The peninsula extends about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the mainland of southern Massachusetts where it serves as a natural land barrier between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Oceans In Hot Water
Adding to the grim list of record ice losses, record air temperatures and record droughts, which have all hit the headlines recently, the temperature of the surface waters of our oceans is also at an all-time high.
Plumes from Popocatépetl Volcano
Popocatépetl is one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes. During the mountain’s current period of eruption, ongoing since 2005, volcanic emissions frequently billow from its summit crater.
Curious Tracks Across an Icy Fjord
Greenland lacks an obvious human fingerprint when viewed from space. Instead of sprawling cities or geometrically organized agriculture, an enormous ice sheet spans much of the island. But there is a fjord along the island’s southern perimeter where seasonal ice has temporarily revealed the presence of people.
Belize Coral Reef Risk
Using two decades of NASA satellite measurements stored in the cloud, scientists recently assessed the vulnerability of Belize’s renowned coral reefs to bleaching and collapse.
Lava and Snow in Hawai’i
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) photographed the island of Hawai’i and its snowcapped volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy Lingers
For more than a month, Tropical Cyclone Freddy has cast about in the Indian Ocean, bringing powerful winds and downpours to anything in its long and wandering path.
NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Studies
Across NASA, researchers are conducting Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) studies that will transform U.S. communities, creating new ways to move people and goods in the sky. The data and AI-based decision-support tools enabled by the Data & Reasoning Fabric concept will help further the AAM community’s goals by providing information needed for future flight operations.
NASA’s Satellites Help with Turkey, Syria Earthquake Response
Following the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria Feb. 6, 2023, NASA is working to share its aerial views and data from space in ways that can aid relief and recovery workers in the region as well as improve its ability to model and predict such events.
Volcanic Plumes in Chile
Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gasses in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2023.