March 2025 featured fires, floods and record-setting warmth in the US
March was a busy month for climate disasters in the U.S., as the nation endured tornado outbreaks, raging wildfires, and record-setting heat.
Satellite images reveal how Earth’s surface moved during deadly Myanmar earthquake
Europe's Sentinel-1 satellites captured radar images of Myanmar before and after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on March 28, revealing significant ground movement.
Trump administration cancels lease for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City
The Trump administration has canceled the New York City lease of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a leading NASA climate-studying organization.
Climate change is officially the leading threat to imperiled species in the United States
For the first time, scientists have identified climate change as the top driver of human-caused biodiversity loss among species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The newest GOES weather satellite in NOAA’s fleet is now fully operational (video)
The powerful GOES-19 satellites, one of the most advanced ever built, has taken on a new name.
Elon Musk’s DOGE team given ‘alarming degree’ of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say
The latest in a series of letters from House Democrats to NASA officials claims that Elon Musk's DOGE staffers have been given "unrestricted physical access" to agency facilities. NASA has yet to respond.
Trump administration’s NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms
Experts share why Trump-mandated cuts to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center share is a big deal.
‘Major disruption’ has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say
A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.
North America is ‘dripping’ down into Earth’s mantle, scientists discover
Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.
Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut ‘OK, this is kind of out there’
"OK, this is kind of out there and caters to your inner Uber-Geek."