Monitoring the Devastating US-Canada Heatwave From Space
While heatwaves are quite common during the summer months, the scorching heatwave hitting parts of western Canada and the US has been particularly devastating –…
While heatwaves are quite common during the summer months, the scorching heatwave hitting parts of western Canada and the US has been particularly devastating –…
In June 2021, all-time temperature records fell in multiple cities in the U.S. and Canada during a “historic and dangerous” heatwave. Extraordinary heat events occur…
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lake Mar Chiquita – an endorheic salt lake in the northeast province of Córdoba, Argentina. Lake Mar Chiquita, around 70…
Precipitation totals and lake levels are among the worst they have been since the 1970s. Just four years after emerging from a severe multi-year drought, California…
The dust storm traveled from Algeria to Italy, spanning roughly 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). On June 22, 2021, the Moderate Resolution imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on…
One of the world’s largest deltas stands as a remarkable example of how water and ice can shape the land. The Yukon-Kuskokswim Delta is one…
Exceptional drought has gripped much of Arizona for months. In June 2021, a potent heat wave sent temperatures soaring above 115°F (46°C) on multiple days. Now extreme fires are raging throughout…
Chocolate mountains and a salty lake highlight this desert landscape. This photo of the Sonoran Desert in Southern California was taken with a camera mounted…
From their perch on the International Space Station, astronauts have spent twenty years sharing a story about Earth as they can see it from above….
From their orbiting home on the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts have a view unlike anything most of us will ever see. In the past…
Chongqing, the largest municipality in China, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. Covering an area of over 80,000 sq km (31,000 sq mi), around the…
Cause, scope determined for deadly winter debris flow in Uttarakhand, India. The Uttarakhand region of India experienced a humanitarian tragedy on February 7, 2021, when…
Popigai is one of the largest and most well-preserved impact craters on Earth. About 36 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into northern Siberia and…
A large group of iconic fossils widely believed to shed light on the origins of many of Earth’s animals and the communities they lived in…
All five of North America’s Great Lakes are pictured in this spectacular satellite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie,…
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Los Cabos – a municipality on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Meaning ‘the capes’ in…
Walls and fences designed to secure national borders could make it difficult for almost 700 mammal species to adapt to climate change, according to new…
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Qeshm Island – the largest island in Iran. Qeshm Island lies in the Strait of Hormuz, parallel to…