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NASA’s Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of recently formed Tropical Depression 14W as it strengthened into a tropical storm.  NASA’s Terra satellite obtained visible imagery...

How much carbon dioxide, a pivotal greenhouse gas behind global warming, is absorbed by plants on land? How much carbon dioxide, a pivotal greenhouse gas...

Using a NASA satellite rainfall product that incorporates data from satellites and observations, NASA estimated Hurricane Teddy’s rainfall rates as it approaches Bermuda on Sept....

CU Boulder co-led study completes first global detection of nitrous acid in wildfire plumes In lab studies of wildfire, nitrous acid seems like a minor...

This year’s Arctic sea ice cover shrank to the second-lowest extent since modern record keeping began in the late 1970s. An analysis of satellite data...

Satellites tracked smoke from wildfires as it spanned the continental United States and followed winds around two hurricanes. In September 2020, historic wildfires on the...

A wetter-than-usual rainy season in Sudan has devastated communities across the country. A wetter-than-usual rainy season has devastated communities across Sudan in 2020, as the...

The Milne Ice Shelf on the northwest coast of Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island has broken-up, reducing in size by almost half and setting large ice islands...

Natural disasters ranging from hurricanes to river flooding can expose people to dangerous environmental contaminants.   Natural disasters ranging from hurricanes to river flooding can...

Emergency response experts have studied events like Hurricane Sally, forecast to make landfall tomorrow along the Gulf Coast, for decades.   Emergency response experts have...