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Space weather scales are outdated and confusing. Here's what NOAA scientists are doing about it

By Meredith Garofalo published

After receiving feedback from nearly 500 people about revising NOAA's Space Weather Scales, scientists continue to assess what changes need to be front and center.

Weather
a handful of white and tan buildings, one with a large blue nasa logo, sit in the foothills of mountains.

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab opens doors after LA fires, helps firefighter helicopters refuel

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab begins normal operations after devastating LA fires as hundreds of employees who were displaced begin rebuilding their lives.

Climate Change
This map shows where on Earth the average temperature in 2024 was higher or lower than the 20th-century baseline. Red indicates higher-than-average temperatures, while blue indicates lower-than-average temperatures.

Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says

By Stefanie Waldek published

2024 was the warmest year on record, according to NASA data. The global average temperature was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the mid-20th-century baseline.

Climate Change
A false-color satellite image by Planet Labs shows the Palisades Fire consumed coastal neighborhoods. Land covered in vegetation is seen in red.

Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.

Climate Change
smashed cars and other debris lay strewn across a muddy field beside a brown river

Fall 2024 was Earth's warmest autumn ever

By Meredith Garofalo published

Fall 2024 makes history in the record books as the warmest on record in the past 130 years.

Climate Change
The Thompson fire burns around Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024.

'Ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever:' 3 Climate records broken in 2024

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

2024 has been another challenging year for Earth's climate, marked by record temperatures, extreme weather events, and urgent warnings from scientists about the accelerating pace of global warming.

Climate Change
melting ice pours off the tip of an ice sheet

Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video

By Stephanie Pappas published

Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Climate Change
An illustration of the colliding galaxies of MACS J0018.5 with the dark matter (blue) racing past normal matter (orange).

How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics

By Keith Cooper published

Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.

Particle Physics
a large white bear stands on a sheet of ice surrounded by blue water

'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds

By Ben Turner published

The Arctic's ice cover could dip below a crucial threshold as soon as 2027, and will do so inevitably in the next 20 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue, scientists warn.

Climate Change
Four elephants, two larger and two smaller, stand in the shade amidst an arid landscape.

Satellites find likely cause of mysterious African elephant deaths of 2020

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Climate extremes seem to have exacerbated toxins in the elephants' water supply.

Climate Change
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