This map shows the size and shape of the ozone hole over the South Pole on Sept. 21, 2023, the day of its maximum extent, as calculated by the NASA Ozone Watch team.
Venezuela’s Vase-Shaped Lake Maracaibo
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, the largest natural body of water in South America.
Panama Canal Ships Seen From Space
Like shining jewels in the water, ships passing through the Panama Canal, which cuts across Central America, have been captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-1 image.
International Ocean Satellite Monitors El Niño
Maps show sea levels in the Pacific Ocean during early October of 1997, 2015 and 2023, in the run up to El Niño events.
Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising
Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found.
Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
The heart of the Nueva Vizcaya Province on Luzon, the largest and most populated island of the Philippines, shows up brightly in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 false-color image.
NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record
Summer 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
El Salvador From Above
San Miguel, El Salvador, captured from the International Space Station on Sept. 16, 2023, by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during his Huginn Mission.
NASA Maps Key Heat Wave Differences in Southern California
Like much of the planet, Southern California is expected to experience more heat waves in the future due to Earth’s changing climate. And some of these will feel increasingly humid, as long-term forecasts call for muggy spells more typically associated with Florida or eastern Texas.
A Deluge in Greece
Following weeks of heat waves and fires, torrential rains unleashed widespread flooding in Central Greece in early September 2023.
