The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (13 May 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Is El Niño Developing? Looks like 1997 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83653&src=eoa-iotd * Drought Recorded Across Half of the U.S. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83650&src=eoa-iotd * Melting Ice on Lake Baikal http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83646&src=eoa-iotd * Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES The 2014 fire season in the southwestern United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83660&src=nha *** Image from May 12, 2014 (Posted on May 13, 2014 10:46 AM) FIRES IN NORTH KOREA Dozens of fires burned in mountainous parts of North Korea in April 2014. * http://e ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 13 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 133 Issued at 0030Z on 13 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2053 N09W69 318 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha 2055 N13W22 270 0330 Eko 11 10 Beta 2056 N05W09 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option May 12, 2014 * NASA Highlights 2014 National Small Business Week * NASA this week joins with President Obama, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and other federal agencies in recognizing all that our nation’s small businesses have accomplished. NASA has a strong relationship with the small business community which is vital in ass ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Large, dry-season fires burn across northern Australia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83641&src=nha *** Image from May 08, 2014 (Posted on May 08, 2014 3:30 PM) WILDFIRE BURNS VALPARAISO, CHILE A large wildfire burned homes on the edge of the Chilean city of Valparaiso. * http:/ ...Continue Reading

May 12, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v2.0 data covering the month of April 2014. Aquarius v2.0 data are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP and also THREDDS.  Links to these and also other Aquarius resources (eg. Aquarius v2.0 documentation package) are available at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/aquarius. Users should note that Aquarius v2.0 data are processed through the end of April, a ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option May 12, 2014 * NASA-UCI Study Indicates Loss of West Antarctic Glaciers Appears Unstoppable *  Glaciers in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea Embayment have “passed the point of no return” according to new research based on three different lines of evidence.Image Credit: NASA/Eric Rignot  A new study by researchers at NASA and ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-19 2014 May 11 at 8:40 p.m. MDT (2014 May 12 0240 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 5-11 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 06 and 07 May due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 2051. Category R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts were observed on 08 May due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 2056. Outlook For May 12- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 12 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 132 Issued at 0030Z on 12 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2052 S12W74 336 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 2053 N09W57 319 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2055 N12W09 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 May 11 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 131 Issued at 0030Z on 11 May 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2052 S12W60 336 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 2053 N10W43 319 0010 Cro 03 03 Beta 2054 S12W16 ...Continue Reading