Some parts of the peninsula rose up to 4 meters (13 feet), shifting the position of coastlines and leaving some ports dry.
Heat, drought, and winds fueled wildland fires that raged into parts of Viña del Mar and Quilpué.
Scientists and disaster risk-reduction practitioners visited Nepal to view major landslide sites and better understand what satellite data reveal about the landscape.
Published Feb 13, 2024
Bright white water surfaces and cloud tops contrast with the darker landscape of this Caribbean island.
Published Feb 11, 2024
A large stadium contributes to the nighttime illumination of Las Vegas, which hosts the Super Bowl for the first time in 2024.
Published Feb 10, 2024
NASA’s PACE satellite lifted off from Florida and headed for orbit, from where it will observe microscopic organisms in Earth’s oceans and particles in the air.
Published Feb 9, 2024
Individual bits of tiny living beings and inanimate particles are too small for your eye to see. But when billions to trillions of them aggregate in one place, they can make a vast difference in life on Earth.
Published Feb 7, 2024
Torrential rain fell on southern parts of the state, the product of an intense atmospheric river.
Published Feb 7, 2024Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Severe Storms Temperature Extremes
A chart-topping solar-plus-storage project in the Mojave became fully operational in January 2024.
Published Feb 7, 2024
Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.
Published Feb 6, 2024
These maps depict how much hotter or cooler an ocean basin was compared to the long-term average. Temperature anomalies can indicate changes in ocean circulation or the arrival of patterns like El Niño and La Niña.
Greenness is an important indicator of health for forests, grasslands, and farms. The greenness of a landscape, or vegetation index, depends on the number and type of plants, how leafy they are, and how healthy they are.
Fueled by a summer heatwave, the blazes scorched entire neighborhoods in the city of Viña del Mar.
Published Feb 5, 2024
What do you do when presented with a new satellite image? Here's what the Earth Observatory team does to understand the view.
Published Nov 18, 2013
Satellite images of Earth at night have been a curiosity for the public and a tool of fundamental research for at least 25 years. They have provided a broad, beautiful picture, showing how humans have shaped the planet and lit up the darkness.
Published Apr 12, 2017
For NASA and the ocean science community, the PACE launch will be the culmination of at least a decade of work. For me, it will be the culmination of something that started in 1950.
Published Feb 5, 2024
An analysis of satellite data found that most of the island’s glaciers have retreated significantly, with Zachariæ Isstrøm and Sermeq Kujalleq losing the most mass.
Published Feb 5, 2024
This coastal stretch of South Africa’s Western Cape province supports industry, fishing, farming, tourism, and a nature reserve.
Published Feb 4, 2024
A moisture measurement tool known as OpenET is improving the way farmers, ranchers, and water resource managers steward one of Earth’s most precious resources.
Published Feb 2, 2024
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a different part of the world? What would the weather be like? What kinds of animals would you see? Which plants live there? By investigating these questions, you are learning about biomes.
Published Aug 28, 2020
Hot, windy weather has fueled outbreaks of fire in South Africa’s Western Cape.
Published Feb 1, 2024
In addition to making rain and snow, clouds can have a warming or cooling influence depending on their altitude, type, and when they form. These maps show what fraction of an area was cloudy each month.
Once covered in palms and mangroves, about half of this wetland has been converted for aquaculture.
Published Feb 1, 2024
The towering volcano has been erupting for decades, with near constant gas emissions venting from the crater punctuated by bursts of ash.
Published Jan 30, 2024
Warmer-than-average temperatures are showing up locally and globally, with consequences for people, landscapes, and ecosystems.
Published Aug 15, 2023
The 2023 season runs from June 1 to November 30, with peak activity generally occurring in September.
Published Jun 1, 2023
Wildland fires in 2023 brought hazy skies and poor air quality to several countries north of the equator.
Published May 22, 2023
These maps show the average amount of water vapor in a column of atmosphere by month. Water vapor is the key precursor for rain and snow and one of the most important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
NASA satellites document how our world—forests, oceans, human landscapes, even the Sun—changes over months, seasons, and years.
Published Apr 29, 2009
From soil conditions to crop productivity, satellite data help inform farmers, scientists, and decision-makers in the U.S. and around the world.
Published Feb 28, 2023
Net radiation is the balance between incoming and outgoing energy at the top of the atmosphere. It is the total energy available to influence climate after light and heat are reflected, absorbed, or emitted by clouds and land.
12 months of high-resolution global true color satellite imagery.
Published Oct 13, 2005
Over the years, astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory have snapped spectacular photographs of Earth’s snow and ice in both hemispheres.
Published Dec 21, 2022
In honor of our site anniversary, we offer a selection of some of the most beautiful, newsworthy, interesting, and scientifically important images from 23 years online — one image for each day of the calendar year.
Published Apr 26, 2022
When fuels such as coal, wood, and oil burn incompletely, they produce carbon monoxide. The gas is spread by winds and circulation. These maps show monthly averages of CO in the lower atmosphere.
