Earth Observation

Major Study Finds Ice Sheet Loss at Both Poles Increasing

(Source NASA) - An international team of experts supported by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has combined data…

12 years ago

Bright Leonid Fireball November 13th 2012 Over Alabama

This video shows a very bright fireball over Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 18 at approximately 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m.…

12 years ago

GOES 13 sees the life and death of hurricane Sandy

This video of satellite imagery from the GOES 13 satellite shows the life of Hurricane Sandy from its development in…

12 years ago

TRMM Satellite Shows Hurricane Sandy’s eyewall evidence of remarkable vigor

Source NASA - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite can measure rainfall rates and cloud heights in tropical cyclones,…

12 years ago

Antarctic Ozone Hole Second Smallest in 20 Years

NASA/NOAA-- The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest in the last 20…

12 years ago

Huge Dust Storm over Great Plains Captured by MODIS

In the 1930s the Great Plains became know as the great dust bowl when hugs dust storms were created from…

12 years ago

NOAA provides easy access to historical hurricane tracks

Understanding historical hurricane landfalls is important in preparing for current storms NOAA - Seeing where hurricanes have hit and how…

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Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt

WASHINGTON -- For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time…

12 years ago

The Longest Continuous View of Earth From Space Hits 40

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world's longest-running Earth-observing…

12 years ago

New Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research

WASHINGTON -- NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance…

12 years ago