Earth Science

Citizen Science
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Sprites, those beguiling electrical flashes of light above thunderstorms, raise so many questions: Why do they take the shapes they do? What conditions in the upper atmosphere trigger them? How do sprites affect Earth’s global electric circuit, and what is their contribution to the energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere?
Posted November 6, 2023
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
NISAR will help researchers explore how changes in Earth’s forest and wetland ecosystems are affecting the global carbon cycle and influencing climate change.
Posted October 27, 2023
Earth
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
Freight, smoke, and ozone impact the health of both Chicago residents and communities downwind. A NASA-led mission looks to help by mapping air pollutants at a neighborhood scale.
Posted October 24, 2023
Earth Science
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
Next-generation software is making it easier for researchers, policy makers, and citizen scientists to model air quality and greenhouse gases using NASA meteorological data.
Posted October 24, 2023
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Earth
Earth Science
Oceans
Sea Ice
Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the latest satellite contributing to a 30-year sea level record that researchers are using to compare this year’s El Niño with those of the past. Not all El Niño events are created equal. Their impacts vary widely, and satellites like the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich help anticipate those impacts on a […]
Posted October 18, 2023
Earth Surface & Interior
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking at varying rates from human and natural factors. A few spots are rising. Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While […]
Posted September 28, 2023
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