Press Releases & Feature Stories Archive - Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory

California Once Again On Fire

06.14.2018

California is a state known for having severe wildfire seasons and 2018 seems to be no exception to that hard and fast rule.

Trail Mountain Fire in Utah Begins as Prescribed Fire

06.14.2018

The Trail Mountain Wildfire began when the Trail Mountain Prescribed Fire escaped across Cottonwood Canyon Road to East Mountain..

NASA's Aqua Satellite Spots Smoke from Wyoming Badger Creek Fire

06.13.2018

NASA's Aqua satellite detected heat signatures and smoke from the Badger Creek Fire burning in southern Wyoming Colorado on the Colorado line.

416 Fire in Durango, Colorado Still Burning Hot

06.13.2018

Suomi NPP took this image of the 416 fire in Colorado which began on June 1, 2018.

Dry Season Fires in Australia

06.11.2018

Fire is ubiquitous during Northern Territory’s dry season, which runs from April to December.

NASA's Terra Satellite Spots New Mexico's Ute Fire

06.04.2018

NASA's Terra satellite detected heat signatures and smoke from the Ute Fire, burning in northeastern New Mexico.

NASA's Aqua Satellite Captures Heat Signature and Smoke from Buzzard Fire

06.04.2018

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the Buzzard fire in New Mexico on June 03, 2018.

Cyclone Duo Hits the Middle East

05.24.2018

ithin the span of one week, two tropical cyclones barreled down on the Middle East.

NASA Scientist to Discuss 'Mapping the Blue Marble: Using Space-Based Observations for Improved Global Water Security and Sustainability' at Library of Congress Lecture

05.08.2018

The public is invited to a free talk called 'Mapping the Blue Marble: Using Space-Based Observations for Improved Global Water Security and Sustainability,' with Dr. John Bolten.

NASA's Terra Satellite Spots Arizona's Tinder Fire

05.01.2018

NASA's Terra satellite detected heat signatures from the Tinder Fire, burning in northern Arizona.

Flamboyan (Southern Indian Ocean)

04.30.2018

Flamboyan, the 21st tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season, formed over the weekend of April 28 and 29.

Agricultural Fires Light Up Guinea and Sierra Leone

04.27.2018

NASA's Suomi NPP satellite collected this natural-color image which detected many fires burning in northwestern Africa.

Smog Smothers Solar Energy in China

04.26.2018

New research shows that China's smog not only dims the daylight and makes the air hard to breathe, but it reduces the amount of sunlight reaching its solar panels.

2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

04.24.2018

Any telescope that reaches the launch pad in the 2030s likely will look much different than the concepts four teams are currently studying to inform the 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, but the studies do offer a roadmap.

NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

04.24.2018

As in past decades, the agency won’t make that decision in a vacuum or without understanding the technical obstacles, which are formidable.

Florida Keys' Big Pine Key Suffers Brush Fire Outbreak

04.23.2018

On Big Pine Key, Florida Sunday, April 22, 2018, a fast-moving brush fire broke out.

Northern Parts of Australia See Combo of Bush and Prescribed Fires

04.20.2018

A combination of both bushfires and prescribed fires dot the landscape in the Northern and Western Territories of Australia in this Suomi NPP satellite image from April 17, 2018.

Prescribed Fires Light Up Tasmania

04.20.2018

The Tasmania Fire Service webpage shows that all fires captured in this Aqua image from April 20, 2018 are, in fact, fires deliberately set for land management.

Oklahoma's Rhea Fire Shows No Sign of Slowing Down

04.20.2018

The Rhea Fire, located 1/2 mile west of Rhea, Oklahoma, began on April 12, 2018. Its cause is currently unknown.

Fires in Oklahoma Continue to Burn Hot

04.16.2018

According to Inciweb: "The Rhea Fire started on Thursday April 12, 2018. It is located in Dewey County, northeast of Leedey Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Sees Spate of Fires Including the Shaw Fire

04.13.2018

According to the Oklahoma Forestry Service (OFS) there are at least 23 fires burning across the state which began due to extreme fire weather ongoing in the area.