In the late morning of September 2, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on…
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After more than a week, the seemingly relentless wildfires across Northern California appeared to be…
Government meteorologists issued unusually dire warnings as a large hurricane neared the U.S. Gulf Coast…
On August 21, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite captured natural-color…
Nearly every summer, colorful blooms of phytoplankton flourish in the Baltic Sea. And nearly every…
Despite facing a dry July, many farmers in Iowa were expecting a good harvest in…
On August 16, 2020, temperatures in Southern California approached the highest levels ever reliably recorded…
After more than 10,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours, hundreds of wildfires erupted across California,…
On August 18, 2020, several fires exploded across northern California and scorched thousands of acres.…
In 2001, Dubai started construction on three large artificial islands in the Persian Gulf shaped…
Australian meteorologists took note recently when not one—but two—vast bands of clouds stretched from the…
Two of Earth’s most colorful upper atmospheric phenomena, aurora and airglow, met just before dawn…
As the United States moves into the last weeks of climatological summer, one-third of the…
Arctic sea ice is subject to some serious travel restrictions. Penned in by major land…
On August 4, 2020, a devastating explosion rocked the port area around Beirut, Lebanon. After…
This photograph, taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS), captures the bright…
Scientists are using satellite data to map ground surface changes in the aftermath of the…
Abnormally warm temperatures have spawned an intense fire season in eastern Siberia this summer. Satellite…