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Animation of Arctic lake bubbling

Unexpected Future Boost of Methane Possible from Arctic Permafrost

08.17.2018
New NASA-funded research has discovered that permafrost's expected gradual thawing and the associated release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere may actually be sped up by a process called abrupt thawing.
Satellite image of Xepian-Xe Nam Noy dam in Laos

Scientists Deploy Damage Assessment Tool in Laos Relief Efforts

08.17.2018
The July 23 failure of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam unleashed more than 130 billion gallons of water on rural villages in southern Laos, in Southeast Asia.
Map of Land Surface Temperature Anomaly for western United States

The Northwest is Running Hot and Dry

08.16.2018
In August 2018, temperature records fell in the northwestern United States.
Aqua satellite infrared image of cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Soulik

Soulik (Northwestern Pacific)

08.16.2018
When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over recently developed Tropical Storm Soulik in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean it analyzed temperatures in the storm.
Terra satellite image of British Columbia’s smoky landscape on August 13, 2018

Smoke Blankets British Columbia

08.15.2018
Hundreds of fires are burning in the Canadian province.
Aqua satellite image of water vapor in Ernesto

Ernesto - Formerly TD5 (Atlantic Ocean)

08.15.2018
The fifth tropical cyclone of the North Atlantic Ocean season formed on Aug. 15, as NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite flew overhead.
Suomi NPP satellite image pf cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Lane

Lane - Formerly 14E (Eastern Pacific)

08.15.2018
Tropical Depression 14E formed far from land and poses no threat to land areas.
Suomi NPP satellite image of newly formed Tropical Depression Rumbia.

Rumbia (NW Pacific Ocean)

08.15.2018
Tropical Depression Rumbia, the twenty-first tropical cyclone of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean season formed on Aug. 15, as NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite flew overhead.
Technologists integrate a Goddard-developed instrument into Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) CubeSat bus.

NASA Team Demonstrates “Science on a Shoestring” with Greenhouse Gas-Measuring Instrument

08.14.2018
A novel instrument that has already proven its mettle on field campaigns will attempt to measure atmospheric greenhouse gases from an occultation-viewing, low-Earth-orbiting CubeSat mission called Mini-Carb early next year — marking the first time this type of instrument has flown in space.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of Mendocino Complex fire

Mendocino Complex Still Grows Larger

08.14.2018
The Mendocino Complex fire is now entering its 19th day and still the complex grows in size. Today the fire is 354,410 acres and 68% contained.
Animation depitcting the concentrations of carbon monoxide (in orange/red) from California’s massive wildfires drifting east across the U.S. between July 30 and August 7

Carbon Monoxide from California Wildfires Drifts East

08.14.2018
California is being plagued by massive wildfires, and the effects on air quality from those fires can extend far beyond the state's borders.
Landsat 8 image of image of Siccar Point

The Abyss of Time

08.14.2018
On a boat at a rocky promontory in Scotland, farmer James Hutton made an argument that changed our understanding of Earth’s age and helped establish the science of geology.
Map of Total Rainfall across the eastern U.S. August 6 to early August 13, 2018

NASA's IMERG Estimates Heavy Rainfall Over the Eastern U.S.

08.13.2018
NASA added up that rainfall using satellite data and a program called IMERG to provide a look at the amount of rainfall along the eastern U.S.
Terra satellite natural-color image of Mendocino Complex fire and smoke across California

Mendocino Complex Fire Shrouds California in Smoke

08.13.2018
The largest fire in California's history, the Mendocino Complex, is still spewing clouds of smoke across the state.
Aqua satellite infrared image of Tropical Storm Bebinca

Bebinca (South China Sea)

08.13.2018
Tropical Storm Bebinca formed quickly in the northern part of the South China Sea.
Suomi NPP satellite image of Typhoon Leepi

Leepi (Northwest Pacific Ocean)

08.13.2018
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite caught up with Typhoon Leepi in the open waters of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Animation depicting 14 false-color images of the Padma river between 1988 and 2018 taken by the Landsat 5 and 8 satellites

The Most Erosive Area on the Padma

08.13.2018
As the shape of river changes over decades, the upper reaches show the most change, particularly with widening and meandering bends.
Terra satellite of snow in the central Andes

Winter in the Andes

08.11.2018
Every austral winter in the central Andes, fresh snowfall covers and fills the gaps between mountaintops that have more permanent snow and ice.
Map of Soil Moisture Anomaly in Australia

A Mid-winter Drought in Australia

08.10.2018
Eastern Australia has been hit particularly hard by drought, taking a toll on the region’s soil moisture and agriculture.
Landsat 8 satellite image of a dense column of smoke topped by a pyrocumulus cloud over the Ranch fire

Smoke Plumes Tower Over California

08.09.2018
Several fires are spreading noxious gases and particles across the state—and to a lesser degree much of the country.
Satellite image of phytoplankton bloom

Expedition Probes Ocean’s Smallest Organisms for Climate Answers

08.08.2018
In August a team of scientists is sailing 200 miles to the northeastern Pacific Ocean with advanced robotics and other instruments on a month-long quest to investigate plankton and their impact on the carbon cycle.
Natural-color Aqua satellite image of Mendocino Complex fire

NASA's Aqua Captures Mendocino Complex Blanket of Smoke

08.08.2018
Details of the actual fire as well as the ground are obscured in NASA's Aqua satellite image due to the heavy smoke coming off the Mendocino Complex fires as well as several other extremely large fires across California.
Map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in waters off southern California coast

Record Warm Waters off Southern California

08.08.2018
A layer of exceptionally warm surface water extended from Point Conception to the Baja California coast.
Animated gif of Piers Sellers (left) and Compton Tucker (right)

A NASA Story of Science and Friendship

08.08.2018
Piers Sellers was an accomplished NASA astronaut and scientist. After battling pancreatic cancer, Piers passed away in 2016. He is dearly missed by the entire NASA community...
Infrared Terra satellite image of Tropical Storm Yagi

Yagi (Northwest Pacific Ocean)

08.08.2018
Tropical Storm Yagi was experiencing wind shear when NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and analyzed the storm.
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