Unusually early and intense fires are spreading rapidly amid drought and high winds. Following Canada’s…
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.
Michigan’s Ludington Pumped Storage Plant uses excess electricity to pump water uphill and generates power…
Searing temperatures and little rain reduced water levels of Pantabangan Lake, one of the country’s…
NASA satellites are helping track tiger habitat, offering hope and new insights for conservation as…
A May storm dumped over two feet of snow in one day on parts of…
NASA citizen scientists collected thousands of photographs and temperature readings that are being used to…
NASA scientists have developed a new method to accurately measure the volume and discharge of…
In the spring of 2024, the Netherlands showcased its beautiful flower fields through satellite images,…
Exacerbated by El Niño, heavy rains in spring 2024 caused severe flooding in Tanzania’s Rufiji…
The Klamath River dam removal, spanning from 2023 to 2024, marks the largest project of…
Heavy rains in spring 2024 brought temporary relief to Spain’s drought-stricken Doñana National Park, boosting…
Agricultural plots are carpeted in yellow when rapeseed or canola plants bloom. Green agricultural fields…
Every spring, satellites observe massive plumes of dust streaming from the Gobi Desert over East…
Over the past two and a half decades, NASA Earth Observatory has published more than…
New analysis of a round depression in the salty plains of the Kutch Basin revealed…
In the country’s southeast, towering table-top mountains known as tepuis host unique species of flora…
One of the driest growing seasons in decades has decimated crops and left millions hungry.…
A powerful volcanic eruption lofted ash high into the atmosphere and spread tephra and other…