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Aqua satellite image of Tropical Storm Gabekile

Gabekile – Southern Indian Ocean

02.18.2020
Winds outside of Tropical Storm Gabekile are ripping the storm apart.
Hubble Embraces Spiral With Open Arms

Hubble Embraces Spiral With Open Arms

02.14.2020
The spiral galaxy NGC 2008 sits center stage, its ghostly spiral arms spreading out toward us, in this image captured by Hubble.
Landsat 8 satellite image of icebergs calving from Pine Island Glacier

Pine Island Glacier’s Newest Iceberg

02.14.2020
Iceberg B-49 calved from the Antarctic glacier in February 2020.
Map from NASA’s LHASA landslide risk model and Global Landslide Catalog tracking the areas most at risk from deadly landslides

Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia

02.11.2020
More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and Nepal, according to the first quantitative study of the link between precipitation and landslides in the region.
Landsat 8 image of the Andaman Sea

Making Waves in the Andaman Sea

02.10.2020
When tides, currents, and gravity move water masses over seafloor features, they can create wave actions within the ocean.
GPM satellite image of rainfall in Tropical Storm Uesi

Uesi – Southern Pacific Ocean

02.10.2020
NASA analyzed Tropical Storm Uesi’s rainfall and found moderate to heavy rainfall around the storm’s center and in a large band of thunderstorms south of the center.
Simulated natural-color GOES-17 satellite image of arc of clouds stretching from Hawaii to the Pacific Northwest

Moisture Pummels the Pacific Northwest

02.08.2020
Following an exceptionally wet January, an atmospheric river carried even more moisture into the region in February.
Hubble Captures Grand Spiral

Hubble Captures Grand Spiral

02.07.2020
Eye-catching NGC 5364 is known as a grand design spiral galaxy — a descriptive name deserved by only one-tenth of spirals. They are characterized by their prominent, well-defined arms, which circle outward from a clear core. Despite being classified in this way, NGC 5364 is far from perfect.
Terra satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Damien

Damien – Southern Indian Ocean

02.06.2020
The low-pressure area that formed off Australia’s Kimberley coast and lingered there for a couple of days has moved west and developed into Tropical Cyclone Damien off the Pilbara coastline.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Thwaites Glacier

Thwaites Glacier Transformed

02.06.2020
The amount of ice flowing from the Antarctic glacier has doubled in the span of three decades, and scientists think it could undergo even more dramatic changes in the near future.
Photo of Arctic sea ice

Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents

02.06.2020
Using 12 years of satellite data, NASA scientists have measured how the influx of cold, fresh water is affecting the Beaufort Gyre, a major Arctic current.
Aqua satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Francisco

Francisco – Southern Indian Ocean

02.05.2020
Shortly after Tropical Cyclone Francisco formed on Feb. 5 in the Southern Indian Ocean, NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the storm.
NASA’s Webb Will Seek Atmospheres around Potentially Habitable Exoplanets

NASA’s Webb Will Seek Atmospheres around Potentially Habitable Exoplanets

02.05.2020
More than one team of astronomers will study the TRAPPIST-1 system with Webb. They plan to use a variety of instruments and observing modes to tease out as many details as they can for each planet in the system.
Terra satellite false-color of the Mississippi Delta

Winter Flooding on the Mississippi

02.05.2020
Persistent rains and saturated soils across the watershed swelled the river to its banks and occasionally onto floodplains.
Terra satellite false-color image of Australia's Orroral Valley fire

Australia's Orroral Valley Fire Consumes Over 155,000 Acres in a Week

02.03.2020
NASA's Terra satellite saw yet another fire, known as the Orroral Valley Fire, break out in the Canberra region of Australia, specifically in and around the ​Namadgi National Park.
Global map depicting locations and dates of carbon monoxide observations that MLS made in January 2020.

Australian Smoke Plume Sets Records

02.03.2020
Potent wildfires sent one of the largest plumes of smoke higher into the stratosphere than certain satellites have ever observed.
Landsat 8 satellite image of colorful waters between the Mediterranean island of Elba and the Italian mainland.

Eddy Extravaganza off the Italian Coast

02.01.2020
Natural-color satellite images can capture art-like beauty when sediments trace water currents and eddies; other kinds of data can make that art intersect with scientific understanding.
Hubble Spies Bar, Baby Stars

Hubble Spies Bar, Baby Stars

01.31.2020
​The galaxy depicted in this Hubble image is a barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 7541, in the constellation of Pisces (the Fishes). NGC 7541 is actually observed to have a higher-than-usual star formation rate, adding weight to the theory that spiral bars act as stellar nurseries.
Terra satellite image of fire and smoke in southeastern Australia

NASA Catches Massive Smoke Plume from New South Wales Fires

01.31.2020
Huge clouds of smoke spilled off the southeastern coast of Australia in this NASA Terra satellite image taken with the MODIS instrument (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on Jan. 31, 2020
Landsat 8 natural-color image of sediment-filled rivers swollen out of their banks and pouring their outflow into Helodrano Mahajambe (Mahajambe Bay) in northwestern Madagascar

Flood Waters Overwhelm Northern Madagascar

01.31.2020
Torrential rains from several tropical disturbances soaked Madagascar in late January 2020, causing widespread and deadly flooding in the northern reaches of the island.
Global map of Temperature Anomaly

World of Change: Global Temperatures

01.29.2020
The average global temperature has increased by a little more than 1 degree Celsius since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975.
Artist concept of Sentinel-6 satellite in orbit

NASA, Partners Name Ocean Studying Satellite for Noted Earth Scientist

01.28.2020
NASA and several partners announced Tuesday they have renamed a key ocean observation satellite launching this fall in honor of Earth scientist Michael Freilich.
Aqua satellite image of Tropical Cyclone 12P

12P – Southern Pacific Ocean

01.27.2020
Tropical Cyclone 12P formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean on January 25 and two days later, NASA’s Aqua satellite observed the storm’s demise.
Aqua satellite image of Tropical Storm Esami

Esami – Southern Indian Ocean

01.27.2020
Tropical Cyclone Esami formed in the Southern Indian Ocean and just three days later, visible imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite confirmed the storm had dissipated.
Aqua satellite image of Tropical Storm Diane

Diane – Southern Indian Ocean

01.27.2020
Tropical Cyclone Diane formed late on January 24 and by the next day it was reduced to a remnant low-pressure system in the Southern Indian Ocean.
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