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Aqua satellite image showing a thick swirl of dust over China’s Harbin, Changchun, and Shenyang provinces on March 22, 2023.

A Dusty Day in Northeastern China

03.27.2023
A low-pressure system lifted sand and dust from the Gobi Desert and darkened skies in Beijing.
Lake Kariba image obtained using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Landsat-8 data from the U.S. Geological Survey

Low Water Level on Lake Kariba

03.24.2023
Altimetry satellites including Sentinel-6A/Michael Frelich have measured the water level at Lake Kariba—the world’s largest reservoir and a major source of electricity in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The data show that since 2022, the lake level has dropped sharply.
Visualization showing water features on New York’s Long Island – shown as bright pink splotches. Purple, yellow, green, and dark blue shades represent different land elevations, while the surrounding ocean is a lighter blue. The data was collected on Jan. 21, 2023, by SWOT’s KaRIn instrument.

Joint NASA, CNES Water-Tracking Satellite Reveals First Stunning Views

03.24.2023
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission – led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) – has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on the planet’s surface, showing ocean currents like the Gulf Stream in unprecedented detail.
Map of Arctic ice extent on the day of its annual maximum

Arctic Sea Ice Below Average in Winter 2023

03.22.2023
The end-of-winter sea ice extent in March 2023 was the fifth lowest in the satellite record.
Aqua satellite image of flooding on the Shire, Zambezi, and Licungo rivers on March 19, 2023

Freddy Delivers Another Blow

03.21.2023
The storm’s arrival in Malawi and Mozambique unleashed destructive floods and mudslides.
Photo of Dr. Wendy Bohon

Wendy Bohon: From Actress, to Scientist, to Communications Specialist

03.21.2023
Dr. Wendy Bohon combines her passions for communication and science to help fellow NASA scientists learn how to better share their excitement for science with the world.
Terra satellite false-color image of Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area

Precipitation Piles on in California

03.18.2023
Successive atmospheric rivers in March dropped even more rain and snow throughout the state.
Satellite image of a wall of dust from the Gobi Desert approaching northeastern China and the Beijing metropolitan area on March 10, 2023

How Dust Affects the World’s Health

03.17.2023
NASA research finds that a combination of windblown dust and human-caused particle pollution was associated with nearly 3 million premature deaths in 2019.
sea levels (in blue) from data recorded by a series of five satellites starting in 1993. The solid red line shows the trajectory of rise from 1993 to 2022, illustrating that the rate of rise has more than doubled. By 2040, sea levels could be 3.66 inches (9.3 cm) higher than today

NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas

03.17.2023
Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. Since satellites began observing sea surface height in 1993 , the average global sea level has increased by 3.6 inches (9.1 cm), according to NASA’s Sea Level Change Team.
Map of Antarctica sea ice at lowest extent on February 21, 2023

Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Another Record Low

03.16.2023
The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is still flat, while the global trend points downward.
Chelsea Parker on a glacier

To Celebrate Women’s History Month, NCCS Spotlights the Career of Dr. Chelsea Parker from NASA’s Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory

03.14.2023
To honor and celebrate Women's History Month, this story focuses on the unique journey of one of NASA Goddard’s most versatile, adventurous, high-energy, and hard-working research scientists, Dr. Chelsea Parker — in her own words. Parker uses NCCS high-performance computing resources to study the atmosphere and ice in polar regions.
Global map depicting the extremes of the water cycle over a twenty-year period (2002-2021) based on observations from the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellites

Warming Makes Droughts, Extreme Wet Events More Frequent, Intense

03.13.2023
Scientists have predicted that droughts, floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but measuring this on regional scales has proven difficult.
False-color Terra satellite image of Australia's Barkly region near Tennant Creek and Newcastle Waters

Floods Swamp Australia’s Northern Territory

03.11.2023
Days of rain have swollen rivers and lakes in the sparsely populated territory.
Landsat 9 false-color satellite image of flooded rice fields in Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana on February 3, 2023.

Flooded Rice Fields in Louisiana

03.10.2023
The low-lying alluvial plain of the Mississippi River Valley is home to much of the nation’s rice farms.
NOAA-20 satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Freddy at 1:10 p.m. local time (11:10 Universal Time) on March 8, 2023

For the Longest Time

03.09.2023
Tropical Cyclone Freddy, an unusually long-lived storm, wandered in the Indian Ocean for more than a month.
Aerial photo of tree canopy

NASA To Measure Forest Health from Above

03.07.2023
Using hyperspectral and shortwave IR cameras, uncrewed aircraft and satellites could analyze forest canopy light to investigate the health of forests.
Global map of mean net emissions and removalsl of carbon dioxide from 2015 to 2020, using estimates informed by OCO-2 satellite measurements

NASA Space Mission Takes Stock of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Countries

03.07.2023
A NASA Earth-observing satellite has helped researchers track carbon dioxide emissions for more than 100 countries around the world.
Landsat 8 satellite image of landslides in the coastal municipality of São Sebastião, Brazil

Landslides in São Paulo, Brazil

03.04.2023
After torrential rains, satellite images revealed widespread landslides in the Brazilian state’s coastal municipality of São Sebastião.
Global map of Total Ozone as measured by NOAA 21 satellite

Ozone-measuring Instrument on NOAA-21 Satellite Captures its First Images

03.02.2023
An ozone-measuring instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite has opened its doors and gathered data for its first global image.
Landsat 9 satellite image of Pando in the fall of 2022

Saving a Forest of One

03.02.2023
Overgrazing by deer poses a threat to a giant quaking aspen tree colony in Utah—one of the largest organisms in the world.
Image depicting color map of carbon stored in tree crowns in Africa

NASA-Funded Scientists Estimate Carbon Stored in African Dryland Trees

03.01.2023
With the help of artificial intelligence and high-resolution satellite images, scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s dense tropical forests. Having an accurate tree carbon estimate is essential for climate change projections.
GOES-16 satellite image of dust across U.S. Southwest

Dust Blows Across the U.S. Southwest

03.01.2023
In the wake of a cold front, strong winds lofted dust into the air over northern Mexico, eastern New Mexico, and northwestern Texas.
Landsat 9 satellite image of snow covered San Gabriel Mountains on February 26, 2023

Snow in Southern California

02.28.2023
A powerful late-February storm brought blizzard conditions to areas near Los Angeles.
Black marble night map of Antakya after the February 6, 20203, earthquake

Dark Nights in Antakya

02.27.2023
In the days after strong earthquakes struck Türkiye, significant destruction left many areas without electric power.
Landsat 9 satellite image of flooded farmland and communities along the Orontes River

Flooding Along the Orontes River

02.25.2023
Some towns and farmland were flooded after powerful earthquakes and heavy rains struck areas of Türkiye and Syria.

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