Adam Voiland is a science writer and editor for NASA Earth Observatory, a website that explores Earth science through the lens of satellite imagery. He covers a range of topics including natural disasters, weather, human impacts, hydrology, wildfires, and volcanology.
NASA Earth Observatory’s mission is to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about the environment, Earth systems, and climate that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and models. The site was founded in 1999, around the time the Terra satellite launched. For more details about his work with NASA Earth Observatory, see the Q & A here.
Before joining NASA Earth Observatory, he worked for NASA’s Office of Communications for three years. Prior to that, he was a medical reporter for U.S. News & World Report. Voiland earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from Brown University and a master’s in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. He is the proud father of two children and currently lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, an abstract painter.
Writing samples:
The Allure of Searles Lake Salts, 2025
The Fast Fire Threat, 2024
Lava and Smoke Blanket Fagradalsfjall, 2023
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai Erupts, 2022
The Nile's Delta Disappearing Farmland, 2021
Could COVID-19 Have Seasons? Searching for Signals, 2020
Mapping the Amazon, 2019
Heat Lingers from Fuego’s Deadly Pyroclastic Debris Flows, 2018
Sprawling Shanghai, 2017
Reading the ABCs from Space, 2016
Growing Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay, 2015
A Clearer View of Hazy Skies, 2014
Painted Glaciers, 2013