Thanks largely to the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scientists have discovered that the fast-flowing Kohler East glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from a neighboring flow at a pace never before seen.
Earth from Space: French Guiana
Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this radar image over French Guiana–home to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where ESA’s Biomass mission is being prepared for liftoff on April 29, 2025, onboard a Vega-C rocket.
New-Generation Weather Satellites Ready for Launch
The MetOp-Second Generation (MetOp-SG) mission is poised to revolutionize weather forecasting and will ensure the continued delivery of vital global observations. It will provide data for unprecedented weather forecasting accuracy and climate...
NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
NASA’s EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth’s Electrojets
NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 14, 2025.
NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Details About Los Angeles-Area Landslides
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California used data from an airborne radar to measure the movement of the slow-moving landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.
NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast
Tracking and predicting sea-level rise involves more than measuring the height of our oceans: Land along coastlines also inches up and down in elevation. Using California as a case study, a NASA-led team has shown how seemingly modest vertical land motion could...
Cloud-Based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale
Rivers and streams wrap around Earth in complex networks millions of miles long, driving trade, nurturing ecosystems and stocking critical reserves of freshwater.
EarthCARE Images Smoke Layer from Los Angeles Fire
Level-1 data acquired on Jan. 9, 2025, by the satellite’s atmospheric lidar have been used to show the smoke layer from the current Los Angeles wildfire disaster, which is being carried over the Pacific Ocean by strong winds.
Melting Glaciers Are Shifting National Borders
In Europe and around the globe, melting glaciers are transforming both landscapes and national borders.
