News by Subject Earth Science

Fires that span across the Northern Territory and Western Australia appear to have broken out in areas that have already been burned in previous fires.

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a look at Maria's temperatures to find the strongest sides of the storm, while NOAA's GOES satellite revealed the extent of the storm in a visible image as it moved toward the Bahamas.

Jose continues to bring tropical storm conditions to southern New England although the storm has become post-tropical. NASA's Terra satellite caught a view of the storm sitting almost stationary about 100 miles from Nantucket Island, Mass.

OIST researchers develop turbines to convert the power of ocean waves into clean, renewable energy.

Studies of low-frequency variations of oceanic environment are critical important for the regional climate. The warming trend of sea surface temperature in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea is no-doubt significant, but the underlying physical mechanics are not sufficiently documented. Now researchers in Hangzhou have identified the low-frequency trend of vertical structure of oceanic interior, and released new insight to the complex air-sea coupling system in marginal seas.

Hurricane Maria has caused catastrophic flooding in Puerto Rico and left a wake of heavy rainfall that NASA measured using a fleet of satellites in space. NASA satellite imagery also saw Maria's eye close up as it tracked across Puerto Rico and re-open after its exit.