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NASA’s Hurricane Science, Tech, Data Help American Communities
2025.06.12
With the Atlantic hurricane season underway, NASA is again gearing up to produce cutting-edge research that strengthens the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond to severe weather. From satellite imagery of our planet to improved storm modeling, the agency’s work supports communities in anticipating and reducing the impacts of hurricanes.
A Tornado’s Mark on Kentucky
2025.06.10
One of the strongest tornadoes to hit the area left a long scar across the landscape.
Fires Near Alberta’s Oil Sands
2025.06.06
Fires in northern Alberta temporarily disrupted Canadian oil production.
NASA Earth Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
2025.06.05
Earth scientist Compton J. Tucker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his work creating innovative tools to track the planet’s changing vegetation from space. It’s research that has spanned nearly 50 years at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he is a visiting scientist after retiring in March.
NASA’s PACE Mission Reveals a Year of Terrestrial Data on Plant Health
2025.06.05
A lot can change in a year for Earth’s forests and vegetation, as springtime and rainy seasons can bring new growth, while cooling temperatures and dry weather can bring a dieback of those green colors. And now, a novel type of NASA visualization illustrates those changes in a full complement of colors as seen from space.
Smoky Skies and Blooming Seas
2025.06.05
Smoke from wildland fires in Canada streamed over colorful seawater east of Greenland.
Glacier Collapse Buries Swiss Village
2025.06.04
The rock and ice avalanche that overtook Blatten was exceptionally large for the Alps.
A Destructive Glacial Outburst Flood in Peru
2025.05.31
Rockfalls overwhelmed one of Vallunaraju’s glacial lakes, unleashing a destructive debris flow that struck the city of Huaraz.
Dusty Skies in California Farm Country
2025.05.29
California’s Central Valley is a behemoth of U.S. agriculture. Its farmers grow one-third of the nation’s vegetables and three-quarters of its fruits and nuts, including 400 different commodity crops that represent tens of billions of dollars in value.
Sand, Stone, and Sea Life at Dry Tortugas
2025.05.26
The national park west of mainland Florida includes a smattering of islands, but the vast majority of the park’s acreage lies underwater.
A Cerrado Above It All
2025.05.24
A perched patch of grasslands and savanna in Brazil acts as a sponge to recharge groundwater and feed natural hot springs.
An Impact Crater Hiding in Plain Sight
2025.05.23
Much of the Goyder impact structure has eroded away, but there are remnants in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Smoky Zabaykal’skiy
2025.05.22
Plumes choked Siberian skies as early-season wildland fires burned near a city in eastern Russia.
A Tornado Scars Southern Illinois
2025.05.21
Severe weather swept across the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic in May 2025, spawning destructive twisters in several states.
NASA's Curious Universe Earth Series: What's Next for NASA Earth Science
2025.05.20
NASA has a record of Earth observations going back more than 50 years. What might be in store for the next 50 years? In this finale of our Earth series, we hear from two scientists helping to chart the course of NASA Earth science.
Forty Years of Change in Louisiana’s Wetlands
2025.05.19
Scientists used Landsat satellite images to detect both abrupt and gradual changes and to examine how phenomena, from storms to sea level rise, have reshaped coastal ecosystems.
Fires Erupt in North American Forests
2025.05.15
Record heat and dry conditions helped stoke several large blazes in Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota.
A Smoky Start to Saskatchewan’s Fire Season
2025.05.13
Still early in the fire season, satellites in mid-May observed intense blazes and towering plumes of smoke.
On-Again, Off-Again at Kilauea
2025.05.09
The Hawaiian volcano has been spewing fountains of lava with remarkable frequency.
Spring Flooding in Kazakhstan
2025.05.08
Warm temperatures and spring rains unleashed a surge of water that inundated riverside communities in the northern part of the Central Asian country.
NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
2025.05.05
In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain.
Spawning Spectacle
2025.05.05
A late-season herring spawn in a British Columbia inlet created a vibrant patch of turquoise water.
Arkansas Farmers Face Lingering Floodwaters
2025.05.03
Many growers have been forced to replant as a prolonged flood killed off crops in the Arkansas Delta.
Floods Give Way to a Burst of Desert Life
2025.04.30
Heavy rain in Queensland sent floodwaters coursing through the Australian Outback. Carpets of green emerged in their wake.
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