Monday, August 9, 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks. As part of this effort, the IPCC surveys and distills the scientific literature and provides consensus projections on future sea levels across the globe under a range of possible future scenarios. T ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #21-34 2021 August 8 at 9:38 p.m. MDT (2021 August 9 0338 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 2-8 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 02 Aug likely due to a glancing blow from the 28 Jul CME. Outlook For August 9-15 No significant space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 09 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 221 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2851 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 08 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2851 ...Continue Reading

Friday, August 6, 2021 The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite has recently experienced an anomaly from August 3, 2021 12:46:45 UTC, resulting in a state in which the spacecraft instrument payload was no longer operating and entered into safe mode. All science data are unrecoverable during this safe mode period. As of August 6, 2021 21:00 UTC, ATMS and VIIRS instruments have resumed operation and their data will resume distribution soon. The PO.DAAC datasets impacted by this outage are shown h ...Continue Reading

August 06, 2021 RELEASE 21-105*NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt* 1_-_pia24795a_-_front_left_hazcam_borehole_closeup_-_flf_0164_0681506341_857cws_n0060000fhaz00209_0m00llj01-stretched.png This image taken by one the hazard cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in what the rover’s science team calls a “paver rock” in preparation for the mission’s first attempt to collect a sample from Mars. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* Data sent to Ea ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3148 Issue Time: 2021 Aug 05 1421 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2021 Aug 05 1405 UTC Station: GOES16 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Aug 05 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 217 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Aug 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2850 S31W55 003 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/ ...Continue Reading

August 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-093*NASA TV Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Cargo Launch* ng16_mate-1_copy.jpg Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket is mated with the Cygnus spacecraft in preparation for it’s Aug. 10 launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. */Credits: NASA/Patrick Black/* NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting 5:56 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 10, for the company’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage of the launc ...Continue Reading

* Tournament Earth: The Landsat Games 50 Years. 9 million scenes. 32 contenders. May the wavelength bands be ever in your favor. Vote now. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth -------------------- The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRES 2021 Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longe ...Continue Reading