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Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent (lowest amount of ice for the year) on Sept. 18, 2022, continuing a long-term downward trend.

Pakistan’s worst flooding in a decade from extreme monsoon rains has caused its largest freshwater lake to overflow.

Climate change is influencing habitat conditions and migratory patterns. Leveraging NASA Earth data, a software package measures the factors that influence animal movement and maps migratory preferences.

Satellite images show part of Pakistan before and after extreme monsoon rains triggered widespread flooding in August.

Ozone and climate go hand in hand – in more ways than one. In the Great Lakes region, NASA Earth data are helping state air quality agencies inform their decisions to protect public health.

Unyielding drought conditions in the Southwest U.S. have taken a toll on Lake Powell.

New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing.

A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn more intensely than others.

The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.

Newly installed on the space station, the instrument, called EMIT, will help answer questions about how mineral dust from Earth’s arid regions affects climate.

The largest reservoir in the United States was at a mere 27% of its capacity as of July 18, 2022.

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will make measurements of over 95% of Earth’s lakes, rivers, and reservoirs.