July 14, 2026

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Fans of the Arctic

Fans of the Arctic

Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.

Wild, Scenic, and Increasingly Rusty

Wild, Scenic, and Increasingly Rusty

Orange streams are now being spotted in hundreds of watersheds in permafrost areas throughout Alaska’s Brooks Range.

Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground

Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground

Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.

Super Typhoon Bavi

Super Typhoon Bavi

The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.

Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah

Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah

The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.

More from NASA Earth Science

NASA’s Calibration Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Pathfinder, or CLARREO Pathfinder mission, reached a significant milestone this summer by achieving first light.

This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And while that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists started preparing for its use during a recent field campaign in the Canadian wilderness.

The Geodetic Reference Instrument Transponder for Small Satellites (GRITSS), a NASA CubeSat the size of a suitcase, which aims to merge different observing systems and lead to more accurate mapping of Earth, launched July 7 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard SpaceX’s Transport-17 mission.

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