Earth Day (8,192 by 8,192 pixels, 9.1 MB JPEG) Earth Night (8,192 by 8,192 pixels, 4.2 MB JPEG) Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Chris Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense.
Tournament: Earth 2013 has come to a stunning end. A newcomer to the landscape—a volcano that wasn’t even above the water’s surface at the beginning of 2012—literally came out of nowhere to win our first-ever tournament. The #7 seeded El Hierro submarine eruption from the “events” bracket captured the overall crown. In a true Cinderella […]
How much and how fast will sea level rise in the coming decades? What makes sea level rise hard to predict? Who will be affected? NASA scientists and guests discussed this and much more in a Google+ Hangout on April 2, 2013. You can watch an archived version of the hangout below. Hangout participants included: […]
Recently, we published a data visualization showing tropospheric NO2 over the Indian Ocean. The effort got us to thinking about how we try to present data in a way that’s easy to interpret while staying true to the science. The visualization below of satellite measurements of NO2 in the atmosphere revealed the location of shipping lanes in the […]
How is your bracket looking now after Round 2 of Tournament Earth?
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The increasing use of animation (and 3D) in data and information visualization is definitely a trend, but I don’t think it’s a good one.
Australia is no stranger to fires, floods, drought, and heat. But a new report from the Australian Climate Commission not only points out that fire hazards and extreme weather events are worsening, it links them to a warming climate. The report focuses on what it calls the “Angry Summer” of 2012/2013. The 90-day period included […]
Our image of the day on February 26 provided a satellite view of how a nor’easter can stir up the New England coast and its waters. Here are a few other views from the storm they called Nemo… A aerial photo from Kelsey-Kennard Airview shows the new breach in South Beach, just off the town […]
