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NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event – Online, April 21–24

04.13.2021
NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event – Online, April 21–24 You’re invited to NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event, held April 21-24. Registration is FREE and open to the public!
Landsat 8 satellite image of lava flow and smoke plume near Pacaya volcanoin Guatemala

Pacaya Heats Up

04.07.2021
Lava flows from the persistent Guatemalan volcano are approaching some nearby villages.
Image of melt water on surface of Greenland

What a Glacial River Reveals About the Greenland Ice Sheet

04.05.2021
With data from a 2016 expedition, scientists supported by NASA are shedding more light into the complex processes under the Greenland Ice Sheet that control how fast its glaciers slide toward the ocean and contribute to sea level rise.
Photo of Antarctic ice shelf taken during Operation IceBridge

Dry Ice: How Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice is Drying the Atmosphere Over the Southern Ocean

04.02.2021
Evaporation plays an important role in the global water and energy cycles and therefore in climate change. AIRS data were used in a study to help quantify evaporation over the Southern Ocean, where the Antarctic sea ice coverage has a large annual cycle.
Map of map U.S. surface soil moisture as of March 29, 2021, as measured by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites

Drought Conditions Continue in Spring 2021

04.01.2021
The western United States is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought, and it is expected to worsen in upcoming months.
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NASA Finds 2021 Arctic Winter Sea Ice Tied for 7th-Lowest on Record

03.30.2021
Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual maximum extent after growing through the fall and winter. This year's maximum extent peaked at 5.70 million square miles, making it the seventh-smallest on record and tied with 2007.
Photo of GLOBE participants on hillside path overlooking beach

NASA's GLOBE Program Celebrates 25 Years

03.26.2021
GLOBE, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, is an international program that not only engages students and interested members of the public in hands-on science, but gives them the opportunity to contribute their observations to a collective database used by other students, scientists and researchers.
Model depiction of global carbon dioxide (CO2) levels

Direct Observations Confirm that Humans are Throwing Earth's Energy Budget off Balance

03.25.2021
Earth is on a budget – an energy budget. Our planet is constantly trying to balance the flow of energy in and out of Earth's system. But human activities are throwing that off balance, causing our planet to warm in response.
Landsat 8 natural-color satellite image of flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system

Historic Floods in New South Wales

03.25.2021
Persistent heavy rain raised rivers to levels not seen since 1961.
Blue Marble image of Iceland volcano eruption

Volcanic Eruption Lights Up Iceland

03.23.2021
In an eruption not far from Reykjavik, lava poured from spatter cones along a new fissure on Reykjanes peninsula.
Landsat satellite image of algae bloom

Landsat Satellite Data Warns of Harmful Algal Blooms

03.22.2021
From the vantage point of space, satellites, including the NASA and USGS's Landsat 8, can help scientists identify lakes where harmful algal blooms have formed.
Landsat 8 satellite image of China’s Leizhou Peninsula

Patterns Around Leizhou Peninsula

03.20.2021
Tides, currents, and human activity combine to produce art-like patterns in the waters off China’s southern province of Guangdong.
Inset from a NASA Blue Marble 2015 image

NASA Joins White House National Climate Task Force

03.18.2021
NASA has joined the National Climate Task Force, which is outlined in an executive order issued by President Joe Biden.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of dust across northern China

Early Season Dust Storm Hits Beijing

03.16.2021
Meteorological spring is just getting underway, and already an enormous plume of sand and dust has blanketed northern China.
Natural-color satellite image of fire and smoke across northern Africa

Reduced Fires Lead to Some Air Quality Improvements in Africa

03.14.2021
Changes in fire patterns have led to seasonal reductions in nitrogen dioxide pollution.
GPM IMERG depiction of Total Rainfall across Hawaii

Torrential Rains Drench Hawaii

03.13.2021
Flash floods, landslides, and power outages plagued the islands after torrential rains fell.
Photo of a section of the Pasang Lhamu Highway on the way to Dhunche, Langtang National Park, Rasuwa, Nepal.

New NASA Landslide Mapping System Running at NCCS

03.12.2021
Empowered by NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) high-performance computing resources, a new open-source landslide mapping system is enabling swift landslide detection and information sharing with emergency response agencies.
Terra satellite image of Rikuzentakata on February 28, 2021.

Ten Years After the Tsunami

03.12.2021
One of the hardest hit coastal cities in Japan is still working to recover.
Photo of heron standing in water

Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia's Ecosystems to Understand Their Value

03.11.2021
Data collected by Liberian scientists and the Conservation International team, as well as data from NASA satellites, will be used by the Liberian government and the global non-profit Conservation International to factor the country's natural resources and ecosystems into its economic planning.
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NASA Data Powers New USDA Soil Moisture Portal

03.08.2021
Farmers, researchers, meteorologists and others now have access to high-resolution NASA data on soil moisture, thanks to a new tool developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in collaboration with NASA and George Mason University.
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NASA Scientists Complete 1st Global Survey of Freshwater Fluctuation

03.03.2021
To investigate humans’ impact on freshwater resources, scientists have now conducted the first global accounting of fluctuating water levels in Earth’s lakes and reservoirs – including ones previously too small to measure from space.
Photo of researchers flying aeropod in the marshes of Assateague Island, Maryland

Suspended Observations: NASA Aeropods Win Industry Recognition

03.02.2021
Aerodynamically stable and designed to hang from a kite string, Aeropods offer a low-cost, low-risk, opportunity for scientists and students to gather imagery and atmospheric data from an aerial perspective.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Brunt Ice Shelf

Breakup at Brunt

03.01.2021
A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on.
Photo of LAPAN scientists preparing the balloon-borne ozonesonde for launch on Jan. 27, 2021. Credits: LAPAN / Antika Budi Ningrum

NASA, LAPAN Launch Ozonesonde From Indonesian Site for 1st Time in 8 Years

02.26.2021
On Jan. 27, scientists on an island in Indonesia launched a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde – an instrument that measures ozone throughout the layers of Earth's atmosphere. This was the first ozonesonde launch at the site since 2013.
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NASA Study Finds Reduced African Grassland Fires Contribute to Short-lived Air Quality Improvements

02.25.2021
NASA researchers have found a small but unexpected decrease in air pollution over some parts of Africa despite growing use of fossil fuels in many countries due to development and economic growth.

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