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NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt
2024.07.26
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth's rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric conditions in the northernmost part of Earth have a large impact on the entire planet. That’s because the Arctic region acts ...
Smoky Skies Across North America
2024.07.26
Hundreds of wildland fires lofted sky-dulling smoke over Canada and the United States.
Watch Carbon Dioxide Move through Earth’s Atmosphere
2024.07.23
This global map shows concentrations of carbon dioxide as the gas moved through Earth’s atmosphere from January through March 2020, driven by wind patterns and atmospheric circulation
Fires Char the Siberian Arctic
2024.07.19
Large wildland fires are burning in the tundra of northern Russia.
Beating the Heat in Pakistan
2024.07.17
Greening projects in Lahore could help cool the city as climate change and rapid urbanization intensifies the urban heat island effect.
Wildfire Scorches Eastern Oregon
2024.07.16
Fast-moving blazes tore through rangeland in the Pacific Northwest amid excessive heat.
NASA Celebrates 20 Years of Earth-Observing Aura Satellite
2024.07.16
From monitoring the hole in the ozone above the Antarctic to studying air quality around the entire planet, NASA’s Aura satellite has provided scientists with essential measurements during its two decades in orbit.
El Niño Exits
2024.07.15
The natural climate phenomenon contributed to upheavals in temperature and rainfall patterns across the globe.
Extreme Heat Hammers U.S. Coasts
2024.07.12
As summer heat hit the western and eastern U.S. in July 2024, temperatures have been especially high in the Southwest.
A Smoky Summer in Amur
2024.07.11
Fires have been flaring periodically in this eastern region of Russia since May.
Carriacou After Beryl
2024.07.10
The Category 4 hurricane caused widespread damage to infrastructure and vegetation on the Grenadine island.
Beryl Makes Landfall in Texas
2024.07.09
The early season hurricane downed trees and cut off power for over two million homes and businesses near Houston.
Beryl Becomes the First Major 2024 Atlantic Hurricane
2024.07.09
Beryl became the earliest Category 4 hurricane on record in the Atlantic with sustained winds reported at 130 mph by the National Hurricane Center, surpassing Hurricane Dennis from the epic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Beryl also became historic as the strongest and easternmost hurricane and major hurricane in June in the Atlantic.
Studying Hurricane Beryl from Space
2024.07.02
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X. The Category 4 hurricane had winds of about 130 mph (215 kph).
Hurricane Beryl Hurtles into the Caribbean
2024.07.01
The powerful Category 4 storm made landfall in the Grenadine Islands on July 1.
In the Grip of Global Heat
2024.06.28
Heat waves rolled through parts of Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, leaving vulnerable populations at risk.
Record Rainfall Floods Midwest
2024.06.26
Rivers burst their banks, inundating homes and farmland in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Groundwater Declines in the U.S. Southwest
2024.06.25
Record snowfall has not been enough to offset groundwater losses amid long-term drying and a heightened demand for the resource.
Evaluating Proposed Next-Generation Satellite Instruments: Nikki Privé
2024.06.25
Continuing our occasional series, this NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) User Spotlight shines on Dr. Nikki Privé. The quasi-native Marylander currently works as a senior research scientist in the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA, SpaceX Launch NOAA’s Latest Weather Satellite
2024.06.25
NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
The Timeless Moors of Yorkshire
2024.06.24
Rolling hills of peaty soil store thousands of years of plant matter in northeastern England.
Fires Char South-Central New Mexico
2024.06.22
Wildland fires burned tens of thousands of acres near mountain communities including the village of Rudioso.
A Blast of Heat in the East
2024.06.21
A heat dome broke temperature records in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
Peek-a-Bloom in the North Atlantic
2024.06.20
A short-lived gap in the clouds let satellites observe a striking phytoplankton bloom east of Greenland.
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