Earth Science Division

NASA, EPA Tackle NO2 Air Pollution in Overburdened Communities

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)

‘Current’ Events: NASA and USGS Find a New Way to Measure River Flows

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

NASA-Funded Studies Explain How Climate Is Changing Earth’s Rotation

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

Registration Opens for the 2024 NASA International Space Apps Challenge

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 Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA

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

NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

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

NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space

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

NASA History

Airborne Science

DC-8

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

NASA Aircraft

Contributions of the DC-8 to Earth System Science at NASA: A Workshop

Call for Papers Date: August 13–14, 2024Location: Washington, D.C. Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns implemented on NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory.

Posted December 11, 2023

EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)

Dust Storms

Earth

Earth Science Division

International Space Station (ISS)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions

EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more.

Posted December 11, 2023

EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)

Dust Storms

Earth

Earth Science Division

Greenhouse Gases

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Mission Excels at Spotting Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources

Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown an ability to detect more than just surface minerals.

Posted November 17, 2023