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Record Rainfall Floods Midwest
2024.06.26
Rivers burst their banks, inundating homes and farmland in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Groundwater Declines in the U.S. Southwest
2024.06.25
Record snowfall has not been enough to offset groundwater losses amid long-term drying and a heightened demand for the resource.
The Timeless Moors of Yorkshire
2024.06.24
Rolling hills of peaty soil store thousands of years of plant matter in northeastern England.
Fires Char South-Central New Mexico
2024.06.22
Wildland fires burned tens of thousands of acres near mountain communities including the village of Rudioso.
Peek-a-Bloom in the North Atlantic
2024.06.20
A short-lived gap in the clouds let satellites observe a striking phytoplankton bloom east of Greenland.
Tracking Forest Cover in Belize
2024.06.19
Decades of satellite data paint a picture of how forests in this Central American country are changing.
NASA Sets Launch Coverage for NOAA Weather Satellite
2024.06.18
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25, for the satellite’s launch.
The Shrinking Selva Maya
2024.06.18
The largest tropical rainforest in Mesoamerica is shrinking as pastures and croplands spread across Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.
Summary of the 2023 GEDI Science Team Meeting
2024.06.18
The 2023 Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place October 17–19, 2023, at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), in College Park, MD.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Etched into Collier Trophy, Aerospace History
2024.06.18
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been immortalized at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington as the latest awardee of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Bestowed annually by the National Aeronautic Association, the trophy recognizes groundbreaking aerospace achievements.
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss
2024.06.17
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
Turbulent Beauty Along the Kimberley Coast
2024.06.17
Tidal currents stir up colorful swirls off the coast of Western Australia.
Early Fires in Brazil’s Pantanal
2024.06.14
Drought helped spread intense, early-season blazes in one of the world’s largest wetlands.
Sea Ice Takes a Spin Down the Coast
2024.06.12
Ice fragments from Greenland and the Arctic form elaborate swirls as they are swept south.
Drought Parches Mexico
2024.06.10
Dry weather is putting extra strain on the systems that deliver water to Mexico City.
PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet
2024.06.07
What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancing the ways that we view our seas and skies.
Humboldt Glacier’s Demise
2024.06.07
Venezuela is the first postglacial nation in the Andes, as its last substantial patch of ice is now considered too small to flow under its own weight.
Satellite Data Suggest U.S. Methane Emissions Underestimated
2024.06.05
Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas may be higher than previously thought, especially from landfills.
Iceland Eruption Goes Another Round
2024.06.04
A volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula came alive again with voluminous, vigorous flows.
A Greenhouse Boom in China
2024.05.31
Researchers are using satellites to track a spreading trend in agriculture—the use of greenhouses.
NASA Mission Flies Over Arctic to Study Sea Ice Melt Causes
2024.05.31
To explore factors contributing to sea ice melt, NASA is flying two aircraft equipped with scientific instruments over the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland this summer
Tornado Damage in Greenfield
2024.05.30
The destructive tornado destroyed homes, downed wind turbines and power lines, snapped trees, and shredded roofs.
Clear Lake Clouded by Algae
2024.05.29
The nutrient-loaded Northern California lake turned green with algal growth in spring 2024.
Antarctic Ice Shelf Spawns Iceberg A-83
2024.05.24
The Brunt Ice Shelf lost a large wedge of floating ice, the third sizeable iceberg to calve from the shelf in recent years.
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