Your browser does not support the video tag. Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute used data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge to develop a more accurate model of how the Greenland Ice Sheet might respond to climate change in the future, finding that it could generate more sea level rise than previously thought. In the next 50 years,… Read more →
Your browser does not support the video tag. Is the Sun a ball of fire? And why does NASA send missions to the Sun? NASA’s Heliophysics Director Nicky Fox explains NASA’s latest solar science findings. The Parker Solar Probe mission is revolutionizing our understanding of the Sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and… Read more →
The Storm Prediction Center continues to monitor the region for the potential for severe weather. From the SPC: …Tuesday/Day 4 to Thursday/Day 6… The medium-range models move an upper-level trough across the Four Corners region on Tuesday as southwest mid-level flow remains established from the southern Plains to the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. A moist airmass should be in place… Read more →
Your browser does not support the video tag. With extreme cold-weather gear, scientific instruments, and two tank-like snow machines called PistenBullys, NASA scientists began a traverse on December 21 along section of the 88-degree south latitude line in an arc around the South Pole, documenting a new route across the Antarctic ice. The 470-mile expedition in one of the most… Read more →
The Storm Prediction Center is monitoring the region for a chance for severe storms next week. Right now, it looks like the window will be between Tuesday night (the 4th) and Thursday morning (the 6th). But that is likely to shift a bit as we move through the weekend and into next week. From the SPC Day 4 (Monday) –… Read more →
