The hottest March in India on record was followed by more waves of oppressive heat…
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.
Laguna Ojo de Liebre, a lagoon on the Baja California Peninsula, is a whale sanctuary…
SeaHawk: The Little Satellite That Could The SeaHawk satellite is both a throwback to a…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will increase energy generation and development in Ethiopia, but it…
Solar and wind farms now cover fields that were abandoned after the nuclear accident in…
In the KwaZulu-Natal coastal province, heavy rainfall spurred deadly flooding and landslides. In April 2022,…
In March 2022, old sea ice crumbled away as new ice formed off the coast…
The coastal and oceanic conditions off of northern Peru create a “dreamland for surfers.” The…
Long-lasting, icy cirrus clouds filled with Saharan dust covered many parts of the continent in…
The shelf’s disintegration in March 2022 has reshaped a landscape where coastal glacial ice was…
The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is flat, while the global trend…
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…