Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
During summer 2026, Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) and its partners will explore deep-sea habitats in the Central and Western Pacific using E/V Nautilus, its mapping sonars, ROV systems, and other exploration technologies brought aboard from partners of the NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati (pictured) and Fiji will experience at least 6 inches (15 centimeters) of sea-level rise, according to an analysis by NASA’s sea-level change science team. This...
Monday, May 4th, 2026
Heavy rains triggered by a tropical cyclone have caused widespread landslides across Papua New Guinea, with satellite imagery providing a detailed look at the damage. The imagery reveals clusters of landslides cutting through forested terrain, highlighting the...
Friday, April 17th, 2026
The EarthCARE satellite (Japanese name: Hakuryu) successfully passed directly over the eye of Typhoon Sinlaku on April 13, 2026, capturing unprecedented observations of the typhoon’s internal cloud structure. This rare overpass enabled detailed measurements of the vertical dynamics...
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
On March 22, 2026, China placed 10 satellites into orbit with the launch of a Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket from off the coast of Haiyang in Shandong province. The Smart Dragon 3 is a solid-propellant rocket...
Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
Tropical Cyclone Narelle traced a long path across the northern edge of Australia, bringing damaging winds and rain to areas already saturated with abundant precipitation. The system made separate landfalls in three different states and territories between...
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Iceberg A-23A has had a more eventful run than most of the large Antarctic icebergs that have calved from the continent’s ice shelves in recent decades. Over its winding, 40-plus-year journey, the “megaberg”spent decades grounded in the Weddell Sea before drifting north, twirling in...
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Using a decade of satellite radar observations from Copernicus Sentinel-1, researchers mapped surface elevation changes across 40 major river deltas worldwide. The study found that more than half of the deltas studied are subsiding at rates faster than...
Monday, February 9th, 2026
NOAA’s National Ocean Service announced a new hydrographic survey project to map and characterize more than 30,000 square nautical miles of federal waters off American Samoa. This project is part of the Department of Commerce's implementation of...
Monday, January 26th, 2026
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has been among the areas hit hard by cold and snowy weather in December 2025 and January 2026. More than 2 meters (7 feet) of snow fell in the first two weeks of January, following 3.7...
