Wildfire smoke is a combination of gases and aerosols – tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in air – and can have an effect on cloud formation, atmospheric cooling and heating, and human health, NASA's Earth Observatory explains. The animated series of images
The Earth never sleeps. The night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think. In fact, Earth is never really dark; it twinkles with lights from humans and nature. Away from human settlements, light still shines – wildfires and volcanoes rage, oil and gas wells burn
The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the United States’ newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 21, 2011. VIIRS collects radiometric imagery in visible and infrared wavelengths of the Earth’s land,
NASA completed the successful launch of a weather-observing satellite that’s intended to provide data for more accurate weather forecasts and climate change predictions.The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS Preparatory
A satellite that aims to help weather forecasters predict extreme storms and offer scientists a better view of climate change is being readied for launch this month. The 1.5 billion dollar National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory
