December 16, 2015 RELEASE 15-239*Study Shows Climate Change Rapidly Warming World’s Lakes* A combination of satellite data and ground measurements, such as from instrumented buoys like this one in Lake Tahoe on the California/Nevada border, were used to provide a comprehensive view of changing lake temperatures worldwide. The buoy measures the water temperature from above and below. */Credits: Limnotech /* Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosyste ...Continue Reading

December 16, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-172*NASA TV Coverage Set for Space Station Russian Cargo Ship Activities* NASA Television will provide live coverage of the upcoming launch and docking of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress 62, to the International Space Station. NASA TV coverage of the Monday, Dec. 21 launch will begin at 3:30 a.m. EST. The ISS Progress 62 cargo ship is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:44 a.m. (2:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on a two-day trip to del ...Continue Reading

December 16, 2015 RELEASE 15-236*Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth*  Thanks to an innovative process developed in part with NASA funding, MicroLink devices has created thin, flexible solar cells that could be used to help power space exploration. */Credits: MicroLink Devices/*  U.S. troops in desert regions are already using MicroLink Devices’ flexible, lightweight solar arrays to recharge batteries, saving them from having to carry spares. The arrays were develop ...Continue Reading

December 16, 2015 RELEASE 15-236*Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth*  Thanks to an innovative process developed in part with NASA funding, MicroLink devices has created thin, flexible solar cells that could be used to help power space exploration. */Credits: MicroLink Devices/*  U.S. troops in desert regions are already using MicroLink Devices’ flexible, lightweight solar arrays to recharge batteries, saving them from having to carry spares. The arrays were develop ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 16 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 350 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2468 S15W02 127 0010 Cro 01 03 Beta 2469 N18E28 097 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2470 N13E43 ...Continue Reading

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