Earth

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
Earth Observatory
Landsat
Landsat 9
Landsat 9’s Operational Land Imager-2 captured this image of the open pits and ponds of Telfer Mine and the surrounding rust-colored soil on Dec. 15, 2023. The soils have a reddish tint from the iron oxides that have accumulated from millions of years of weathering. This part of Western Australia is known for being rich in natural […]
Posted August 1, 2024
Earth
Climate Change
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Goddard Space Flight Center
July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023. These record-breaking temperatures are part of a long-term warming trend driven by human activities, primarily the emission of greenhouse […]
Posted July 29, 2024
Earth
Airborne Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ice & Glaciers
Langley Research Center
Sea Ice
Wallops Flight Facility
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth’s rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric conditions in the northernmost part of Earth have a large impact on the entire planet. That’s because the Arctic region acts […]
Posted July 26, 2024
Climate Change
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
Greenhouse Gases
What we’re looking at This global map shows concentrations of carbon dioxide as the gas moved through Earth’s atmosphere from January through March 2020, driven by wind patterns and atmospheric circulation.  Because of the model’s high resolution, you can zoom in and see carbon dioxide emissions rising from power plants, fires, and cities, then spr
Posted July 23, 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
Aura
Earth
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
A few of the many highlights from the last 20 years since Aura Launched.
Posted July 16, 2024
Earth
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes (more easily seen by clicking on the photo to see a larger version) are a less understood phenomena associated with powerful lightning events and appear high above the clouds in the […]
Posted July 10, 2024
Earth
Hurricanes & Typhoons
International Space Station (ISS)
Matthew Dominick
Natural Disasters
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X. The Category 4 hurricane had winds of about 130 mph (215 kph). Hurricanes – tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean […]
Posted July 2, 2024
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