Our oceans and the complex “conveyer belt” system of currents that connects them play an important role in regulating global climate.
Jakobshavn Glacier
In recent years, Greenland has been losing more ice through the Jakobshavn Glacier than from anywhere else on this huge ice sheet.
The Wide View of a Shrinking Glacier
Pine Island Glacier is one of many outlet glaciers around the perimeter of Antarctica, but observations have shown that this glacier is worth extra attention.
Simulation of the Magnetic Field in Earth's Core
Earth's core as modelled in the numerical geodynamo simulation as part of research into geomagnetic jerks and rapid hydromagnetic waves.
Queensland Floods
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission collected this image over Australia's northeast state of Queensland, where a large amount of sediment is visible gushing into the Coral Sea, close to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
Satellite Images of Notre Dame Cathedral
The image highlights the damage caused by the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral that started April 15.
English Channel Maritime Traffic
Hundreds of radar images from the two identical Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, spanning 2016 to 2018 and over the same area, have been compressed into a single image.
Snow and Sand in Central Asia
The Tien Shan (or Tian Shan) is one of the longest continuous mountain ranges in the world, stretching across 1,500 miles (2,500 kilometers) in northwest China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Proba-V View of Galápagos
A Proba-V satellite view shows the internationally protected, volcanic archipelago of the Galápagos and its surrounding marine reserve.
NASA Instruments Image Fireball over Bering Sea
The explosion unleashed an estimated 173 kilotons of energy”more than 10 times the energy of the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima during World War II.