Extreme Sea Levels Will Become 100x More Frequent Along Coastlines Across the World
Global warming will cause extreme sea levels to occur almost every year by the end of the century, impacting major coastlines worldwide, according to new…
Weather
Strong El Niño Drives Nearly 6 Million Children Into Severe Hunger
Up to 3 times more children suffer severe hunger with each El Niño than from Covid-19. El Niño events provide a snapshot of the future…
Massive Flying Laboratory Uncovers Secrets of How Marine Life Influences Cloud Formation
Ocean Life Helps Produce Clouds, but Existing Clouds Keep New Ones at Bay Stand on the ocean’s shore and take a big whiff of the…
Superbolts Carry Super Power: Details of a Rare Type of Lightning That Stretches Into Space
Scientists reveal details of a rare type of lightning that stretches into space. A rare type of lightning has had scientists scratching their heads since…
Arctic Sea Ice at Highest Annual Minimum Extent Since 2014
Arctic sea ice reached its minimum extent on September 16, 2021, at 4.72 million square kilometers (1.82 million square miles). Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
Arctic Sea Ice Extent 26% Greater Than Last Year – But Still 12th-Lowest on Record
Sea ice covered more area this summer compared to recent years, but it was also much thinner. Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and neighboring…
Lake Powell – The Second Largest Reservoir in the United States – Reaches New Low
Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and are still dropping. As North America approaches the end of…
Potentially Devastating Natural Hazards Threaten 57% of US Structures
Rising Temperatures and Risky Development Contribute to Heightened Exposure to Earthquakes, Flooding, Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Wildfire More than half of the structures in the contiguous…
NASA: 2021 Arctic Summer Sea Ice Is 12th-Lowest on Record
Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual minimum extent on September 16, after waning in the 2021 Northern Hemisphere spring and…
NASA’s Delta-X Mission Helps With Disaster Response in Wake of Hurricane Ida
Researchers flying a radar instrument over coastal wetlands in Louisiana helped with monitoring oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico. Charged with studying the Mississippi…
California Continues To Burn – More Than 7000 Wildfires, Burning Over 900,000 Hectares
While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, a severe drought, coupled with extreme temperatures, have sustained several major fires for much of August….
Unusual Snowfall in Greenland – “A Dramatic End to a Season of Extreme Events”
The remnants of Hurricane Larry dropped abundant snowfall on Greenland just as the summer melt season was coming to an end. Hurricanes are known for…
Mystery of Icy Plumes That May Foretell Deadly Supercell Storms Solved by Stanford Scientists
The most devastating tornadoes are often preceded by a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billowing above a severe thunderstorm. New research reveals the…
Hurricane Ida Leaves a Trail of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
Federal and state agencies and private companies are working to find and contain oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Ida left an extensive trail…
A Changed Landscape in Southern Louisiana After Hurricane Ida: Large New Patches of Open Water
The storm left behind large new patches of open water that scientists will be watching closely to see if vegetation and healthy marshes return. Hurricane…
Rapid Intensification for Super Typhoon Chanthu
The potent storm in the Western Pacific intensified from a tropical depression to a super typhoon in less than 48 hours. In recent years, meteorologists…
Water in Bedrock Is Sustaining Trees Across Country – Long-Held Assumptions About Where Trees Get Their Water Overturned
You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But tree roots can — and they’re doing it more frequently than scientists previously thought, with a new…
Hurricane Ida Recovery Assessments Continue at NASA Assembly Facility
Recovery and damage assessments continue at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans following Hurricane Ida. The powerful category 4 hurricane made landfall in Louisiana…