The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is flat, while the global trend…
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.
Two eye-catching cloud types—flower-shaped actinoform and spiraling von Kármán vortices—popped up off the coast of…
After nearly pummeling the vulnerable Brunt Ice Shelf, a flock of Antarctic icebergs settles in…
An atmospheric river carried a plume of Saharan dust to Western Europe, blanketing cities and…
Two weeks after launch, the nation’s newest weather satellite has reached geostationary orbit. Two weeks…
An icebreaker cut through persistent sea ice in the Weddell Sea during an expedition that…
An instrument designed to measure tree height can also distinguish corn from other crops. Every…
Finding Meteorite Hotspots in Antarctica As many as 300,000 meteorites await discovery atop the continent’s…
Firefighters contended with strong winds and dry weather as blazes raced through coastal counties. Amid…
A new global atlas extends measurements of nighttime lights to the sea, revealing marine ecosystems…
The 50,000-year-old crater is relatively young, and only the second discovered in China. Despite China’s…
Just-right conditions off the coast of this Portuguese fishing town have churned out some of…
Despite an overall trend of Arctic ice loss, the Bering Sea saw an expansion of…
The Thar desert’s abundance of open space and sunshine make it an ideal place for…
An ISS photo shows Egypt’s Faiyum Oasis, formed from Lake Moeris, with water supplied by…
The plume from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai behaved like a mega-thunderstorm that rose 58 kilometers (36…
Landsat 9 completed its own pass last week in time for the big game. Passes…
A blast of high-speed solar wind provoked dancing auroras in early February. Auroras are a…