While scientists around the world are confined to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Earth observing satellites continue to orbit and send back images that reveal connections between the pandemic and the environment.

Imagery from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA/NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite highlights the burn scars from the Elkhorn Fire in northern California on Sep. 01, 2020.

Natural mixing of lake waters may resuspend contaminants deposited in Quesnel Lake by the Mount Polley mine spill, according to scientists who have been studying the lake since the spill in 2014.

If the words in a weather forecast, such as “cool,” “sunny” or “windy,” can influence the way you dress for the day—can they also influence whether or not you take public transit?

NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires in California.

These results revealed that soil emission from farmland was an important source of HONO.

On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA’s Terra satellite was able to image the two areas in California where the fires have been most active and using the false color reflectance bands on the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Infrared Spectroradiometer) instrument aboard. 

Just as a living organism continually needs food to maintain itself, an economy consumes energy to do work and keep things going. 

When fossil fuel or biomass burns, soot – also known as black carbon – fills the air. 

Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit peel waste to extract and reuse precious metals from spent lithium-ion batteries in order to create new batteries.