice in the Arctic continued a decades-long downward trend in its minimum summer extent, while sea ice around Antarctica saw meager winter growth in 2024.
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