World’s Biggest Iceberg
In July of 2017, a piece of ice the size of Delaware broke off of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf. When an iceberg breaks off … Read more
In July of 2017, a piece of ice the size of Delaware broke off of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf. When an iceberg breaks off … Read more
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission captured this satellite image of the Amazon river that has been processed by the combining of two polarisations into one image.
The GOES-East satellite captured a derecho over the U.S. Midwest on August 10, 2020.
The landscape of the Konsen Plateau viewed from above looks like a lattice with crisscrossing lines of narrow strips of forest.
Like parts of mainland Australia, Kangaroo Island has been devastated by bushfires fueled by drought and intense temperatures.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a natural-color image acquired this image of smoke rising from wildfires burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.
In August of 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that South Dakota had 3.9 million “prevented planting” acres.
On December 18, 2018, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite detected the aftermath of an explosion of a fireball (a very bright meteor) 16 miles (26 kilometers) over the Bering Sea.
The first color photographs of the full-disk view of the Earth were taken in 1967
NASA has compiled a temperature anomaly map of the world using data acquired between December 26, 2017 and January 2, 2018.
Researchers are using Landsat 7 satellite imagery on Antarctica’s penguin population and estimating their numbers based on the large guano stains left behind.
On Saturday, October 15, 2017, Hurricane Ophelia strengthened to Category 3 status making it the first recorded eastern hurricane to be this strong.
Several satellites have been tracking and measuring the intensity of Hurricane Harvey.
The Great Barrier Reef has undergone two severe bleaching events in successive years. This has been caused by the warming of the oceans due to climate change.