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Suomi NPP satellite natural-color image of fire and smoke across Australia

Explosive Fire Activity in Australia

01.10.2020
Fires are burning so fiercely that they are lofting smoke to unusual heights.
Still from animation depicting smoke from Australian wildfires

NASA Animates World Path of Smoke and Aerosols from Australian Fires

01.09.2020
A fleet of NASA satellites working together has been analyzing the aerosols and smoke from the massive fires burning in Australia.
Image of Jupiter

NASA Highlights Solar Mission, Jupiter Cyclone at AGU Meeting

12.05.2019
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 9-13 in San Francisco.
GEOS model forecast run of Hurricane Dorian on supercomputer

NASA to Showcase Science and Engineering Achievements at Annual Supercomputing Conference

11.12.2019
From surveying life on Earth to exploring the far reaches of space, researchers from across NASA and university and industry partners will highlight their latest findings, made possible by the agency’s supercomputers, at SC19—the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Nov. 18 to 22 in Denver, CO.
Aqua satellite natural-color satellite image of a plume of smoke that had been emitted a few days earlier was sweeping through Delhi and Kanpur.

Haze Smothers Northern India

11.06.2019
Levels of air pollution have reached hazardous levels in some areas.
Image of ozone hole in 2019

2019 Ozone Hole is the Smallest on Record Since Its Discovery

10.22.2019
Abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion in September and October, resulting in the smallest ozone hole observed since 1982, NASA and NOAA scientists reported today.
Photo of Colin Seftor

Colin Seftor - Atmospheric Scientist With the Alter Ego of The Tasmanian Devil

10.22.2019
Colin Seftor, Atmospheric Scientist, helps to keep track of the earths ozone while his alter ego, the Tasmanian Devil keeps the intensity high.
Satellite image of the 2019 ozone hole

2019 Ozone Hole is the Smallest on Record

10.22.2019
Abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion.
Aqua satellite image of fire and smoke in Borneo

Smoke Blankets Borneo

09.18.2019
Fires burning in peat deposits in Indonesia release gases and particles that have consequences for public health and the climate.
Suomi NPP OMPS image of smoke and aerosols from fires over Canada's Yukon Territories on 12 September 2019

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP Tracks Fire and Smoke from Two Continents

09.13.2019
On Sept. 13, 2019, data from NASA/NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite's OMPS instrument revealed aerosols and smoke from fires over both South America and North America.
Image of campaign aircraft on tarmac

Philippine Airborne Campaign Targets Weather, Climate Science

08.26.2019
NASA's P-3 science aircraft soared above the Manila skyline on Monday to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation into how smoke from fires changes clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts.
Photograph of Castle Fire by FIREX-AQ team member

Sampling the Castle Fire

08.22.2019
Researchers are flying through wildfire smoke to learn about the molecules lingering inside its plume.
Landsat 8 satellite natural-color image of the Williams Flats fire

Flying through a Fire Cloud

08.13.2019
A rare flight through a thunderstorm triggered by a wildfire has atmospheric scientists buzzing.
Photo of technician with instrument

NASA Team Builds CubeSat-Compatible Aerosol-Detecting Instrument

07.31.2019
A NASA team has built a miniaturized instrument that will measure more comprehensively than existing instruments the specks of naturally occurring and manmade matter in the air that can adversely affect human health and the climate.
Map of aerosol index using data from Suomi NPP satellite

Siberian Smoke Reaches U.S., Canada

07.31.2019
The smoke from the fires in Siberia that were highlighted in the fire and smoke update from July 30, 2019 has spread into Alaska and parts of the west coast of Canada.
Suomi NPP satellite image of wildfires and smoke across Siberia

Siberian Smoke Heading Towards U.S. and Canada

07.30.2019
Fires in the Siberian area of Russia are usually quite severe by this time of year and 2019 is no exception.
Satellite image of wildfire smoke over North America

Tracking Smoke From Fires to Improve Air Quality Forecasting

07.22.2019
NASA and NOAA kicked off a months-long airborne investigation into the life cycles of smoke from fires in the United States for improved forecasting and for better understanding their impact on weather and climate.
Suomi NPP satellite image of fires in Canada

Smoke from Canadian Fires Drifts Into United States

07.09.2019
Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year.
Photo of Jin Liao with instrument

Jin Liao - Atmospheric Scientist Helping Combat Pollution in China

06.06.2019
Jin Liao is an atmospheric scientist who hopes to help combat pollution in China.
World map depicting Advanced Global Atmospheric Gas Experiment (AGAGE) network

NASA-Supported Monitoring Network Assesses Ozone Layer Threats

05.24.2019
Locating and identifying an increase in CFC-11 was possible in part because of a NASA-supported monitoring network for atmospheric gases that has been in place since 1978.
Terra satellite image of dust storm in Hokkaido, Japan

Dust Storm in Hokkaido

05.22.2019
Plumes of dried soil streamed from a rural area in the northern part of the Japanese island.
Terra satellite image of dust over China and Mongolia

Dust Swirls over Asia

05.12.2019
In May 2019, dust from the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts swirled high into the atmosphere as a spring storm passed through China and Mongolia.
Artist concept of OMI instrument mapping aerosols across globe

Ozone Monitoring Instrument Team Spots “Fingerprints” on Earth’s Atmosphere

05.03.2019
NASA FEATURE – DraftOzone Monitoring Instrument Team Spots “Fingerprints” on Earth’s AtmosphereThe Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA’s Aura satellite specializes in finding “fingerprints” — signatures of gases and particles that clutter the atmosphere.
Photo of Andrew Swanson and Reem Hannun

NASA Instrument to More Accurately Measure Ozone Discovered by “Accident”

04.30.2019
NASA research scientist Tom Hanisco set out to build an instrument capable of measuring a short-lived chemical that cleanses the atmosphere of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — but found instead that his discovery outshined the best commercial instruments at measuring ambient levels of ozone.
Photo of original sign being installed

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 60 Years

04.29.2019
On May 1, 1959, the Beltsville Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was renamed NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert H. Goddard, widely considered the father of modern rocketry. Thus began a 60-year boom in science and technological innovation.
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