The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON DUJUAN Super Typhoon Dujuan battered northern Taiwan with powerful winds and heavy rains in late September. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86707&src=nha *** Image from Sep 28, 2015 (Posted on Sep 28, 2015 3:06 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading

Listserv readers: Those of you in the Washington, DC area may be interested in a talk tomorrow at NASA GSFC on the history of ocean color by Dr. Jim Acker.  See the attached flyer for details.  It will not be Webcast, but will be recorded, and the recording will be placed online at the Goddard Library Web site. Thanks, Steve   Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Room 5P25 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 http://history.nasa.gov Forward this Message to a Friend &raqu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 29 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 272 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2420 N11W31 105 0100 Eso 15 09 Beta 2421 N16W50 124 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta 2422 S20W30 ...Continue Reading

September 28, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-144*NASA TV to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking * *//* NASA Television will provide live coverage of the next launch and docking of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress 61, to resupply the International Space Station Thursday, Oct. 1. NASA TV coverage will begin at 12:30 p.m. EDT. ISS Progress 61 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:49 p.m. EDT (10:49 p.m. Baikonur time) on a fast-track, four-orbit journey to the or ...Continue Reading

September 28, 2015 RELEASE 15-190*NASA Announces Appointment of New Agency Chief Information Officer*  NASA Chief Information Officer Renee Wynn */Credits: NASA/* Renee Wynn took the helm Monday in leading the agency's information technology efforts and capabilities as NASA’s new chief information officer (CIO). As NASA's top IT official, Wynn is responsible for ensuring NASA’s information assets are in line with federal policies, procedures and legislation. She will be focused on increasing collaborat ...Continue Reading

The Shrinking Aral Sea: Updated for 2015 Over the past 50 years the Aral Sea has been devastated by massive irrigation projects. These images show the decline over the past decade and perhaps even small signs of recovery in 2015. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=nha-ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ...Continue Reading

September 28, 2015 RELEASE 15-195*NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars* These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-39 2015 September 27 at 11:22 p.m. MDT (2015 September 28 0522 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 21-27 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 27 September due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 2422. Outlook For September 28-October 4 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts are likely through 03 October due to flare poten ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 28 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 271 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2420 N11W17 103 0110 Fai 16 11 Beta 2421 N16W35 121 0100 Dai 06 11 Beta 2422 S20W16 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 27 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 270 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2420 N10W04 103 0140 Fai 16 15 Beta-Gamma 2421 N17W21 120 0110 Dac 05 12 Beta 2422 S20 ...Continue Reading