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Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton bloom off of Newfoundand

Late Bloomers

09.23.2019
The waters around Newfoundland have been teeming with phytoplankton since the beginning of September.
Landsat 8 satellite image of a bloom of Trichodesmium near the Great Barrier Reef off of northeast Australia.

A Bloom of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria

09.16.2019
An important player in the nitrogen cycle, Trichodesmium makes a seasonal appearance off the northeast coast of Australia.
Map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in norhteastern Pacific Ocean

Marine Heat Wave Returns to the Northeast Pacific

09.13.2019
The warm surface water this summer was caused by an unusual and persistent weather pattern.
Artist concept of PACE in orbit

NASA Ocean Ecosystem Mission Moves Forward

08.28.2019
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission passed its preliminary design review in August 2019, meaning the team can create its final designs and prepare for construction and testing.
Landsat 8 image of freshwater and seawater meeting where the Yenisei River meets the Kara Sea

Tawny Swirls in the Kara Sea

08.17.2019
Freshwater from the Yenisei River, stained brown with organic materials, mixes with Arctic seawater off the coast of Russia.
Aqua satellite image of Icelandic phytoplankton bloom

Iceland’s Waters Abloom

07.15.2019
July 2019 brought the latest display of a phytoplankton bloom that occurs every year in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Landsat 8 satellite imageof Kolyma River's

Kolyma’s Annual Purge

07.14.2019
Every June, the Kolyma River thaws and carries organic materials that stain the Arctic Ocean.
Sargassum off Big Pine Key in the lower Florida Keys. Credit: Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

NASA Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World

07.09.2019
An unprecedented belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico—and it’s likely here to stay.
Landsat satellite images of Zalzala Koh from 2013 to 2019

The Sea Takes Back a Baby Island

07.05.2019
A tiny island birthed by an earthquake and a mud volcano has faded into the sea.
Map depicting chlorophyll-a levels in Wisconsin's Petenwell Lake

NASA Helps Warn of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, Reservoirs

06.21.2019
Harmful algal blooms cause massive problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States. When toxin-containing aquatic organisms multiply and form a bloom, it can sicken people and pets, contaminate drinking water, and force closures at boating and swimming sites. With limited resources to monitor these often-unpredictable blooms, water man
Follow the Water still from animation

NASA Explores Our Changing Freshwater World

06.12.2019
Water is so commonplace that we often take it for granted. But too much – or too little of it – makes headlines.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Lake Khanka

Eerie Green Swirls of Lake Khanka

06.10.2019
Located on the border of Russia and China, Lake Khanka plays an important role in supporting biodiversity in the region.
Terra satellite image of phytoplankton in the Norwegian Sea

Beauty and a Burden in the Norwegian Sea

06.08.2019
Harmless phytoplankton put on a stunning display, while another less-visible species wreaked havoc on salmon farms.
Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan

Bloom in the Parent Stream

06.05.2019
Fueled by the Oyashio current, the waters off of northeastern Japan support a bounty of phytoplankton and fishes.
Aqua satellite false-color image of chlorophylly concentration in the South Atlantic Ocean

Seeing the Sea Through the Years

04.30.2019
In several decades of observing the ocean with satellites, our vision has changed as much as the sea.
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.
Composit of various Earth images

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Social Media, Public Events

04.18.2019
This Earth Day, April 22, NASA invites you to celebrate our beautiful home planet by participating in a global social media event and local events around the country.
PictureEarth logo

Picture Earth for Earth Day 2019

04.12.2019
For Earth Day 2019, NASA invites you to celebrate the planet we call home with our #PictureEarth social media event.
Suomi NPP satellite image of phytoplankton bloom offshore of Port Hedland, Australia

A Bloom after the Storm

04.05.2019
Tropical cyclone Veronica appears to have stirred up swirls of phytoplankton.
Photograph of Robert Goddard at blackboard

NASA Invites Media to 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.15.2019
Media are invited to the 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium on March 20-21.
Image of book cover

New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space

02.20.2019
NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites, is available now in hardcover and ebook, and online with interactive features.
Aqua satellite image showing swirls of color in the Arabian Sea

Watercolor Painting of Water Colors

12.27.2018
A colorful image of the Arabian Sea shows the various types of activities occurring in the waters.
Split image: (L) Terra satellite image of phytoplankton bloom off Argentina (R) Terra image depicting observations of concentrations of chlorophyll-a

Summer Bloom in the Argentine Sea

12.23.2018
The milky green and blue phytoplankton developed where warmer, saltier coastal waters from the subtropics meet colder, fresher waters flowing from the south.
Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton bloom off the south coast of South Africa

Spring Bloom for South Africa

11.18.2018
Large phytoplankton blooms tend to occur at intersections: between land and sea, between different ocean currents, and between seasons.
Thumbnail image from a NASA supercomputing simulation

NASA Brings its Science and Supercomputing Advances to SC18

11.05.2018
From designing rocket launch pad components and safer rotorcraft to improving flood and drought forecasts to modeling the formation of planetary disks, NASA will highlight supercomputing advances at SC18, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Nov. 12 to 15 in Dallas.
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