Press Releases & Feature Stories Archive - Biospheric Sciences Laboratory

NOAA’s GOES-T has new launch date

11.18.2021

NOAA and NASA are now targeting March 1, 2022, as the new launch date for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) mission. The launch was recently scheduled for February 16, 2022. However, shifts in launch dates for missions scheduled ahead of GOES-T prompted NASA, NOAA, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to coordinate the

Vice President Harris to Visit NASA Goddard Today, Deliver Live Remarks

11.05.2021

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland today, Nov. 5, to get a firsthand look at the agency’s work to combat the climate crisis and protect vulnerable communities.

NASA, USGS Release First Landsat 9 Images

11.05.2021

Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that launched Sept. 27, 2021, has collected its first light images of Earth. The images, all acquired Oct. 31, are available online.

NASA Partnership Supports the Next Generation of Space and Science Professionals

11.03.2021

NASA's participation in the Mentoring365 program will provide connectivity and access to the next generation of space and science professionals.

A Record-Breaking Year for Fire in Sakha

10.13.2021

Fires burned 8.4 million hectares in the eastern Russian republic.

What’s Behind California’s Surge of Large Fires?

10.05.2021

Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing populations have made large, destructive fires more likely.

NASA Awards Sun-Sky Scanning Sun Photometers for the AERONET Project

09.29.2021

NASA has awarded a contract for Sun-Sky Scanning Sun Photometers to CIMEL Electronique of Paris, France to support the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET).

Lava Burns a Path Through La Palma

09.29.2021

A slow-moving wall of basaltic lava is bulldozing its way through communities on one of the Canary Islands.

Research Shows More People Living in Floodplains

09.27.2021

The proportion of the world’s population exposed to floods grew by 20 to 24 percent—ten times greater than what previous models had predicted.

NASA Launches New Mission to Monitor Earth’s Landscapes

09.27.2021

Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Lake Powell Reaches New Low

09.24.2021

Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and are still dropping

Sudbury Impact Structure

09.20.2021

Few craters are as large, or as old, as this impact structure in southeastern Ontario, Canada.

NASA TV to Air Landsat 9 Launch, Prelaunch Activities

09.20.2021

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Landsat 9 satellite, a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission that will continue the legacy of monitoring Earth’s land and coastal regions that began with the first Landsat satellite in 1972.

A Changed Landscape in Southern Louisiana

09.11.2021

Hurricane Ida left behind large new patches of open water that scientists will be watching closely to see if vegetation and healthy marshes return.

Climate Change Pushes Fires to Higher Ground

09.07.2021

Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions.

Arc of Fires in the U.S. West

09.01.2021

The Caldor fire, nearing the south end of Lake Tahoe, is one of many potent fires still burning at the end of August 2021.

Media Invited to Virtual Briefing on Launch of NASA, USGS Landsat 9

08.27.2021

Officials from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will discuss next month’s planned launch of the Landsat 9 satellite during a media briefing at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 31.

California Burning

08.22.2021

Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up.

Evapotranspiration: Watching Over Water Use

08.19.2021

As soil and other surfaces dry, water is transferred into the air as water vapor. That is evaporation. Plants actively release water, moving it out of their leaves and stems and into the drier air. That is transpiration. Combine the two and that's evapotranspiration – the process through which water leaves plants, soils and other surfaces.

NASA Unveils New Interactive Website Ahead of Landsat 9 Launch

08.16.2021

Landsat 9, a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey satellite mission, is scheduled to launch Thursday, Sept. 16, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

NASA at Your Table: Where Food Meets Methane

08.13.2021

Today, human sources are responsible for 60% of global methane emissions, coming primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, decomposition in landfills and the agriculture sector. Nearly a quarter of methane emissions can be attributed to agriculture.