The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 December 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Reading the ABCs from Space http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ABC/?src=eoa-features Some people see animals or omens in the clouds and landscape. We see letters. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Keeping on the Sunny Side of Earth http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/v ...Continue Reading

December 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-238*American, Russian and Briton Join International Space Station Crew *  In pre-flight quarantine, Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA answers media questions from behind glass during a press conference Dec. 14, 2015 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. */Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky /*  Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (top) and Flight Engineers Tim Kopra of NASA (center) and Tim Peake of ESA (bottom) wav ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON MELOR SOAKS THE PHILIPPINES Typhoon Melor Soaks The Philippines * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87162&src=nha *** Image from Dec 14, 2015 (Posted on Dec 14, 2015 2:57 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observat ...Continue Reading

December 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-235*NASA Examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Niño* People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Niño event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the distribution of rain, tropospheric ozone and wildfires around the globe. New results presented Tuesday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco show t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 15 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 349 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2463 S09W76 214 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2465 S06W31 169 0010 Axx 02 02 Alpha 2468 S15E12 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Thick haze blanketed eastern China in November and December 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87129&src=nha *** Image from Dec 07, 2015 (Posted on Dec 08, 2015 2:34 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN INDIA In early December, torrential rai ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN INDIA In early December, torrential rains brought intense flooding to southeast India. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87158&src=nha *** Image from Dec 08, 2015 (Posted on Dec 11, 2015 3:25 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of N ...Continue Reading

December 14, 2015 RELEASE 15-233*New NASA Satellite Maps Show Human Fingerprint on Global Air Quality* Using new, high-resolution global satellite maps of air quality indicators, NASA scientists tracked air pollution trends over the last decade in various regions and 195 cities around the globe. The United States, Europe and Japan have improved air quality thanks to emission control regulations, while China, India and the Middle East, with their fast-growing economies and expanding industry, have seen more air p ...Continue Reading

December 14, 2015 RELEASE 15-220*NASA Studies High Clouds, Saharan Dust from EPIC View* It’s a fresh view of Earth. Less than a year after its launch on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), NASA’s onboard camera is taking images of the entire sunlit side of Earth every two hours. */Credits: NASA/* From a dusty atmosphere stretching across the Atlantic Ocean to daily views of clouds at sunrise, a new NASA camera keeping a steady eye on the sunlit side of Earth is yielding new insights about our changi ...Continue Reading

December 14, 2015 RELEASE 15-234*Be an Astronaut: NASA Accepting Applications for Future Explorers* Recently named the best place to work in the federal government for the fourth year in a row, NASA is looking for the best candidates to work in the best job on or off the planet. The astronaut candidate application website now is live and accepting submissions through Feb. 18. Qualifying U.S. citizens may apply at: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/423817000 NASA astronaut Shannon Walker and astronau ...Continue Reading