Global Environmental News
Source: NASA, EPIC Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite
EO News: Charting the exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024
In 2024, global temperatures for June through August were the hottest on record, narrowly topping the same period in 2023: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153588/charting-the-exceptional-unexpected-heat-of-2023-and-2024
EO News: Global Freshwater Amount Abruptly Declines!
From 2015 through 2023, satellite measurements showed that the average amount of freshwater stored on land—that includes liquid surface water like lakes and rivers, plus water in aquifers underground—was
1200 cubic km lower than the average levels from 2002 through 2014: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153608/global-freshwater-abruptly-declines
EO News: Floods in Spain – Valencia
o On October 29, 2024, more than 300 millimeters (12 inches) of rain fell in parts of the province :https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152063/vibrant-auroras
EO News: Drought Expands Across the U.S.
o An abnormal dryness and drought affecting over 78% of the U.S. population is the highest percentage observed by the Drought Monitor’s 25-year-long record. Drought had expanded from covering just
12% of the country in June to 54% as of October 29: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153526/drought-expands-across-the-us
EO News: Typhoons Line Up in the Western Pacific
o Four storms lined up simultaneously in the Western Pacific Ocean in November 2024. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that it was the first time since records began in 1951 that so many storms co-existed in the Pacific basin in November: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153575/typhoons-line-up-in-the-western-pacific
