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Observing Changes in Nighttime Lights
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Published December 27, 2017
Tracking the brightness and location of manmade lights offers researchers an innovative way to track human activity on a global scale.
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Fast-Moving Fire Sweeps Through Ventura County
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Published December 8, 2017
Wildfires continue to menace Southern California.
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Night Lights of the Levant
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Published December 11, 2017
Alternating clusters of light and darkness show where civilization has carved out a place alongside and amidst the deserts.
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Wildfire Lights Up Ventura
Published December 5, 2017
Powerful Santa Ana winds fueled the destructive blaze.
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Pinpointing Where Lights Went Out in Puerto Rico
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Published September 29, 2017
Satellite data on city lights could aid rescue and recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria.
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Hurricane Irma Strengthens
Published September 5, 2017
Growing to a category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma is among the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever observed.
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Franklin Storms Over Mexico
Published August 10, 2017
The storm became the Atlantic Ocean basin’s first hurricane of 2017.
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Lights Out in Hatteras
Published July 31, 2017
A power outage brought darkness to parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
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Wildfires Light Up Portugal
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Published June 20, 2017
The blaze burned so brightly that its light was visible at night from space.
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The Glow of the Indus River Basin
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Published June 22, 2017
People have been farming the fertile flood plain for millennia.
An Odd Symmetry: Argentina After Dark
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Published May 23, 2017
Connect the dots and history emerges.
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Night Lights Change in the Middle East
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Published May 16, 2017
Changing patterns of nighttime lights are of great interest to demographers, engineers, and humanitarian relief organizations.