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Methane Emissions Continue to Rise
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Published July 14, 2020
Rapid growth from 2008–2017 built upon the rise in the atmospheric concentration of the gas that has been happening for more than a century.
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Canary Curls
Published July 10, 2020
Von Kármán vortices make another appearance near the Canary Islands.
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Satellites Size Up Bubbles of Methane in Lake Ice
Synthetic Aperture Radar is offering scientists a new way to measure how much of the potent greenhouse gas is bubbling up from frozen Arctic lakes.
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Lake Rukwa, Tanzania
One of the smaller lakes of the East African Rift is rich with mud, fish, and geologic beauty.
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Faint Glow, Clear Signal from Plants
Published July 9, 2020
As scientists detect plant fluorescence in better detail, they inch closer to helping farmers respond to extreme weather and close in on understanding how carbon cycles through ecosystems.
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Another Lively Season of Night-Shining Clouds
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Published July 8, 2020
Extremely cold and wet conditions in the mesosphere have led to abundant noctilucent clouds.
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Fueled by the Nile
Published July 7, 2020
Irrigation from Lake Nasser, one of the world’s largest man-made lakes, has increased the amount of arable land and crop production in Egypt.
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Nishinoshima Belches Ash and Lava
Published July 6, 2020
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through some growing pains.
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Pacific Northwest Bathed in Green and White
Published July 3, 2020
The Olympic Peninsula, Cascade Mountains, and Salish Sea caught the eye of an astronaut on the space station.
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Landslide Blocks Rio Colca
Published July 2, 2020
In Peru, a landslide damaged farmland and stopped the flow of an important local river.
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Scouting Watering Holes from Space
Published July 1, 2020
Satellites may make it easier for nomadic herders in Senegal to survive the lean season.