Brightness temperature images acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite on December 18 (left) and December 19, 2023. After weeks…
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Satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Jasper captured on December 12, 2023, by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite. The first storm of the…
Satellite image of the volcanic plume drifting from the Anak Krakatau volcano acquired on December 2, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8.…
Satellite image of Iceberg A-23A captured on November 28, 2023, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite. Stuck on the seafloor for…
Satellite image of Norway’s Bear Island acquired on July 13, 2023, by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite shows Von Kármán vortices in…
In 2023, heavy rains in the Horn of Africa led to widespread flooding, displacing hundreds of thousands and causing extensive damage, despite early climate predictions…
Satellite view of the summit crater of Mount Erebus on November 25, 2023, captured by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. The fiery and…
Satellite view of Malaspina Glacier on the southeastern coast of Alaska captured on October 27, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. An…
The Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru has dramatically shrunk from 58 to 40 square kilometers between 1988 and 2023 due to climate change. This retreat…
Satellite view around Anchorage, Alaska, captured by NASA’s Aqua satellite on October 26, 2023. Satellite view around Anchorage, Alaska, captured by NASA’s Aqua satellite on…
Natural-color satellite image of farmland around Peoria, Illinois, captured by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 on October 22, 2022. Much of the canned…
Satellite image of icebergs trapped in fast ice east of East Antarctica’s West Ice Shelf acquired on October 18, 2023, with the Operational Land Imager-2…
Satellite image of Lake Powell acquired on September 23, 2022, by the Operational Land Imager 2 on Landsat 9. Satellite image of Lake Powell acquired…
Satellite image of aurora over western Canada, captured by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite at 3:23…
Satellite image of the Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula acquired on November 1, 2023, by NASA’s Aqua satellite. Eurasia’s tallest active volcano spewed ash…
El Niño’s disruptions to global rainfall patterns may increase food insecurity, with regions like southern Africa being particularly vulnerable. FEWS NET’s analysis aids in understanding…
Trou au Natron in Chad resembles a ghostly face from space, formed by distinctive volcanic features. Satellite observations and research expeditions have unveiled its rich…
Eruptions from neighboring volcanoes on Russia’s ever-fiery Kamchatka Peninsula were captured on October 16, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. Eruptions on…
Satellite image of fall colors blanketing Kodiak Island captured on October 3, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. The Alaskan tundra puts…
Lake Urmia in northwest Iran, once the Middle East’s largest lake, has mostly turned into a dry salt flat by autumn 2023. While it experienced…