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Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premier performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, Va. “Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony” is a collaboration between composer Henry Dehlinger, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and the National Philharmonic that features a fusion of music and video in seven multimedia works on the Sun, Earth, Moon, Planets, and Cosmos. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration

05.15.2023
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger.
Image acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite showing flooding adjacent to the Lamone river on May 4, 2023.

A Deluge in Italy

05.11.2023
Heavy rains caused destructive flash flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region.
Image of Qinghai Lake acquired by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 on July 22, 2022

Shifting Sand Spits

05.10.2023
The shape of China’s Qinghai Lake changes in lockstep with climate.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image (above) of smoke billowing from fires in the two Canadian provinces on May 6, 2023.

Fires Scorch Western Canada

05.09.2023
Raging fires destroyed homes in Alberta and produced towering chimneys of smoke.
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired this image of the Popocatépetl Volcano on April 14, 2023

Popocatépetl Volcano Keeps on Puffing

05.06.2023
One of Mexico’s most active volcanoes continues to put on a show for satellites and astronauts.
The image above (right), acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows flooded farm fields in the of Tulare Lake lakebed on April 30, 2023.

Tulare Lake Grows

05.05.2023
Flooding in the California lakebed continues to spread as spring brings snowmelt from the Sierras.
Landsat 8 satellite image of southern Malawi showing extensive cropland damage from flooding

Freddy Brings Lean Times to Malawi

05.04.2023
Hunger is on the rise in Malawi after the tropical cyclone devastated crops in the southern part of the country.
Photo of Vice President Harris and South Korea President Yoon shaking hands at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Visit NASA Goddard

04.26.2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol saw firsthand how NASA studies climate change during a visit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, this afternoon.
Photo of VP Harris at GSFC in 2021

VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard

04.24.2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 25, to see firsthand the agency’s climate change work. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup will join them on tour.
Photo of a stand of old-growth coast redwoods appearing to reach to the sky in Muir Woods, a primeval forest north of San Francisco. Credits: NASA/Karlin Younger

NASA Teams with US Forest Service to Tally America’s Oldest Trees

04.20.2023
Century-old sugar maples in Wisconsin. Five-hundred-year-old cedars in Oklahoma. Fifty-foot-wide oaks in Georgia. These trees grace our nation’s old-growth forests, and scientists say they hold unexplored mysteries from their roots to their rings.
Image of part of Earth from space

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Earth Science in Action

04.12.2023
This Earth Day, you can join us in person and online to see how our observations help us monitor the planet’s vital signs and share them with scientists and citizens around the world.
Landsat 9 satellite image of the desert blooming in Carrizo Plain National Monument on April 6, 2023

A Flood of Wildflowers

04.11.2023
Winter 2023 brought unusually intense rains to Southern California, which was followed by a magnificent bloom of wildflowers in spring.
Collage of 6 NASA climate-related images

NASA Releases Agency Climate Strategy

03.29.2023
NASA has been working to better understand our home planet from the unique vantage point of space since the first TIROS satellites launched in the 1960s. Today, with more than two dozen Earth-observing satellites and instruments, it’s clearer than ever that our planet is an interconnected system.
Landsat 9 satellite image of tornado’s path as it moved through Winona

Tornado Leaves Path of Destruction in Mississippi

03.29.2023
A deadly tornado left a 29-mile-long path near Winona, which is visible in satellite images.
Landsat 9 false-color satellite image of flooded rice fields in Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana on February 3, 2023.

Flooded Rice Fields in Louisiana

03.10.2023
The low-lying alluvial plain of the Mississippi River Valley is home to much of the nation’s rice farms.
Aerial photo of tree canopy

NASA To Measure Forest Health from Above

03.07.2023
Using hyperspectral and shortwave IR cameras, uncrewed aircraft and satellites could analyze forest canopy light to investigate the health of forests.
Global map of mean net emissions and removalsl of carbon dioxide from 2015 to 2020, using estimates informed by OCO-2 satellite measurements

NASA Space Mission Takes Stock of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Countries

03.07.2023
A NASA Earth-observing satellite has helped researchers track carbon dioxide emissions for more than 100 countries around the world.
Landsat 9 satellite image of Pando in the fall of 2022

Saving a Forest of One

03.02.2023
Overgrazing by deer poses a threat to a giant quaking aspen tree colony in Utah—one of the largest organisms in the world.
Image depicting color map of carbon stored in tree crowns in Africa

NASA-Funded Scientists Estimate Carbon Stored in African Dryland Trees

03.01.2023
With the help of artificial intelligence and high-resolution satellite images, scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s dense tropical forests. Having an accurate tree carbon estimate is essential for climate change projections.
Landsat 9 satellite image of snow covered San Gabriel Mountains on February 26, 2023

Snow in Southern California

02.28.2023
A powerful late-February storm brought blizzard conditions to areas near Los Angeles.
Landsat 9 satellite image of smoke from fires in Iberá National Park in Argentina's Corrientes province

Fires Burn in Argentina’s Iberá National Park

02.23.2023
Fueled by a heatwave and prolonged drought, fires burned the protected Argentine oasis, home to capybaras and jaguars.
Split screen comparison satellite views of New Orleans canal in Sept 2007 and Sept 2023

Mardi Gras Pass

02.21.2023
This free-flowing distributary reconnects the mighty Mississippi to the wetlands of Louisiana.
False-color Terra satellite image of wildfire burn scars in Chile

Fires Scar the Chilean Landscape

02.18.2023
The outbreak of fires in early February 2023 has diminished, but the burned area remained visible from space.
Global map of change in NOx Emissions 2020-2019

Why Methane Surged in 2020

02.14.2023
Warm, wet weather in the Northern Hemisphere combined with COVID-19 lockdowns pushed the potent greenhouse gas to record levels.
Aqua satellite image of fires in Chile

Fires Blaze Through South-Central Chile

02.08.2023
Hot, dry winds fanned the flames of widespread fires in Chile.

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