The Wide View of a Shrinking Glacier: Retreat at Pine Island
Apr 9, 2019 · The animation at the top of this page shows a wide view of Pine Island Glacier (PIG) and the long-term retreat of its ice front. Images were acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite from 2000 to 2019. Notice that there are times when the front appears to stay in the same place or even advance, though the overall trend is toward retreat.
A Deluge for Roswell - NASA Earth Observatory
Oct 22, 2024 · References & Resources. Associated Press (2024, October 21) New Mexico authorities rescue hundreds after flooding strands many in high water and leaves 2 dead.Accessed October 22, 2024. Berardelli, J., via X (2024, October 21) I’ve seen tons of video on Roswell’s flooding but little explanation.Accessed October 22, 2024.
Mission: Biomes - NASA Earth Observatory
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. A biome is a community of plants and animals living ...
Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland - NASA Earth …
A thick plume of charcoal-colored ash—one of the last big eruptions from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in May 2010—casts dark shadows on a pristine deck of clouds in this image from May 18, 2010.
Rain Soaks the Empty Quarter - NASA Earth Observatory
Jun 16, 2018 · References & Resources. Al Arabiya (2018, May 29) Saudi Arabia’s Empty Quarter now ‘full’ with lakes after Cyclone Mekunu.Accessed June 15, 2018. Almazroui, M. et al. (2012) Recent climate change in the Arabian Peninsula: annual rainfall and temperature analysis of Saudi Arabia for 1978–2009. International Journal of Climatology, (32)6, 953–966.
Remote Sensing - NASA Earth Observatory
Feb 4, 2025 · climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover ...
Planetary Motion: The History of an Idea That Launched the …
Many ancient and medieval cultures believed the stars and the planets rotated around a fixed Earth. The complex motions of the planets—which sometimes move backwards across the sky (retrograde motion, shown in the photo)—led Renaissance astronomers to question this geocentric theory.These astronomers discovered the laws of orbital mechanics, transforming natural philosophy into the ...
Himalayan Topography - NASA Earth Observatory
On June 29, 2009, NASA and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) released the most extensive satellite-based topographic model of Earth to date.
Smoke from Siberian Taiga Fires - NASA Earth Observatory
During the 2003 fire season, blazes in the taiga forests of Eastern Siberia were part of a vast network of fires across Siberia and the Russian Far East, northeast China and northern Mongolia.
Dark Nights in Georgia - NASA Earth Observatory
Oct 1, 2024 · Hurricane Helene’s winds surged in strength as the storm churned over unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico and closed in on the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia on September 26, 2024. When the deadly Category 4 storm struck Florida’s Big Bend area and then pushed north, winds in some areas exceeded 140 miles per hour (225 kilometers per hour)—strong enough to snap trees ...