NASA's Earth Observatory
Your source for monitoring regional and global changes on our planet through images and stories.
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- Feature: Remote River Reconnaissance
Elevation data collected from the space shuttle help map Earth's rivers in remote regions. - News: 2006 Was Earth's Fifth Warmest Year
NASA climatologists have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century. - News: Satellites and Sea Lions: Working Together to Improve Ocean Models
Electronic sensors are not only tracking sea creatures, they are also collecting valuable data on temperature and salinity conditions to improve ocean models. - News: Sea Level on the Rise - in Real and Virtual Worlds
The climate system, and in particular sea level, may be responding more quickly to rising carbon emissions than climate scientists have estimated with climate models, researchers say. (CSIRO-Australia press release) - News: New Report Presents Strongest Evidence Yet Of Human Link To Global Warming
Evidence presented in the IPCC's latest report paints the clearest picture yet that human-derived greenhouse gases are playing a significant role in observed global warming, says a Duke University scientist. (Duke University press release) - News: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Finalizes Report
The United States joined 112 other nations in finalizing and approving a landmark climate change science report issued by the IPCC today in Paris, France. - News: Research Team Uses Satellite to Track Earth's Water
For the first time, scientists have used a space-borne instrument to track the origin and movements of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere, providing a new perspective on the dominant role Earth's water cycle plays in weather and climate. (University of Colorado-Boulder press release) - Natural Hazards: Haze over Korea
On February 6, 2007, thick haze blew across the Korean Peninsula toward Japan. - Natural Hazards: Tropical Cyclone Dora
Tropical Cyclone Dora spun south over the Indian Ocean as it built and dissipated in early February 2007. - Natural Hazards: Dust Storm over the Persian Gulf
On February 5, 2007, dust blew along the Iran-Iraq border and over the Persian Gulf. - Natural Hazards: Fire Near Dwellingup, Western Australia
A large bushfire burned 11,000 hectares and destroyed 16 homes over the weekend of February 3, 2007. - Natural Hazards: Floods in Southern Africa
Floods swept across southern Africa in the wake of unusually heavy rains at the end of January and into February 2007. - Natural Hazards: Fires in Southeast Asia
Numerous fires were scattered across Southeast Asia in mid-January and early February 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured these images. - NASA's Visible Earth
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