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A Space-Based View of Meteor Showers
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Published August 13, 2016
A camera onboard the International Space Station delivers the space-based view of meteors burning up in Earth’s atmosphere.
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Going High-Tech for Fire Detection
Published August 9, 2016
The Firecast project aims to bring current satellite data to fire managers as they manage forests in tropical nations. The hope is to improve the monitoring of wildfires and deforestation.
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Bloom in Hood Canal, Washington
Published July 29, 2016
A bloom of coccolithophores imparted a milky turquoise color to a fjord in western Washington’s Puget Sound.
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Caterpillars Take Bite Out of Rhode Island Forests
Published July 15, 2016
Dry weather in the Northeast has triggered an explosion in the populations of gypsy moth caterpillars, which are voracious eaters of forest canopies.
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Studying the Sherpa Fire
Published July 2, 2016
As the Sherpa fire charred thousands of acres west of Santa Barbara in June 2016, NASA’s DC-8 flew over and sampled the fire’s smoke.
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