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Screenshot of Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness (LHASA) landslide software map

Goddard Team Wins NASA 2023 Software of the Year Award

09.26.2023
NASA has awarded the prestigious NASA Software of the Year (SOY) Award to a team of scientists and engineers at the Earth Sciences Division of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Image concept of CALIPSO lidar and radar mapping small sea creature migration in the ocean

First Long-Duration Lidar Satellite Mission CALIPSO Ends

09.26.2023
CALIPSO, a lidar satellite that advanced the world’s understanding of climate, weather, and air quality, ended its scientific mission on Aug. 1, 2023.
Photo of a lone iceberg amidst sea ice along the coast east of Sermilik Fjord.

Arctic Sea Ice 6th Lowest on Record; Antarctic Sees Record Low Growth

09.25.2023
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 19, 2023, making it the 6th lowest year in the satellite record
Black marble image of northeastern Libya three days after a powerful storm caused damage and electricity loss

Tracking Nightlights in Libya

09.25.2023
Cities and towns darkened after a cyclone unleashed torrential flooding along the country’s coast.
Photo of Randall Bonnell and Lucas Zeller, graduate students at Colorado State University, collecting a snow core sample at Cameron Pass, Colorado. Photo courtesy Dan McGrath, Colorado State University

NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees

09.20.2023
NASA scientists are testing a technology that from orbit could more accurately measure water stored in snow.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Humboldt Glacier in northwest Greenland

Melting on Humboldt Glacier

09.18.2023
Unusual late-season melting in Greenland turned the glacier’s surface into a mishmash of ice, firn, melt, and dirt.
Landsat 9 satellite image of Laguna de Aculeo, Chile

Water Returns to Laguna de Aculeo

09.16.2023
The drought in Chile isn’t over, but recent late-winter rains provided enough moisture for water to start pooling up again.
Photo of the STELLA instrument

STELLA: NASA’s DIY Educational Gadget for Measuring Plant Health

09.15.2023
On her morning walk to school, a high schooler notices a patch of greenery in her neighbor’s yard. But the plants don’t look quite as green and healthy as she thinks they should. To see if she’s right, she puts down her backpack and pulls out STELLA, a DIY gizmo not much bigger than a smartphone.
Global map of August Global Temperature Anomaly (degrees Celcius compared to 1951)

NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record

09.14.2023
The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Photo of GOES-U as it is lowered into the thermal vacuum chamber. Credit: Lockheed Martin

NOAA’s GOES-U Completes Environmental Testing

09.14.2023
GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series of advanced geostationary satellites, recently completed rigorous testing to ensure it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting in space 22,236 miles above Earth.
False-color Terra satellite image of flooding in the Cyrenaica region of Libya

Torrential Rain Wreaks Havoc in Libya

09.14.2023
A Mediterranean cyclone contributed to deadly flooding along the country's coastline.
GOES-16 image of Hurricane Lee in Atlantic Ocean

Hurricane Lee Traverses the Warm Atlantic

09.13.2023
The major storm fluctuated in intensity as it approached the U.S. East Coast.
Landsat 8 satellite image of flooded fields near the village of Pedino, Greece

Greece’s Agricultural Heartland Underwater

09.12.2023
Record rainfall inundated towns and farmland in the country’s Thessaly region.
Landsat 8 natural-color satellite image of a bloom swirling near the mouth of the Missisquoi River

Cloudy Waters in Missisquoi Bay

09.11.2023
Phosphorus runoff from farmland surrounding Lake Champlain contributes to summer cyanobacteria blooms in the northeastern part of the lake.
False-color Terra satellite image of saturated Black Rock Desert

Summer Rains on Nevada’s Black Rock Playa

09.08.2023
Late-season storms saturated the desert, leaving tens of thousands of festivalgoers stuck in the mire.
Photo of lower portion of Alaska’s Kennicott Glacier covered by a layer of debris. Image credit: D. Rounce

NASA-funded Study: Half of Glaciers Vanish with 1.5 Degrees of Warming

09.07.2023
Glaciers in remote regions — far from the human activities — are particularly powerful indicators of climate change. Rapidly melting glaciers impact freshwater availability, landscapes, tourism, ecosystems, the frequency and severity of hazards, and sea level rise.
Two Maryland Carbon Sequestration Maps

The Best Places to Plant Trees in Maryland

09.07.2023
Using remote sensing, researchers have developed a method to guide the state of Maryland’s tree-planting efforts.
Photo of Imja-Lhotse Shar Glacier

NASA-funded Study: Half of Glaciers Vanish with 1.5 Degrees of Warming

09.06.2023
The world’s glaciers could lose as much as 40% of their mass by 2100 with 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. That's according to a NASA-funded study appearing in the journal Science.
Photo of PACE observatory entering GSFC's thermal vacuum chamber

PACE Successfully Completes Key Environmental Test

09.06.2023
The PACE observatory enters a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. It stayed in the chamber for 33 days of testing.
NOAA-20 satellite image of storm over Spain

Storm Drenches Spain

09.06.2023
An isolated low-pressure system produced torrential downpours in Spain and carried Saharan dust along its path.
Map of GPM satellite-based estimate of rainfall rates (in millimeters per hour) over Greece for September 6

A Deluge in Greece

09.06.2023
A stalled storm dropped three feet of rain over four days on the Thessaly region, triggering extensive flooding.
Landsat 9 satellite image of groups of fairy circles near the town of Moora, Australia

Circular Depressions Seep Hydrogen Gas

09.05.2023
Naturally occurring hydrogen was discovered emanating from “fairy circles” in Australia.
Map showing the total precipitable water vapor in the atmosphere on August 21, 2023.

Atmospheric Rivers Swamp Central Chile

09.04.2023
After more than a decade of drought, strong atmospheric rivers in June and August flooded the foothills of the Andes in the Maule, Ñuble, and Biobío regions.
Suomi NPP satellite image of Typhoon Saola

Typhoon Saola Swipes China’s Coast

09.02.2023
One of the region’s strongest storms in recent years delivered damaging winds and flooding.
Landsat 8 satellite image of ships delayed on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal

Panama Canal Traffic Backup

09.01.2023
Severe drought is reducing the number of daily passages on the transoceanic shipping route.

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