Ozone Hole Continues Healing in 2024 - NASA Earth Observatory
Oct 30, 2024 · A hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066.
Bushfires Char Victoria - NASA Earth Observatory
Dec 20, 2024 · Hot, dry conditions and gusty winds fueled several bushfires in southeastern Australia. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of smoke streaming from the region’s largest fire as it burned through parts of Grampians National Park in Victoria on December 20, 2024.. Ignited by lightning on December 16, the fire pushed north ...
Franklin Fire Leaves Its Mark on Malibu - NASA Earth Observatory
Dec 18, 2024 · The Franklin Fire set more than 4,000 acres (16 square kilometers) ablaze in Malibu, California, where it destroyed structures and forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes.. The blaze ignited on the evening of December 9, 2024, in Malibu Creek State Park. Strong Santa Ana winds fueled its spread to 2,600 acres (11 square kilometers) within a day and extended into the campus of ...
Image of the Day - NASA Earth Observatory
2 days ago · A Chill Over Chicagoland. Toward the end of a late-January cold spell, snow and lake ice blanketed the landscape. Published Jan 29, 2025. Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Snow and Ice
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Jan 6, 2011 · climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover ...
Temperature and Precipitation Graphs - NASA Earth Observatory
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Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise - NASA Earth Observatory
Aug 10, 2022 · Editor’s Notes—This article is part of a collection explaining how NASA and other science institutions measure and monitor sea level rise. Also: are you looking for data related to sea level rise? The Sea Level Change Data Pathfinder on NASA’s Earthdata site highlights tools used by researchers to study ocean altimetry, including the Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for ...
Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024
This chart shows Schmidt’s expectation for how much monthly temperatures from January 2023 to August 2024 would differ from NASA’s 1951-1980 baseline (also known as an anomaly).The expectation (represented as the dashed line in the chart) was based on an equation that calculates global average temperature based on the most recent 20-year rate of warming (about 0.25°C per decade) and NOAA ...
Building a Great Solar Wall in China - NASA Earth Observatory
Dec 29, 2024 · References & Resources. Bloomberg (2023, November 26) China’s Remote Deserts Are Hiding an Energy Revolution.Accessed December 27, 2024. China-Britain Business Focus (2024, December 10) China’s Solar Great Wall: An ambitious solar revolution.Accessed December 27, 2024.
Climate Q&A - Why is global warming a problem? - NASA Earth …
Jul 6, 2010 · The cost and benefits of global warming will vary greatly from area to area. For moderate climate change, the balance can be difficult to assess. But the larger the change in climate, the more negative the consequences will become. Global warming will probably make life harder, not easier, for most ...