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Cultivating Ideas for Mars
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Published July 31, 2020
Plants that can survive in harsh environments like Canada’s Devon Island may be good candidates for eventually terraforming the Red Planet.
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Jez like Mars
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Published July 29, 2020
Though located a world away, Lake Salda, Turkey, shares similar mineralogy as Jezero Crater on Mars.
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Early Detection of Algae Yields Savings
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Satellites can spot some blooms earlier, resulting in significant savings on health care, lost work hours, and other economic costs.
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The Parched Paraná River
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Published July 28, 2020
A drought around South America’s second longest river has grounded ships and contributed to a rash of fire in the delta and floodplain.
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Yangtze Dams Spill Water
Published July 23, 2020
As water levels rise from excessive monsoon rainfall, dam operators discharge water through spillway gates.
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Dust Streams from the Namibian Coast
Published July 22, 2020
On July 17, 2020, strong winds blew dust out of the Namib Desert.
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Mineral Fire
Published July 20, 2020
A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
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Sea Ice in Denmark Strait
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Published July 16, 2020
Ice that originated in the Arctic Ocean drifts hundreds of miles south, pulled along and shaped by the East Greenland Current.
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The River of No Return
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Published July 11, 2020
The Salmon River in Idaho, one of the longest free-flowing rivers in the United States, rushes through a geologic wonderland of wooded ridges, eroded bluffs, and stone towers and crags.
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Satellites Size Up Bubbles of Methane in Lake Ice
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Published July 10, 2020
Synthetic Aperture Radar is offering scientists a new way to measure how much of the potent greenhouse gas is bubbling up from frozen Arctic lakes.
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Fueled by the Nile
Published July 7, 2020
Irrigation from Lake Nasser, one of the world’s largest man-made lakes, has increased the amount of arable land and crop production in Egypt.
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Nishinoshima Belches Ash and Lava
Published July 6, 2020
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through some growing pains.
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Landslide Blocks Rio Colca
Published July 2, 2020
In Peru, a landslide damaged farmland and stopped the flow of an important local river.
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Scouting Watering Holes from Space
Published July 1, 2020
Satellites may make it easier for nomadic herders in Senegal to survive the lean season.
Channeling a Bloom
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Published June 26, 2020
Unusually clear skies and persistent, unseasonable heat may have set the stage for large and persistent blooms of phytoplankton in the waters around England.
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Cuba’s Gulf of Guacanayabo
Sediments flowing into the bay from the Río Cauto have built up an impressive delta and even helped bury a reef.
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Contrasting Landscape in Namibia
Published June 24, 2020
The town of Mariental sits at the convergence of the Kalahari Desert and the Central Plateau.
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Lonar Lake Tries On a Rosy Color
Published June 18, 2020
The lake in west-central India promptly changed from green to pink, and the reason why remains a mystery.
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