Mystery of Auroral Beads Uncovered With NASA’s THEMIS Spacecraft
A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras…
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After Four Months of Darkness, the Sun Finally Rises at Concordia Research Station
Rare ‘Boomerang’ Earthquake Tracked by Scientists in the Ocean for the First Time
Sea Ice in Denmark Strait – Drifted More Than 1,000 Km (600 Miles) From the Arctic Ocean
Mauritius Oil Spill Spotted From Space – Island Has Declared a “State of Environmental Emergency”
NASA Scientists Map Beirut Blast Damage – Devastating Explosion Rocked Port Area
How Airplanes Counteract Luminous Plasma Phenomenon, St. Elmo’s Fire, During Thunderstorms
Hydrothermal Fluid From Piccard Vents Leads to Discovery That Transforms Understanding of Hydrogen Depletion at the Seafloor
The IBCAO 4.0 Bathymetric Chart: New Depth Map of the Arctic Ocean
Return of the LIDAR: In a Peninsula Far, Far Away, a Laser Shoots Into the Sky
In a peninsula far, far away, a laser shoots into the sky to study the Antarctic atmosphere at Concordia research station. The Light Detection and…
Penguin Poo Is a Clue: Discovering New Penguin Colonies From Space
Satellite images have revealed that there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought. Scientists, at the British Antarctic Survey, have…
NASA Advanced Rapid Imaging Satellite Maps Blast Damage: Beirut Explosion Aftermath
Scientists are using satellite data to map ground surface changes in the aftermath of the recent explosion. NASA’s Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team,…
NASA/NOAA Satellites Observe Surprisingly Rapid Increase in Scale and Intensity of Fires in Siberia
Abnormally warm temperatures have spawned an intense fire season in eastern Siberia this summer. Satellite data show that fires have been more abundant, more widespread,…
Discovered in Deep Ocean: New Current That Transports Water to One of World’s Largest “Waterfalls”
An international team discovered a previously unrecognized ocean current that transports water to one of the world’s largest “waterfalls” in the North Atlantic Ocean: the…
Canadian Ice Caps Completely Disappear, Confirming Scientific Prediction
The St. Patrick Bay ice caps in Canada have completely disappeared. The St. Patrick Bay ice caps on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island…
Blue Hole Allows Researchers to Tap Into 2,000 Years of Storms in the Caribbean
Geoscientists from Goethe University create sedimentary archive with annual resolution. The hurricanes in the Caribbean became more frequent and their force varied noticeably around the…
Tracking California’s Sinking Coast From Space: San Francisco, Monterey Bay, Los Angeles, and San Diego Majorly Affected
A majority of the world population lives on low lying lands near the sea, some of which are predicted to submerge by the end of…
Mars Terraforming: Cultivating Ideas for Mars on Earth
Because the atmosphere is about 100 times thinner and less dense than on Earth, weather on Mars is defined by its extremes. Near the equator,…