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Winter Arrives Early in Lesotho and South Africa
2025.06.13
A powerful weather system brought heavy snow to southern African mountains, plus high winds and flooding to the lowlands.
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.
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: April–June 2025
2025.06.11
NASA’s Earth science missions have continued to demonstrate remarkable adaptability and innovation, balancing the legacy of long-standing satellites with the momentum of cutting-edge new technologies.
Storm Duo Churns Over the Pacific
2025.06.11
Hurricane Barbara and Tropical Storm Cosme lined up off the western coast of Mexico.
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.
NASA’s TROPICS Mission: Offering Detailed Images and Analysis of Tropical Cyclones
2025.06.09
Tropical cyclones represent a danger to life, property, and the economies of communities. Researchers who study tropical cyclones have focused on remote observations using space-based platforms to image these storms, inform forecasts, better predict landfall, and improve understanding of storm dynamics and precipitation evolution.
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 Haze Over North America
2025.06.03
Canadian wildfires produced smoke plumes so vast they were visible from deep space and caused hazy skies as far south as Florida.
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.
Data in Action VIIRS Day/Night Band Data Augments Aurora Forecast Model Predictions
2025.05.30
A comparison of aurora forecasts with actual satellite observations suggests VIIRS DNB data can enhance space weather prediction efforts.
Spring Heat Wave in Iceland
2025.05.30
Temperatures soared across the island during an early, widespread, and long-lasting hot spell.
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.
NASA Enables Detectability Simulations of a Surface Biosignature on a Proxima Centauri b-Like Planet with Future Space Observatories
2025.05.29
The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies' ROCKE-3D model, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Planetary Spectrum Generator, and the NASA Scientific Computing Project's high-performance computing resources combined to enable a study exploring the feasibility of searching for signs of life from the surface of a Proxima Centauri b-like planet.
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.
Celebrating a Long Career With Roots on Long Island
2025.05.20
NASA’s Jack Kaye enabled decades of Earth scientists, including those who are unveiling the atmospheric ties between New York City and its suburbs.
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