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Islands of Fire and Ice Veiled in Cloud
2025.12.08
Puffs of low-level clouds mingle with the volcanic terrain of Candlemas and Vindication islands in the remote South Atlantic.
Senyar Swamps Sumatra
2025.12.05
A rare tropical cyclone dropped torrential rains on the Indonesian island, fueling extensive and destructive floods.
Hayli Gubbi’s Explosive First Impression
2025.12.04
In its first documented eruption, the Ethiopian volcano sent a plume of gas and ash drifting across continents.
A Glimpse of History in Benin City
2025.12.01
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical era.
Cranberry Country, Wisconsin
2025.11.27
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
The Towers of Tràng An
2025.11.26
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones, caves, and subterranean waterways.
NASA & GLOBE Connect People, Land, and Space
2025.11.25
A group of elementary-aged students gather outside of Oldham County Public Library in La Grange, Kentucky, United States to look at clouds in the sky. “If anyone asks what you are doing, tell them, ‘I am a citizen scientist and I am helping NASA,’”...
NASA’s TROPICS Completes Storm-Studying Mission
2025.11.25
A NASA mission that studied the interior of hurricanes collected its final data on Nov. 12, as the last two CubeSats in its fleet were powered down prior to re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
A Direct Hit on Jamaican Forests
2025.11.25
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992
2025.11.24
While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century.
Rewilding South Africa's Greater Kruger
2025.11.24
Satellites are helping land managers track ecological shifts as reserves reconnect and landscapes return to a more natural state.
Autumn in the Ozarks
2025.11.21
Late-season reds and browns swept across the Ozark Highlands in the south-central U.S.
Krasheninnikova Remains Restless
2025.11.20
The volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula continues to erupt after centuries of quiescence.
Reservoirs Dwindle in South Texas
2025.11.18
Drought in the Nueces River basin is reducing reservoir levels, leaving residents and industry in the Corpus Christi area facing water shortages.
Antarctic Sea Ice Saw Its Third-Lowest Maximum
2025.11.17
Sea ice around the southernmost continent hit one of its lowest seasonal highs since the start of the satellite record.
A Desert Intersection
2025.10.01
A colorful ridge and winding glacial meltwater river meet amidst dune fields in western China.
Imelda and Humberto Crowd the Atlantic
2025.09.30
The tropical cyclones are close enough in proximity that they may influence one another.
Drought Worsens Across Northern New England
2025.09.27
In late September 2025, a continued lack of rainfall led to stunted vegetation, lowered water levels, and prompted early fall foliage.
Inside the Visualization: Aerosols
2025.09.26
NASA uses satellites, ground measurements, and powerful computer models to track tiny particles floating in our air called aerosols. These small particles can travel thousands of miles, affecting the air we breathe and how far we can see, even far from where they originated.
Land of Many Waters and Much Sediment
2025.09.26
The Guiana Shield’s rugged terrain shapes Guyana’s waterways, but mining has altered their clarity.
NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
2025.09.25
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of things to come as the joint mission between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) approaches full science operations later this year.
NASA Data Powers New Tool to Protect Water Supply After Fires
2025.09.24
When wildfires scorch a landscape, the flames are just the beginning. NASA is helping communities across the nation foresee and prepare for what can follow: mudslides, flash flooding, and contaminated surface water supplies.
NASA Aircraft Coordinate Science Flights to Measure Air Quality
2025.09.24
This summer, six planes collectively flew more than 400 hours over the mid-Atlantic United States with a goal of gathering data on a range of objectives, including air quality, forestry, and fire management.
Ragasa Steers Toward China
2025.09.24
The super typhoon headed for Guangdong province after lashing northern Luzon in the Philippines.
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