NOAA Scientists: 2020 Was Earth’s 2nd-Hottest Year on Record, Just Behind 2016
It’s official: 2020 ranks as the second-hottest year on record for the planet, knocking 2019 down to third hottest, according to an analysis by NOAA…
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Incredible Satellite View of the Moon’s Shadow Crossing the Surface of Earth During the Total Solar Eclipse
The first and only total solar eclipse of 2020 occurred on December 14, with the path of totality stretching from the equatorial Pacific to the…
Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Iota Sets Late-Season Records
Less than two weeks after being hit by category 4 Hurricane Eta, several Central American countries braced for the arrival of category 5 Hurricane Iota….
Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun. Experts From NASA and NOAA Explain What It Means
Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed their analysis…
Burn Scars from Elkhorn Fire in California Revealed in Devastating NOAA-NASA Satellite Images
Imagery from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA/NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights the burn scars from the Elkhorn Fire in northern California on September 1, 2020….
NASA’s Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Striking Images of California Wildfires at Night
Striking images of the California wildfires are seen in these nighttime satellite images taken by the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite on Aug. 20, 2020. At…
Great, Warm Lakes – Heat Records in Jeopardy
When the usually chilly Great Lakes feel like bath water, you know it has been a warm summer. When the water is that warm at…
Massive Saharan Dust Aerosol Blanket Analyzed by NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP Satellite
Dust storms from Africa’s Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but the current dust storm has been quite expansive and NASA…
63 Mile Smoke Trail From Bighorn Fire Captured by NOAA/NASA Satellite
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the Bighorn Fire on June 22, 2020, showing clouds of smoke pouring off this fire that is plaguing…
May 2020 Had the Highest Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Reading Ever Recorded
Rise of carbon dioxide unabated: Seasonal peak reaches 417 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa Observatory reached…
Breakthrough Using Carbon-14 to Estimate National Emissions of Carbon Dioxide From Fossil Fuels
Tracking Fossil Fuel Emissions With Carbon-14 Researchers from NOAA and the University of Colorado have devised a breakthrough method for estimating national emissions of carbon…
Cosmic Bursts of Radio Static From Solar Storms Could Scramble Whales’ Navigational Sense
Gray whales 4.3 times more likely to strand during a cosmic burst of radio static. When our sun belches out a hot stream of charged…
How Ear Bones of a Fish Unraveled the Mystery of Spinal Deformities
Native fish discovered with spinal deformities in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2011 were exposed to high levels of selenium from their parents and food…
Scientists Discover Why Whales Migrate – They Return to the Tropics to Shed Their Skin
First suggested for killer whales, skin molt may drive long-distance migration for all whales that forage in cold waters. Whales undertake some of the longest…
Devastating Landslides Are Common in High Mountain Asia – Climate Change Could Trigger More
More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and Nepal,…
100 Years of Microscopic Shells Reveal a “Double Whammy” for Waters off California
In first-of-its-kind research, NOAA scientists and academic partners used 100 years of microscopic shells to show that the coastal waters off California are acidifying twice…
Stunning Satellite Images As Rain Brings Relief to Australia’s Fires
NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia. Although rain fell on parts…
Satellite Imagery Shows Ferocious Fires in Australia Intensify
As the New Year starts, the outlook for the bushfire situation in Australia continues to be grim. These huge and disastrous fires continue to burn…