NASA: La Niña 3 Times – Looking at This Relatively Weak but Unusually Prolonged Event
In December 2022, Earth was in the grips of La Niña—an oceanic…
NASA: Phytoplankton May Be Abundant Under Antarctic Sea Ice
A decade ago, scientists on a NASA-sponsored ocean expedition found massive populations…
Mount Terror: The 10,000-Foot Antarctic Volcano
This article originally appeared on nasa.gov Mount Terror might sound like a…
NASA’s DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test
After 10 months of flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test…
NASA: All Eyes on the Snow as Water Supplies Dwindle
As the American West suffers a 22-year-long “megadrought” that researchers say is…
NASA: Smoky Fires Rage in the Northwest
The scorching weather of summer 2022 has left much of the Northwestern…
NASA: Late Season Melting in Greenland – Most on Record for Any September
In September 2022, vast areas atop the Greenland ice sheet melted. Some…
NASA: A Half-Century of Ice Loss in Northwest Greenland
A pair of satellite images acquired almost 50 years apart reveals striking…