February 06, 2019 RELEASE 19-002*2018 Fourth Warmest Year in Continued Warming Trend, According to NASA, NOAA* Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global temperatures in 2018 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.83 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2904 Issue Time: 2019 Feb 06 1150 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2903 Begin Time: 2019 Feb 01 2230 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2973 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Feb 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 37 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Feb 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Feb Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (5 February 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Floods Soak Argentine Farmland https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144506/floods-soak-argentine-farmland/?src=eoa-iotd * Time Traveling to the Triassic https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144431/time-traveling-to-the-triassic/?src=eoa-iotd * Another Deadly Dam Collapse in Brazil https://earthobser ...Continue Reading

February 05, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-004*NASA Airs Departure of US Cargo Ship from International Space Station* Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured Nov. 19, 2018, in the grips of the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm after it was captured by Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Alexander Gerst. */Credits: NASA/* Three months after delivering several t ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2903 Issue Time: 2019 Feb 05 1433 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2902 Begin Time: 2019 Feb 01 2230 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8975 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Feb 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 36 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Feb 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Feb Nmbr Location Lo None I ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- LANDSLIDES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TAILINGS DAM FAILURE AT CÓRREGO DO FEIJÃO Brazil faced a humanitarian and environmental disaster in the wake of a dam collapse at an iron mine in Minas Gerais. * Another Deadly Dam Collapse in Brazil (Image from Jan 30, 2019; Posted Feb 1, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144501/another-deadly-dam-collapse ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TASMANIA FIRES 2019 Large fires fueled by extremely dry and hot conditions have been burning for almost two weeks in central and southeast Tasmania. * Fortnight Fires in Tasmania (Image from Jan 28, 2018; Posted Jan 28, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144486/fortnight-fires-in-tasmania/?src=nha -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated e ...Continue Reading

  February 04, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-003*NASA, NOAA to Announce 2018 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions* NASA and NOAA are two keepers of the world's temperature data and independently produce a record of Earth's surface temperatures and changes. Shown here are 2017 global temperature data: higher than normal temperatures are shown in red, lower than normal temperatures are shown in blue. */Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/* Climate experts from NASA and the National ...Continue Reading