How Space Can Boost Clean Energy and Contribute to a Sustainable Economy
An all-day digital workshop to explore how space can boost clean energy and contribute to a sustainable economy will be held on September 14, 2020….
Earth News
Global Warming Warning: Devastating Hurricanes Could Be Up to Five Times More Likely in the Caribbean
Global warming is dramatically increasing the risk of extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean, but meeting more ambitious climate change goals could up to halve the…
Global Analysis Reveals for the First Time: Trees Living Fast Die Young
A global analysis reveals for the first time that across almost all tree species, fast-growing trees have shorter lifespans. This international study further calls into…
Volcanism Under the Heart of Northern Europe: New Evidence From Thousands of GPS Antennas
Scientists have discovered new evidence for active volcanism next door to some of the most densely populated areas of Europe. The study ‘crowd-sourced’ GPS monitoring…
“Worst-Case Climate Scenario” – Ice Sheets in Greenland and Antarctica Loss Rates Rapidly Increasing
A recent report confirms that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, whose mass-loss rates have been rapidly increasing, are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
Advanced New Spacecraft Will Monitor Sea Level Rise and Atmospheric Temperature With Extreme Precision
To get the best measurements of Earth’s atmosphere, you sometimes have to leave it. This November, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will do just that….
Greenland Ice Sheet Already Reached Tipping Point 20 Years Ago
At the turn of the 21st century, unbeknownst to the world, the Greenland ice sheet likely entered a state of sustained mass loss that will…
Monitoring the Arctic Heatwave: Alarmingly High Temperatures, Extreme Wildfires and a Significant Loss of Sea Ice
Over the past months, the Arctic has experienced alarmingly high temperatures, extreme wildfires and a significant loss of sea ice. While hot summer weather is…
Oops! The World’s Oceans Soak Up Far More Carbon Than Most Scientific Models Suggest
Ocean Carbon Uptake Widely Underestimated The world’s oceans soak up much more carbon than most scientific models suggest, according to new research. Previous estimates of…
Super Typhoon Haishen Bears Down on the Korean Peninsula
Super Typhoon Haishen is poised to hit the Korean Peninsula this weekend, making it the third typhoon to encounter the peninsula in just two weeks….
Deep Underground “Rock-Melting” Forces Explain Quakes on San Andreas Fault
Rock-melting forces occurring much deeper in the Earth than previously understood appear to drive tremors along a notorious segment of California’s San Andreas Fault, according…
NASA Satellite Finds Haishen Now a Super Typhoon – With a 31 Mile-Wide Eye
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea on September 4 and provided a visible image of Haishen that had strengthened into a super…
Discovery of Metamorphic Rock Microdiamonds Has Geologists Questioning Japan’s History
A collaboration of researchers based in Kumamoto University, Japan have discovered microdiamonds in the Nishisonogi metamorphic rock formation in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Microdiamonds in metamorphic…
NASA Using Machine-Learning AI to Predict Hurricane Intensity
NASA research could help to improve forecasts of whether a hurricane will suddenly intensify, which could give people in its path more time to prepare….
Massive Clouds of Smoke From California Wildfires Blow Over the Pacific Ocean
In the late morning of September 2, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image of smoke from…
NASA Tracks California’s Wildfires From Space and in the Air
Earth-observing instruments on satellites and aircraft are mapping the current fires, providing data products to agencies on the ground that are responding to the emergency….
Hurricane Nana Caught Making Landfall Under Cover of Night by NASA-NOAA Satellite
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime look at Hurricane Nana just after it began making landfall in Belize. At 11 p.m. EDT on September…
Clear Picture of Wind Shear Battering Omar From NASA’s Terra Satellite
NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image that showed Tropical Storm Omar had weakened to a depression as it continued to be battered by strong…
