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![Concentrations of nitrogen oxide in Los Angeles revealed by NASA's new air pollution sensor, TEMPO.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AUp74mwk2DDvqpBKoPp25Z-320-80.jpg)
Watch new NASA sensor measure US air pollution from space in real time (video)
By Tereza Pultarova published
The first images from NASA's new space-borne air pollution sensor reveal how levels of toxic pollutants change within a day across the United States.
![A composite natural color and infrared image of the wildfires near Alexandroupoli, Greece.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N2C7CGUUAnjgCPraBE6aTo-320-80.jpg)
Satellite imagery captures wildfires breaking across Greece (photo)
By Stefanie Waldek published
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites are monitoring changes in the fire to aid civil protection and humanitarian response.
![Emperor penguins with chicks.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UGb4voLPr7V4oagNswcis4-320-80.jpg)
Satellites reveal catastrophic year for emperor penguins amid climate crisis in Antarctica (photos)
By Tereza Pultarova published
Satellite images reveal mass destruction of emperor penguin colonies in climate change-stricken Antarctica as sea ice melts underneath the birds' feet.
![A picture of the ocean on the Pacific coast in San Diego.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N8dhMxAMSMpy8Df6rSsiKX-320-80.jpg)
Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event
By Sascha Pare published
Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.
![Layers of ice hanging off a glacier melt and drip water.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SH8YDjYtiG7F6ZtX2VfG65-320-80.jpg)
We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age
By Sascha Pare published
Methane emissions from tropical wetlands have been soaring since 2006 and accelerating at the same breakneck speed as they have when Earth's climate flipped from a glacial to an interglacial period.
![a map of Maui with Lahaina highlighted y a white box. A majority of the town is covered in flames.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KjbPagRMTBN7HwqAwBpq3K-320-80.jpg)
Maui satellite photo shows full scale of deadliest US fire in more than a century
By Harry Baker published
The Landsat 8 satellite captured the deadly flames that burned through the town of Lahaina in Hawaii and killed at least 99 people.
![A huge plume of smoke spreading from several wildfires in Canada's Northwest Territories seen in an image taken by the European satellite Sentinel-2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gg8MEg5tTN3h5QtESYBxYm-320-80.jpg)
Satellites watch wildfires rage across Canadian northwest (photos)
By Tereza Pultarova published
Satellite images reveal the scope of devastating wildfires in the Canadian northwest where an entire capital city had to be evacuated due to approaching flames.
![An aerial view of Hawaii, taken by the International Space Station camera.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/od6vhuJwb3rBNFbw5yjRi3-320-80.jpg)
Deadly wildfires in Hawaii seen from International Space Station (photo)
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Not only is the devastation being thoroughly documented around the world, but it's also being recorded from space.
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