Finding Freshwater in Great Salt Lake
Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake have revealed something odd in satellite images: dozens of small,…
Floods Inundate Southern Mozambique – NASA Science
Residents of southern Mozambique who live or farm near rivers are accustomed to heading to higher ground during…
Snow Buries Kamchatka – NASA Science
It has been an eventful few months for the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere. An unusually early sudden stratospheric warming…
Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands
At about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of New Zealand’s South Island, the sparsely populated Chatham Islands are…
Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino
When an astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photograph of Lago Argentino in Patagonia on December…
Fires on the Rise in the Far North
In the far north, wildfires are breaking old patterns. Satellite data show that wildland fires once scattered across…
Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog
Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures…
Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue
The year that iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, Ronald Reagan was president of…
Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir
On clear days in Hartbeespoort, South Africa, satellite images often reveal a reservoir with shades of deep blue…
Lake Eyre Blushes – NASA Science
The year 2025 was extraordinary for Lake Eyre (also called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre) in South Australia. Water started…
The Galaxy Next Door – NASA Science
From the International Space Station, astronauts gaze upon a vast sea of stars, the view almost entirely unencumbered…
A Siberian Snowman in Billings
Icons of winter are sometimes found in unexpected places. In one striking example, a series of oval lagoons…