The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN EUROPE Floods inundated France and Italy in January 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82925&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 21, 2014 (Posted on Jan 21, 2014 4:47 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- 2013 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE Global temperatures have been rising steadi ...Continue Reading

January 22, 2014 * RELEASE 14-025 * * NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science with Five New Missions * For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth science missions will be launched into space in the same year, opening new and improved remote eyes to monitor our changing planet. The five launches, including two to the International Space Station (ISS), are part of an active year for NASA Earth science researchers, who also will conduct airborne campaigns to the poles and hurricanes, d ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 22 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 22 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1952 S32W52 325 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1955 S14W04 277 0050 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1957 N11W06 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 January 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * 2013 Continued the Long-Term Warming Trend http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82918&src=eoa-iotd * The London Array http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82844&src=eoa-iotd * Bazman Volcano, Iran http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82882&src=eoa-iotd * Roiling Ash Plume above Sinabu ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-020 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces Dream Chaser Expansion along Florida’s Space Coast * Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Sparks, Nev., will announce expansion plans for its Dream Chaser Space System program in a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announcement will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website at 3 p.m. EST. SNC officials will discuss the company’s plans for e ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-019 * * NASA Hosts News Conference About 10 Years of Roving on Mars * NASA Opportunity rover was built for a three-month mission on Mars, but continues to return valuable scientific data 10 years later. NASA will reflect on the rover's work in a news conference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Thursday, Jan. 23. The event will originate from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., and be carried live on NASA Television and streamed online. Partic ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * RELEASE 14-023 * * NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation * NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's next Mars rover in 2020, twice the usual number submitted for instrument competitions in the recent past, and an indicator of the extraordinary interest in exploration of the Red Planet. The agency is beginning a thorough review to determine the best combination of science and exploration ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- BLAST FROM SAN MIGUEL VOLCANO An explosion at El Salvador's San Miguel (also known as Chaparrastique) Volcano lofted ash more than 71 kilometers (44 miles) downwind on December 29, 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82896&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 15, 2014 (Posted on Jan 20, 2 ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * RELEASE 14-024 * * NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend * NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998, the 10 warmest years in the 134-year record all have occurred since 2000, with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the warmest years on record. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which analyzes global surface t ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-015 * * Texas High School Students to Talk Live with Space Station Crew Members * Students at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio and their congressional representative will speak with Expedition 38 crew members aboard the International Space Station at 10:25 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 23. Media are invited to attend and cover the 20-minute Earth-to-space call, which also will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website. Students will ask NASA as ...Continue Reading