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Across two decades, the Terra satellite has been a great leap for Earth system science, observing how different spheres fit…
Humidity and the abrupt onset of extremely high temperatures have killed thousands of people in India.
Satellites confirm that the Arctic has been absorbing more solar radiation over the past 15 years, a trend that coincides…
The global picture of how Earth reflects sunlight is a muddle, though several regional trends emerge.
July’s extreme heat in the United States radiated energy out into space as shown in this image from July 22,…
This series of globes from June–August 2009 shows how sea ice, snow, and ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere reflect…
For the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. In the steady march of the…
Absorption of solar energy heats up our planet’s surface and the atmosphere and makes life for us possible. But the…
Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System, CERES, monitors solar energy reflected from the Earth and heat energy emitted from…
