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Historic Rainfall Floods Southeast India

A Clearer View of Fire

Glaciers in the Kunlun Mountains, Northern Tibet

Icebergs Make Waves off South Georgia Island

Records Fall in 2015 Cyclone Season

Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier, Greenland

Contaminated Rio Doce Water Flows into the Atlantic

Sediments Aswirl in Lake Erie

Haze Shrouds Eastern China

Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii

Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two

Great Slave Lake: Where the Mackenzie River Begins

Botswana’s Diamond Mines

A Slice of Iowa in Brazil

Soil Moisture in the United States

Record First Snowfall in the U.S. Midwest

Lake Titicaca

Fires Across Madagascar

Cloud Wakes Behind the Prince Edward Islands

Flooding in Iraq

Early Winter Weather Across North America

Gains at Hofsjökull Ice Cap

Is That a Forest? That Depends on How You Define It

Suez Canal, Port Said

Fog Over Europe

Flooding in Brazil After Dam Breach

Stubble Burning in Punjab, India

Soil Moisture Around the World

Megacities Carbon Project

Yemen Braces for Another Cyclone

Manihiki Atoll

Satellite Spots Massive Tonzang Landslide

Eruption of Mount Rinjani, Indonesia

Chapala Drenches the Desert

Counting the Carbon in Mexico's Forests

Deluge in the Amargosa and Death Valleys

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Historic Rainfall Floods Southeast India

NASA’s IMERG team observes the deluge over the city of Chennai and the state of Tamil Nadu. Read more

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Seeing Through the Smoky Pall: Observations from a Grim Indonesian Fire Season

December 1, 2015

Thick peat, El Niño weather, and economic development came together to produce prodigious fires and planet-warming emissions. Read more

Notes from the Field: Nansen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

November 23, 2015

NASA scientists are collaborating with the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) to measure changes in the flow of the Nansen Ice Shelf in Antarctica. These measurements will then be used to model the physical properties of the ice. Read more

Notes from the Field: Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX)

November 22, 2015

In the winter of 2015-16, scientists will be working to validate rain and snow measurements from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) constellation of satellites by monitoring storm systems as they approach and traverse the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Read more

A Little Bit of Water, A Lot of Impact

November 4, 2015

Compared to the amount of water stored in the oceans, ice caps, and lakes, the amount in the soil is minuscule. But that small volume has great significance for weather and climate. Read more

Notes from the Field: North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES)

October 28, 2015

Scientists are embarking on a five year air and sea investigation to understand key processes that control the ocean system, their influences on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and their implications for climate. Read more

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