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Towering Cloud Over The Arabian Peninsula December 21, 2024
An astronaut photographed the structure of a burgeoning cumulus congestus near the shore of the Persian Gulf.
NASA Earth Observatory
Bushfires Char Victoria December 20, 2024
A fast-moving fire in southeastern Australia raged through parts of Grampians National Park.
NASA Earth Observatory
Antarctic Iceberg Spins Out December 20, 2024
After being stuck for a second time in nearly four decades, the planet’s current-largest iceberg (A-23A) again floats free.
NASA Earth Observatory
Winter Blast of Dust in the Middle East December 19, 2024
Dust clouded the sky in the Tigris–Euphrates basin in December 2024, degrading air quality and snarling travel in the region.
NASA Earth Observatory
Franklin Fire Leaves Its Mark on Malibu December 18, 2024
The December 2024 blaze charred vegetation in the hills of the Southern California coastline.
NASA Earth Observatory
Wintry Weather Whooshes In December 17, 2024
Arctic air surged across the Great Lakes and dumped feet of lake-effect snow in some locations.
NASA Earth Observatory
December Puzzler December 17, 2024
Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.
NASA Earth Observatory
Cyclone Chido Pummels Mayotte December 16, 2024
Fueled by warm water in the Indian Ocean, the tropical cyclone caused widespread damage on the small archipelago.
NASA Earth Observatory
The Many Arms of Réservoir Gouin December 16, 2024
A dam on the Saint-Maurice River transformed the network of lakes and river valleys upstream.
NASA Earth Observatory
Desert Peninsula in Turkmenistan December 15, 2024
The Cheleken Peninsula and its two parallel spits comprise the hammerhead-like landform that juts into the eastern Caspian Sea.
NASA Earth Observatory

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NASA’s EMIT Will Explore Diverse Science Questions on Extended Mission

Electron launches first NASA PREFIRE Earth science cubesat

NASA prepares for twin launches of climate science cubesats

NASA to Discuss New Polar Climate Mission During Media Teleconference

Launch Date Set for NASA’s PREFIRE Mission to Study Polar Energy Loss

NASA Selects New Aircraft-Driven Studies of Earth and Climate Change

New NASA satellite could improve air quality by tracking pollution

NASA Mission Excels at Spotting Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources

TEMPO Named One Of Time Magazines Best Inventions of 2023

NASA’s PolSIR: New Mission To Unveil the Mysteries of High-Altitude Ice Clouds

NASA and Italian Space Agency Join Forces on Air Pollution Mission

TEMPO Instrument Captures Its First Images of Air Pollution Over Greater North America

NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument

<a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-announces-launch-service-for-arctic-warming-experiment">NASA Announces Launch Service for Arctic Warming Experiment</a>

Rocket Lab launches 2 tiny NASA hurricane-watching probes to orbit

‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed

NASA, Rocket Lab Set Coverage for Tropical Cyclones Mission

NASA’s TEMPO Mission Could Bring You Hyper-Local Pollution Alerts

Rocket Lab Updates Launch Location for NASA’s TROPICS Mission

NASA’s High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument Launches

New Instrument to Track Air Pollution Hourly, Shed Light on Disparities

NASA is mapping duststorms from space with this new high-tech device

NASA Air Pollution Sensor Integrated and Tested with Commercial Satellite Host

NASA’s S-MODE Mission: “Sea-ing” through Rainbow-Colored Glasses

A Nervous Flier’s Guide To Riding The Snowy Skies

NASA Space Missions Pinpoint Sources of CO2 Emissions on Earth

NASA to Cancel GeoCarb Mission, Expands Greenhouse Gas Portfolio

Methane ‘Super-Emitters’ Mapped by NASA’s New Earth Space Mission

Student of the Sea: Learning the Ropes Aboard NASA’s S-MODE Mission

NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean

NASA’s Mineral Dust Detector Starts Gathering Data

NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating’ Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity

EMIT Launches to the International Space Station

NASA Airborne Science Mission Engages with Students in Bermuda

NASA Air Pollution Instrument Completes Satellite Integration

NASA’s ECOSTRESS Sees Las Vegas Streets Turn Up the Heat

NASA to Launch 6 Small Satellites to Monitor, Study Tropical Cyclones

5 Things to Know About NASA’s New Mineral Dust Detector

NASA’s ECOSTRESS Detects ‘Heat Islands’ in Extreme Indian Heat Wave

NASA’s EMIT Will Map Tiny Dust Particles to Study Big Climate Impacts

Storm Chasing Scientists Fly Into the Clouds to Understand Winter Snowstorms

NASA’s storm-chasing planes fly through blizzards to improve snowfall forecasts

‘Rocked’: NASA scientists brave bumpy flights into winter storms

A BIOS Treasure: The Tudor Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory

TEMPO Air Pollution Sensor Integrated with Satellite Host

The NASA King Air B200 and the early morning fog at NASA Ames Research Center.

Preparing for Landing: NASA’s S-MODE Wraps up Last Week of Experiments

NASA Selects New Mission to Study Storms, Impacts on Climate Models

NASA’s TROPICS Pathfinder Satellite Produces Global First Light Images and Captures Hurricane Ida

ER-2 takeoff on 16 July 2021 for DCOTSS Research Flight 01. Photo credit: Dan Chirica

Storm (outflow) chasing high up in the stratosphere

Tropics

WIRED Magazine Article -“Tiny Satellites Could Help Warn of the Next Big Hurricane”

Tempo Ship Out

TEMPO Air Pollution Sensor Treks Toward Satellite Integration

Smode-Take-Off

NASA’s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies

Earth Day Connections: NASA Investigates Vegetation

MAIA

Using Satellite Data to Map Air Pollution and Improve Health

Series of false-color satellite images chronicles the growth of the two deltas between 1984 and 2017. All of the images were acquired by instruments on Landsat satellites. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

Disappearing Deltas: The Delta-X Airborne Mission Investigates

ACTIVATE Begins Year Two of Marine Cloud Study

Masks are part of the safety protocol for ACTIVATE scientists. Here, Yonghoon Choi prepares for a science flight on the HU-25 Falcon. Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman

ACTIVATE Makes a Careful Return to Flight

Introduction to MAIA & TEMPO

2020.01.14 IMPACTS: NASA’s IMPACTS Campaign Seeks to Decode East Coast Winter Storms

How NASA is Helping the World Breathe More Easily

PIA23430-16

NASA’s ECOSTRESS Mission Sees Plants ‘Waking Up’ From Space

Researchers used the space-based CALIPSO lidar to measure the planet’s largest animal migration, which takes place when small sea creatures swim up from the depths at night to feed on phytoplankton, then back down again just before sunrise. Credits: NASA/Timothy Marvel

NASA, French Space Laser Measures Massive Migration of Ocean Animals

NASA's ECOSTRESS sensor measured the stress levels of plants when it passed over the Peruvian Amazon rainforest on Aug. 7, 2019. The map reveals that the fires were concentrated in areas of water-stressed plants (brown). The pattern points to how plant health can impact the spread of fires. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Earth Observatory

Drought-Stressed Forest Fueled Amazon Fires

Delta-X Overview

Delta-X 2016 Overview

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