Category: Earth
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How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines
Tens of thousands of abandoned mines threaten waterways across the American West, but identifying which sites urgently need cleanup is slow and expensive. Now, NASA’s EMIT instrument can analyze the unique light signatures of mine waste from space to help…
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A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
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Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
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Three Ways that a New Land Monitoring System is Transforming How We Manage Forests
DIST-ALERT, a global land change monitoring system, is revolutionizing forest management.
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A Full Moon Checkup
Once a month during the full Moon, Landsat 9 turns from Earth to image the lunar surface, helping keep the spacecraft’s data accurate and consistent.
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An Early “Decoration Day” Celebration
In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and marches at an event at a racetrack on May 1, 1865.
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Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi
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.
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New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
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Fire Chars Santa Rosa Island
The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.
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Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
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.