Earth

Earth
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Oceans
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For […]
Posted May 5, 2025
General
Aerosols
Airborne Science
Clouds
Earth
Langley Research Center
Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data — including a flight through a hurricane. The goal?
Posted April 28, 2025
Earth Science
Airborne Science
Earth
Earth Science Division
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Wildfires
Data from the AVIRIS-3 sensor was recently used to create detailed fire maps in minutes, enabling firefighters in Alabama to limit the spread of wildfires and save buildings. A NASA sensor recently brought a new approach to battling wildfire, providing real-time data that helped firefighters in the field contain a blaze in Alabama.
Posted April 23, 2025
Earth
International Space Station (ISS)
The Sun’s glint beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. The space station serves as a unique platform for observing Earth with both hands-on and automated equipment.
Posted April 22, 2025
Earth Day
Earth
General
Landsat
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Lee esta historia en español aquí. From the iconic image of Earthrise taken by Apollo 8 crew, to the famous Pale Blue Dot image of Earth snapped by Voyager I spacecraft, to state-of-the-art observations of our planet by new satellites such as PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem), NASA has given us novel ways to see […]
Posted April 21, 2025
Earth
Earth's Vital Signs
General
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers), the maximum extent fell below the prior […]
Posted March 27, 2025
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
For many plant species, flowering is biologically synced with the seasons. Scientists are clocking blooms to understand our ever-changing planet. NASA research is revealing there’s more to flowers than meets the human eye.
Posted March 24, 2025
Droughts
Earth
Floods
Water on Earth
NASA’s radar-equipped jet is detecting ground movements to track snowmelt’s journey into California’s depleted groundwater aquifers.
Posted March 20, 2025
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world’s ocean. There are better maps of the Moon’s surface than of the bottom of Earth’s ocean. Researchers have been working for decades to change that. As part […]
Posted March 19, 2025
Climate Change
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
Greenhouse Gases
Florida’s coastal wetlands face new threats as sea levels and temperatures climb. NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign is developing a new, satellite-based data product that could shape efforts to protect their future.
Posted March 14, 2025
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