July 1, 2022 Satellite images show smoke from hundreds of wildland fires darkening Alaskan skies. Alaskan summers are usually described as brief and mild. In…
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July 6, 2022 In early July 2022, a combination of dry weather, lightning, and unusual heat fueled hundreds of wildland fires in northern Canada. 136…
False-color view of total ozone over the Arctic pole during the beginning of 2020. The purple and blue colors are where there is the least…
Tornadoes create very violent and dangerous conditions on the ground. What do tornadoes look like on the inside? It’s a good question, but scientists really…
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 animation shows a part of the Po Valley, near Piacenza, and reveals how the river has significantly shrunk between June 2020 and…
Yellowstone National Park has experienced historic flooding, with rivers cresting at heights not seen in 100 years. Snowmelt and heavy rain caused historically high water…
Gaylord, May 30, 2021 Gaylord, June 2, 2022 Tornado Scars Northern Michigan Satellite imagery shows the line of damage extending through Gaylord, Michigan. Gaylord, a…
A new study has revealed super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people…
May 16, 2022 At least eight major events in Iraq have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks. Iraq and other countries…
A new research study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago.…
April 27, 2022 The hottest March in India on record was followed by more waves of oppressive heat in April, leaving more than a billion…
According to a recent NASA research, extreme weather events such as floods and heatwaves will progressively cluster closer together in time and space, raising the…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO India is currently experiencing a lengthy heatwave, with temperatures in numerous…
April 7 – 13, 2022 In the KwaZulu-Natal coastal province, heavy rainfall spurred deadly flooding and landslides. In April 2022, several days of unsettled weather…
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image allows us a wider view of Lake Powell and its dwindling water levels amidst the climate crisis. After decades of drought,…
Climate change will raise risks of debris flows, flash floods. The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains…
March 17, 2022. (Click image for wide, high-resolution view.) Long-lasting, icy cirrus clouds filled with Saharan dust covered many parts of the continent in March.…
Natural color – February 23, 2022. (Click image for wide view.) Enhanced natural color – February 23, 2022. An icebreaker cut through persistent sea ice…
A visualization of the AIRS instrument’s measurements of atmospheric water vapor around the globe. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/AIRS NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
October 29, 2020 February 5, 2022 Just-right conditions off the coast of this Portuguese fishing town have churned out some of the largest waves ever…