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Europe’s Scorching Summer
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A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.

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SmallSat 2026
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SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM Welcome Jose Nunez BryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026 Fletcher…

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NASA Data Feeds River Forecasts as Snow Drought Effects Linger
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NASA Earth science data is supporting machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public safety in Washington state.

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An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
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A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where it likely originated.

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Elephant Butte Reservoir Runs Low
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Drought in the Rio Grande basin contributed to New Mexico’s largest reservoir dwindling to its lowest level in decades.

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Lala Batters Hawaii
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The powerful storm delivered extreme rainfall and damaging winds to the state, passing the Island of Hawaiʻi as a category 1 hurricane.

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NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia
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A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by fires, diesel vehicles, and other combustion sources, in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The detailed…

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Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah
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NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus.

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A Sunflower’s View of Totality
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The Moon slid between the Sun and Earth to produce a stunning celestial show visible from Spain in August 2026.

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Cascade Volcanoes Shrouded in Smoke
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From the International Space Station, astronauts photographed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfire smoke spread across the Pacific Northwest in summer 2026.

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