Recent Earth Science News and Articles
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The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in AGU Earth and Space Science, researchers reported the tool was able to fuse data from multiple satellites…
The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.
The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today.
In this explainer, each vegetation index includes a visualization, an example application, and a description of the index that highlights how HLS’s increased temporal revisit empowers new research.
Under the Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Program, Landsat 10 will continue the long-running partnership between NASA and the USGS by acquiring high-quality, space-borne, moderate-resolution global land imaging data. The Landsat 10 mission has four major objectives
Landsat 10, expected to launch in 2031, is an innovative Landsat mission that represents a quantum leap in measurement capabilities with improved spatial and spectral resolutions.
An astronaut on the International Space Station was surprised to photograph a shower of light streaking through the darkness while looking out of the Cupola.
A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.
Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.
Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.
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