This is the second part of a story about fires in California. Read part 1…
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.
Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing…
As the Cumbre Vieja eruption continued into its second week, satellites captured images of some…
A slow-moving wall of basaltic lava is bulldozing its way through communities on one of…
Powered by an Atlas V 401 rocket, Landsat 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 27,…
Sea ice covered more area this summer compared to recent years, but it was also…
Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and…
An astronaut photograph shows the proximity of a volcanic eruption to nearby cities on the…
The KNP fire complex and Windy fire are threatening groves of giant sequoias and prompting…
In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also…
The remnants of Hurricane Larry dropped abundant snowfall on Greenland just as the summer melt…
Using precision instruments and new mapping and machine-learning tools, a research team has been pinpointing…
Federal and state agencies and private companies are working to find and contain oil leaks…
The storm left behind large new patches of open water that scientists will be watching…
The potent storm in the Western Pacific intensified from a tropical depression to a super…
The decline of sea ice in the Arctic has made the passage increasingly viable for…
Several filmmakers have used the desert landscapes of Wadi Rum as a stand-in for the…
The Reservoir Stands at Its Lowest Level Since the 1930s Lake Mead is the largest…