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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.
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.
Dusty Spring in the Tarim Basin
2024.05.21
Strong winds kicked up sand and dust from China’s vast Taklimakan Desert.
Colorful Celtic Sea
2024.05.15
Satellites captured an expansive blue and green phytoplankton bloom in the waters off France.
Smoke and Fire in British Columbia
2024.05.14
Unusually early and intense fires are spreading rapidly amid drought and high winds.
Floods Engulf Porto Alegre
2024.05.09
Torrential rains have unleashed widespread and destructive flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state.
Sierra Snowpack Springs Back
2024.05.07
A May storm dumped over two feet of snow in one day on parts of the California mountain range.
Cloudy With a Chance of Eclipse
2024.05.06
NASA citizen scientists collected thousands of photographs and temperature readings that are being used to study the relationship between total solar eclipses and clouds.
Destructive Floods Afflict Tanzania
2024.05.02
Exacerbated by El Niño, heavy rains in spring 2024 caused severe flooding in Tanzania’s Rufiji district, among other areas in eastern Africa.
Severe Drought in Southern Africa
2024.04.24
One of the driest growing seasons in decades has decimated crops and left millions hungry.
AI for Earth: How NASA’s Artificial Intelligence and Open Science Efforts Combat Climate Change
2024.04.18
As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only conducting studies of these events, but also empowering outside researchers to do the same. The artificial intelligence (AI) efforts spearheaded by the..
NASA’s PACE Data on Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Now Available
2024.04.11
NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb. 8, and has been put through several weeks of in-orbit testing of the spacecraft and instruments to ensure […]
Blowing in the Patagonian Wind
2024.04.05
Strong winds that race across Lago Colhué Huapi have exposed ancient artifacts amid the dusty surface.
Fire in Southern Mexico
2024.04.03
More than 100 active fires burned across the country in late-March 2024, including this blaze near the border of Oaxaca and Chiapas.
Smoke Blankets Venezuela
2024.03.28
Drought and heat have fueled unusually high numbers of fires in the South American country during the first three months of 2024.
Desert Dust Envelops Portugal and Spain
2024.03.27
Skies turned orange and snowy slopes were stained brown as Saharan dust reached Europe.
Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health
2024.03.25
From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities.
Fires in the Appalachians
2024.03.23
Smoke billowed from multiple wildfires in the eastern U.S., fueled by dry and windy weather.
Snowstorm Coats the Rockies
2024.03.22
A potent storm pushed snowpack levels above normal across Colorado.
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