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Cyclone Chido Pummels Mayotte
2024.12.17
Fueled by warm water in the Indian Ocean, the tropical cyclone caused widespread damage on the small archipelago.
Annual Science Conference to Highlight NASA Research
2024.12.06
NASA researchers will present findings on Earth science, planetary science, and heliophysics at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 annual meeting in Washington, DC, beginning on Monday, Dec. 9.
Heavy Snows in Korea
2024.12.03
Late-November snowfall blanketed large portions of the country and deposited record-breaking accumulations in Seoul.
Alfonso Delgado Bonal Has His Head in the Clouds — for Research
2024.11.26
Research scientist Alfonso Delgado Bonal makes important discoveries about patterns in cloud movements while thriving within the NASA Goddard family.
Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024
2024.11.20
Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Fall 2024
2024.11.14
On September 18, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from the GOES-19 satellite, its newest geostationary satellite launched on June 25, 2024...
Typhoons Line Up in the Western Pacific
2024.11.14
Four storms swirled in the basin, many of which set their sights on the storm-ravaged Philippines.
Podcast — Curious Universe: How Open Science and AI Are Advancing Hurricane Research
2024.11.12
Fly directly into the eye of the storm with daring hurricane hunter pilots, meet meteorologists and data scientists building AI models to improve hurricane prediction, and join the disaster response experts helping cities pinpoint their hardest-hit neighborhoods. Plus, learn how NASA is making data open to everyone.
NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign Supports Blue Carbon Management in South Florida
2024.11.12
NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign, a three-year (2021–2024), $1.5-million project operating under the agency’s Carbon Monitoring System, used field, aircraft, and satellite data to study the impact of both natural and anthropogenic pressures on South Florida’s coastal ecology.
Hurricane Rafael Crosses Cuba
2024.11.07
The latest major storm in 2024’s active hurricane season brought heavy rain and storm surge to Cuba as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico.
A Week of Rain Across Spain
2024.11.06
Recurring storms produced destructive flooding in the country’s southwest and along its eastern coast.
Smoky Skies Over the Indo-Gangetic Plain
2024.11.05
Annual fires contributed to hazy skies over northern Pakistan and India, causing schools in some areas to close.
NASA, NOAA Rank 2024 Ozone Hole as 7th-Smallest Since Recovery Began
2024.10.30
Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066.
A Deluge for Roswell
2024.10.23
The city in southeastern New Mexico received four times more rainfall in a day than it usually receives in a month.
Another Atmospheric River Hits British Columbia
2024.10.22
A potent storm brought heavy rain and gusty winds to southwestern Canada and the U.S. state of Washington in October 2024.
NASA Goddard Hosts Former VP Al Gore to Mark 10 Years of DSCOVR Mission
2024.10.17
Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Oct. 16, 2024, to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) mission.
Hurricane Milton Crosses Florida
2024.10.11
Milton persisted as a potent hurricane-strength storm as it crossed over the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and into the western Atlantic.
Fuel for Hurricane Milton
2024.10.09
The storm rapidly intensified to Category 5 strength over warm gulf waters.
Hurricane Milton
2024.10.08
Through its disasters program NASA advances science and builds tools to help communities make informed decisions for disaster planning.
Three Storms Churn in an Active Atlantic
2024.10.06
The active 2024 hurricane season comes to a head with several simultaneous hurricanes—an unusual sight for October.
Flash Floods Swamp North Carolina
2024.10.05
Torrential rains from Hurricane Helene swamped communities in the mountainous western part of the state.
Typhoon Krathon Nears Taiwan
2024.10.03
Once the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, the typhoon weakened and stalled off the island’s southwest coast.
Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission in Storm Clouds
2024.10.02
There’s more to thunderclouds than rain and lightning. Along with visible light emissions, thunderclouds can produce intense bursts of gamma rays, the most energetic form of light, that last for millionths of a second. The clouds can also glow steadily with gamma rays for seconds to minutes at a time.
Devastating Rainfall from Hurricane Helene
2024.10.01
The major storm brought heavy precipitation and destructive flooding to coastal Florida and southeastern states.
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