For 20 years, astronauts have been shooting photos of Earth from the space station. Like…
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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.
Global sea level has been rising at a rate of 0.1 inches (3.3 millimeters) per…
While kayaking in Barry Arm fjord in June 2019, Valisa Higman, an artist-in-residence at Alaska’s…
The historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is not done yet. Hurricane Delta, the 25th named…
During the summer, the U.S. Great Plains routinely experiences nighttime thunderstorms unlike anywhere else in…
While passing over northern Utah, an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this…
After a brief lull, a late-September heat wave reinvigorated California’s already brutal 2020 fire season.…
After burning more than 180 square miles (460 square kilometers) of the San Gabriel Mountains…
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 15, 2020, according to…
The Pantanal, a vast floodplain in South America, is among the largest wetlands in the…
As large fires on the U.S. West Coast lofted vast plumes of smoke high into…
Climate and fire scientists have long anticipated that fires in the U.S. West would grow…
Wildfires continue to rage in the western United States. On September 9, 2020, the Moderate…
In early September 2020, an intense heatwave broke temperature records in several locations in Southern…
Intense heat, winds, and drought have fueled smoky infernos in the western United States. Though…
Super Typhoon Haishen is poised to hit the Korean Peninsula this weekend, making it the…
In the late morning of September 2, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on…
After more than a week, the seemingly relentless wildfires across Northern California appeared to be…