Columbia Glacier’s Main Branch pulled away from a stabilizing rocky outcrop, while melting along the…
Browsing: NASA Earth Observatory
The NASA Earth Observatory is a premier online platform launched by NASA in 1999 to share satellite imagery, maps, and data-driven visualizations that showcase our planet’s dynamic systems. Designed to inform the public and support educators, scientists, and policymakers, the site covers a wide range of Earth science topics including climate change, natural disasters, land use, and atmospheric conditions. With regularly updated imagery from NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites, the Earth Observatory offers compelling insights into both long-term environmental trends and real-time global events.
Drought has amplified fire activity across the South American continent, contributing to exceptionally high carbon…
Algal communities flourish in Lake Erie’s western basin each summer. Scientists are looking to new…
This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.…
It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement…
Burning for weeks, the Wapiti and Middle Fork Complex fires have charred tens of thousands…
Rare warming events occurred over Antarctica as the polar vortex elongated and weakened. The Antarctic…
In early August 2024, southern Alaska was struck by an atmospheric river that triggered a…
The history of Labor Day is closely tied to New Jersey, where key figures like…
Satellites observed Saharan dust moving from Morocco across the Atlantic, highlighting the Sahara’s role as…
Cairo, long Egypt’s capital, is transitioning its governmental seat to a new, larger city in…
In summer 2024, the Amistad Reservoir along the U.S.-Mexico border reached historically low water levels,…
Late in the 2024 hurricane season, the Northeast Pacific Basin saw significant storm activity, including…
From space, an astronaut captures North Dakota’s winter landscape, showcasing the Des Lacs River, protective…
Heat and wind gusts helped the blazes spread through over 5,700 hectares of forest. In…
Dams along the ephemeral Wadi al Qattarah river help protect Benghazi against floodwater coming from…
High summer temperatures caused record melting of the Norwegian archipelago’s glaciers. Summer 2024 saw Svalbard’s…
Boreal forests in Canada’s Northwest Territories have evolved to burn, but the increasing frequency of…