August 4th, 2020
NASA’s Mars Rover Perseverance Relies on Imaging Sensors

The Mars 2020 mission is part of a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The 2020 mission addresses high-priority science goals, including questions about the potential for life on Mars. The mission will look for signs of past microbial life itself. The mission also provides opportunities to gather knowledge and demonstrate technologies

July 21st, 2020
Keeping a Steady Eye on Sea Level Change From Space

Over the course of nearly three decades, an uninterrupted series of satellites has circled our planet, diligently measuring sea levels. The continuous record of ocean height that they’ve built has helped researchers reveal the inner workings of weather phenomena such as El Niño and to forecast how much the ocean could encroach on coastlines around

July 7th, 2020
Bubbling Methane Emissions Caused By Ice-Free Days In Arctic Lakes

Although the Arctic is best known for frozen tundra, it also has a number of freshwater lakes that are covered in ice most of the year. But the length of time they are ice-covered is decreasing, and this is allowing methane to bubble into the atmosphere. Globally, lakes are responsible for nearly one-third of biogenic

June 23rd, 2020
Heat and Drought to Stifle West Through End of June

Building heat will continue to blossom this week across much of the West, bringing several days of triple-digit heat for some communities and worsening drought for others. Cities such as Fresno and Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley of California topped out over the previous weekend around the 100 degrees Fahrenheit mark, with even more