Earth Science Division

Astrophysics Division
Biological & Physical Sciences
Citizen Science
Earth Science Division
Heliophysics Division
Planetary Science Division
Women hold up half the sky… but participation numbers for NASA-sponsored citizen science projects don’t always reflect that. Why? And what can we do to welcome people of all genders to participate? During this week’s NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series webinar on Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT, we will […]
Posted September 23, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Climate Change
Earth
Earth Science Division
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Science Activation
Science Mission Directorate
Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo took a deep breath, adjusted her snorkel mask, and plunged into the ocean, fins first. Three weeks earlier, Rodríguez Lugo couldn’t swim. Now the college student was gathering data on water quality and coral reefs for a NASA-led marine biology project in Puerto Rico, where she lives.   “There is so much […]
Posted August 28, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Atmosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Aircraft
Science in the Air
Science Mission Directorate
Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and overcame several challenges throughout its missions.
Posted August 8, 2024
Applied Sciences Program
Earth
Earth Science Division
Earth's Atmosphere
Goddard Space Flight Center
Human Dimensions
NASA data about nitrogen dioxide, a harmful air pollutant, is available in EJScreen, EPA’s widely used environmental justice screening and mapping tool.
Posted August 5, 2024
Earth Science Division
Ames Research Center
Applied Sciences Program
Drones & You
General
USGS (United States Geological Survey)
A team of scientists and engineers at NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated to see if a small piloted drone, equipped with a specialized payload, could help create detailed maps of how fast water is flowing. Rivers supply fresh water to our communities and farms, provide homes for a variety of creatures, transport […]
Posted August 5, 2024
Earth Science
Earth
Earth Science Division
Earth's Moon
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Researchers used more than 120 years of data to decipher how melting ice, dwindling groundwater, and rising seas are nudging the planet’s spin axis and lengthening days. Days on Earth are growing slightly longer, and that change is accelerating. The reason is connected to the same mechanisms that also have caused the planet’s axis to […]
Posted July 19, 2024
Earth
Earth Science Division
Get Involved
Heliophysics Division
NASA invites innovators, technologists, storytellers, and problem solvers to register for the 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon.
Posted July 18, 2024
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
Earth Observatory
Earth Science Division
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Science Mission Directorate
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $2.27 billion.
Posted June 18, 2024
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Water on Earth
The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use. A study led by NASA researchers provides new estimates of how much water courses through Earth’s rivers, the rates at which it’s flowing into the ocean, and how much both of those figures have fluctuated […]
Posted April 26, 2024
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Earth
Earth Science Division
Earth Science Technology Office
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Technology
Science Mission Directorate
Technology
It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE […]
Posted April 26, 2024
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