Springtime in the Gulf of Alaska
Springtime brings increased sunlight, bursts of nutrients, and changing water conditions to the Gulf of Alaska.… Read more...
View ArticleTropical Cyclone Cristina
Tropical Cyclone Cristina was churning over the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, on… Read more...
View ArticleTracing Aerosols
Scientists, forty years ago, began developing instruments that could monitor Earth’s ozone layer by observing how… Read more...
View ArticleSuper Typhoon Vongfong
Super Typhoon Vongfong in the Philippine Sea, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, on Oct. 9, 2014 at […]
View ArticleSaharan Dust over the Mediterranean Sea
In early February 2015, Greece and Turkey was pummeled by strong southwesterly winds. They also bring ashore a cloud of dust that originated in Africa’s […]
View ArticleEastern U.S. in a record-breaking ‘Freezer’
NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the snow-covered eastern U.S. that looks like the states have been sitting in a freezer. Image Credit: NASA […]
View ArticleCloudy Earth global map
A study based on 13 years of satellite data estimated that about 67 percent of Earth’s surface is typically covered by clouds. Decades of satellite observations […]
View ArticleAnalysing the Winds of Tropical Storm Ana
Ana is the first tropical storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, in mid-May 2015. The storm made landfall along the Carolina coast, on May […]
View ArticleDust Storm sweeps across populated areas in Middle East
Major dust storm enveloping heavily populated areas in the Middle East and North Africa, captured by MODIS, in September 2015. Dust first emerged in Moderate […]
View ArticleCyclone Chapala over the Gulf of Aden
Tropical Cyclone Chapala made landfall on mainland Yemen early on Nov. 3, 2015, is the first hurricane-strength storm on record to make landfall in this […]
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