The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 FIRE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longer and more often in some northern latitudes as the world warms. * A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge (Image from Dec 19, 1984; Posted Oct 5, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/imag ...Continue Reading

October 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-123*NASA Invites Media to Webb Telescope Launch Coverage Discussion* webb_closeup.jpg The James Webb Space Telescope. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA and its mission partners will host a briefing at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 8, for media interested in covering the James Webb Space Telescope launch. Webb, an international partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, is targeted for launch Dec. 18. The briefing will stream live on NASA’s ...Continue Reading

October 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY 21-129*NASA Announces Astronaut Changes for Upcoming Commercial Crew Missions* mann-cassada.jpg NASA crew members of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has reassigned astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada to the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Mann and Cassada will serve as spacecraft comm ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Oct 06 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 279 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Oct 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2880 N31W33 242 0120 Cso 10 06 Beta 2882 N16E52 157 0200 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (5 October 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Ash and Cloud Rings Over La Palma https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148924/ash-and-cloud-rings-over-la-palma/?src=eoa-iotd * What's Behind California's Surge of Large Fires? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148908/whats-behind-californias-surge-of-large-fires/?src=eoa-iotd * Troubled Waters ht ...Continue Reading

October 05, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-124*NASA, FEMA to Host Alliance for Climate Action Series in October* fema-nasa_release_image.jpg NASA supercomputer model shows how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) – a key driver of global warming – fluctuate in Earth’s atmosphere throughout the year. Higher concentrations are shown in red. */Credits: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio / NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office/* NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will co-host the All ...Continue Reading

Monday, October 4, 2021 Last week, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) users received an email invitation from CFI Group on behalf of NASA. This message invites you to participate in a web-based survey of NASA Earth Science data and services. PO.DAAC is one of twelve NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers evaluated by this survey. The purpose of this survey is to help PO.DAAC assess customer satisfaction and improve future services. The survey takes ...Continue Reading

October 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-125 *NASA Invites Media to Launch of Double Asteroid Redirection Test* dart_header.jpg Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system. */Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve Gribben/* Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from striking Earth. DART is ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the basin runs from June 1 to November 30, though storms have been starting earlier in recent years. * Hurricane Sam (Image from Sep 30, 2021; Posted Oct 1, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148904/hurricane-sam/?src=nha -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new ima ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the basin runs from June 1 to November 30, though storms have been starting earlier in recent years. * Hurricane Sam (Image from Sep 30, 2021; Posted Oct 1, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148904/hurricane-sam/?src=nha ---------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading