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Douglas Morton: Monitoring the Earth for a Brighter Future

10.08.2019
Douglas Morton, chief of the Biospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, uses satellite data to track how ecosystems are changing over time.
Landsat 8 satellite image of the Peraleda de la Mata coast.

Drought Reveals Lost “Spanish Stonehenge”

09.19.2019
The Dolmen de Guadalperal resurfaced after five decades underwater.
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.
Aqua satellite image of fire and smoke in New South Wales

Drought Exacerbates Australian Fires

09.14.2019
Several years of dry conditions have set the stage for a fierce fire season in several southeastern states.
Map of carbon emissions from fires from Jan. 1, 2003, through Dec. 31, 2018.

Satellite Data Record Shows Climate Change's Impact on Fires

09.10.2019
While every fire needs a spark to ignite and fuel to burn, it's the hot and dry conditions in the atmosphere that determine the likelihood of a fire starting, its intensity and the speed at which it spreads. Over the past several decades, as the world has increasingly warmed, so has its potential to burn.
Terra satellite mage of the Serengeti plains

Circling the Serengeti

09.09.2019
These African plains host the largest natural animal migration in the world.
Landsat 8 composite image of Helheim, Fenris and Midgard glaciers

Landsat Illustrates Five Decades of Change to Greenland Glaciers

08.28.2019
Greenland's Helheim Glacier, along with its neighbors, have changed significantly in the last five decades, as illustrated by comparing Landsat images from 1972 and 2019.
Landsat 8 satellite image of fire burning norht of the Paraguay River near Puerto Busch

Fire Burns in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil

08.27.2019
Since the beginning of August 2019, NASA satellites have observed fires burning near the border of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
Terra satellite natural-color image of fires burning near Novo Progresso, Brazil

Uptick in Amazon Fire Activity in 2019

08.26.2019
Satellites have detected an increase in fire activity early in the 2019 dry season in the southern Amazon
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.
TIRS2 in cleanroom with technicians

New Landsat Infrared Instrument Ships from NASA

08.23.2019
This month, TIRS-2 successfully passed the stringent 12-week testing process at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Smoke from the fires raging in in the Amazon basin has created a shroud that is clearly visible across much of the center of South America.

Amazonian Fires Continue Shrouding South America in Smoke

08.22.2019
Smoke from the fires raging in in the Amazon basin is clearly visible across much of the center of South America.
Photo of dead Jack Pine trees, still standing

Boreal Forest Fires Could Release Deep Soil Carbon

08.21.2019
Increasingly frequent and severe forest fires could burn generations-old carbon stored in the soils of boreal forests, according to results from the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) funded by NASA’s Earth Science Division.
Global map of Active Fires

Building a Long-Term Record of Fire

08.21.2019
Scientists have answered some important questions about how fires vary around the world and are changing over time.
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer image of Canary Islands showing extent of fire

Large Wildfire on Gran Canaria Prompts Evacuations

08.20.2019
The island of Gran Canaria, the second most populous island in the Spanish archipelago's Canary Islands, is currently experiencing a large wildfire whose origins are still under investigation.
Photograph of wildfire burning in the Arctic

NASA Studies How Arctic Wildfires Change the World

08.13.2019
Wildfires in the Arctic often burn far away from populated areas, but their impacts are felt around the globe.
Photograph of an intense crown fire raging through stand of black spruce in a boreal forest in Alaska

A New Global Fire Atlas

08.08.2019
The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.
Landsat 8 image of the Palabora mine in South Africa

South Africa’s Largest Open-Pit Mine

07.30.2019
The pit near Phalaborwa and Kruger National Park is the most visible sign of a long history of mining in the region.
Landsat 8 satellite image of area near Minas Gerais, Brazil.

A New Patch of Green in Brazil

07.23.2019
A twenty-year effort to plant millions of trees in Minas Gerais is visible to Landsat.
Maps of projected suitable habitat for Kobus megaceros. Left is for 2015 and right is 2070.

Study Projects Troubles for 1700 Vertebrate Species

07.22.2019
Researchers examined how human land use will affect species habitats around the world.
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.
Denmark map and line plots describe the relationship between green space and relative mental health

Green Space is Good for Mental Health

07.17.2019
New study uses satellite and demographic data to show how the prolonged presence of green space is important for a healthy society.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of the County Fire in Northern California on the afternoon of July 1, 2018.

Through Smoke and Fire, NASA Searches for Answers

07.11.2019
NASA satellites reveal a world marked by fire: a global patchwork of flame and smoke driven by the seasons and people.
Animated elevation model representing Roebuck coast of Australia

Mapping the Land Between the Tides

07.02.2019
Harnessing 30 years of Landsat data, researchers have created the first three-dimensional model of Australia’s entire coastline.
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Final ACT-America Flights Target Summer Greenhouse Gases

06.18.2019
As families across the country take to the sky to kick off well-earned summer vacations, a group of scientists from NASA and academia is taking to the sky, too — but this is no vacation.
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