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Landsat 8 satellite image of lakes of New Zealand's South Island

How Glaciers Turn Lakes Turquoise

05.20.2019
Fine particles of pulverized rock absorb and scatter sunlight in ways that can give water a striking blue-green color.
Landsat 8 satellite image of sea ice near Greenland

Spring Freeze in the Labrador Sea

05.18.2019
Filaments of sea ice stretch across the waters off southern Greenland, an area that is typically ice-free.
Aqua satellite image of smoke pollution over Mexico and Mexico City

Wildfire Smoke Shrouds Mexico City

05.17.2019
Officials declared an environmental emergency due to unhealthy air quality.
Suomi NPP satellite image of fires in Western Australia

Ring of Fire in Australia Visible in NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP Image

05.15.2019
NASA's Suomi NPP satellite collected this natural-color image of fires in Western Australia using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on May 15, 2019.
Landsat 8 satellite image of a surging glacier in northern Pakistan near Mount Shishpar

Surging Glacier Creates a New Lake

05.15.2019
Local authorities are watching closely after a fast-advancing glacier in northern Pakistan blocked a stream and created a temporary lake.
Terra satellite image of contrails over California and Mexico

Contrails Over the Gulf of California

05.14.2019
The corridor between the United States and Mexico is a fairly busy one for air traffic—heavy enough to produce plenty of contrails, but not so much that they all blend together.
Suomi NPP satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Ann

Ann (Southern Pacific Ocean)

05.13.2019
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Ann in the Coral Sea, off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.
Animated gif of the Pine Island Glacier retreat

Two Decades of Change at Pine Island Glacier

05.13.2019
As this Antarctic glacier sheds huge icebergs more frequently, scientists are closely monitoring the retreat.
Artist concept of GRACE in orbit

NASA's GRACE: What We've Learned from Water in Motion

05.13.2019
GRACE data, collected from 2002 to 2017 while the mission was active, are still being used to improve our understanding of water in motion and its sometimes surprising effects on our planet.
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.
Terra satellite image of fires in Guerrero Mexico

Fires Burn in Guerrero, Mexico

05.11.2019
The blazes have been difficult to control because of strong winds.
Landsat 8 satellite image of flooding along the Mississippi River

Flooding Continues Along the Mississippi

05.10.2019
The Landsat 8 satellite observed water out of the river banks and on the floodplains near St. Louis.
Data visualizations of Odisha city lighting on (L) April 30 (before the storm) and on (R) May 5, 2019, two days after Fani made landfall

Lights Out after Cyclone Fani

05.09.2019
The powerful storm, one of the worst to hit India since 1999, knocked out electricity across the state of Odisha.
Suomi NPP satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Lili

Lili (Southern Indian Ocean)

05.09.2019
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of newly formed Tropical Cyclone Lili, located north of the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Mosul Dam and surrounding area

Reservoir Swells Upstream of Mosul

05.08.2019
Satellite data shows that water levels in Iraq’s largest reservoir have reached heights not seen in more than a decade.
Map of cumulative fire detections across the United Kingdom from January 1 through April 30, 2019

Fires Burn Across the UK

05.07.2019
It is not even summertime, but already the United Kingdom has seen a significant number of wildfires.
Suomi NPP satellite image of fires in Northern Territory, Australia

Fires in Australia’s Northern Territory

05.07.2019
The government of Australia’s Northern Territory posted an incident map on May 7 that identified several fires burning far to the southeast of Darwin and one fire far to the south of the city.
False-color Terra satellite image of large burn scar along the Amur River in Russia's Khabarovsk region

Spring Fires in Khabarovsk

05.06.2019
A fast-moving blaze charred far eastern Russia and lofted a pillar of smoke high into the air.
Aqua satellite image of the Flinders Ranges

Folding a Mountain

05.04.2019
The Flinders Ranges—the largest mountain range in South Australia—is a classic example of a folded mountain range.
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.
Aqua satellite image of fires across Guinea

NASA's Aqua Satellite Detects Many Fires in Guinea, Africa

05.03.2019
The African country of Guinea is experiencing a spate of fires across its landscape.
Aqua satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Fani

Fani Threatens India

05.03.2019
The storm strengthened and bore down on the country's eastern coast as a very severe tropical cyclone.
NDVI Anomaly map for parts of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina

Atacama Greening

05.02.2019
A burst of wildflowers and other plant growth followed damaging floods in northern Chile.
Artist concept of Nimbus-3 spacecraft

How Atmospheric Sounding Transformed Weather Prediction

05.02.2019
In the late 1950s, a scientist named Lewis Kaplan divined a new and groundbreaking way to calculate temperature in the atmosphere for weather forecasting: by measuring the vibration of molecules at different altitudes.
Suomi NPP satellite image of dust over Africa

Choking on Saharan Dust

05.01.2019
A new analysis suggests that exposure to mineral dust may be a bigger cause of premature death in Africa than previously thought.
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