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A Deluge for the Sahara

2024.09.13

An extratropical storm system dropped torrential rains on parts of Morocco and Algeria.

Francine Bears Down on Louisiana

2024.09.12

Fueled by warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane will be the third to make landfall in the 2024 season.

NASA Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data

2024.09.04

More than 100 scientists will participate in a field campaign involving a research vessel and two aircraft this month to verify the accuracy of data collected by NASA’s new PACE satellite: the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission.

Typhoon Shanshan Pummels Japan

2024.08.30

The powerful storm triggered landslides, power outages, and flooding in southern parts of the country.

Dust Pours Off the Moroccan Coast

2024.08.28

Desert winds kicked up a cloud of dust from northern Africa.

Storms Line the Northeast Pacific

2024.08.27

Hurricane Hone brought soaking rains to Hawaii when it passed south of the island chain, and more storms brewed to the east.

ARCSIX Analyzes Arctic Sea Ice Loss

2024.08.26

In summer 2024, NASA scientists went to northern Greenland to study how clouds and atmospheric particles may be contributing to the ongoing loss of multiyear sea ice.

FIRMS Helps Thai Officials Manage Fire and Smoke Haze

2024.08.20

Geographer Veerachai Tanpipat promotes the use of NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) throughout the Lower Mekong River Region.

Fires Rage Along Brazil’s Deforestation Frontier

2024.08.13

Dense smoke streamed from rainforests in Amazonas and Pará.

Bright Blues in the Barents

2024.08.13

These shallow Arctic waters frequently produce phytoplankton blooms spanning hundreds of kilometers in the summer.

Debby Soaks the Southeast

2024.08.09

The storm delivered rainfall totals of more than a foot to parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas before marching toward the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Smoke Fills the Slocan Valley

2024.07.31

In southeast British Columbia, Canada, a cluster of wildland fires surrounding Slocan Lake threatened villages and blanketed the region in smoke.

A Split Spring for Hudson Bay Sea Ice

2024.07.29

The eastern part of the bay has had open water since May.

Smoky Skies Across North America

2024.07.26

Hundreds of wildland fires lofted sky-dulling smoke over Canada and the United States.

Fires Char the Siberian Arctic

2024.07.19

Large wildland fires are burning in the tundra of northern Russia.

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.

A Smoky Summer in Amur

2024.07.11

Fires have been flaring periodically in this eastern region of Russia since May.

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.

The Shrinking Selva Maya

2024.06.18

The largest tropical rainforest in Mesoamerica is shrinking as pastures and croplands spread across Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.

Early Fires in Brazil’s Pantanal

2024.06.14

Drought helped spread intense, early-season blazes in one of the world’s largest wetlands.

PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet

2024.06.07

What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancing the ways that we view our seas and skies.