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NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt

2024.07.26

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 ...

Smoky Skies Across North America

2024.07.26

Hundreds of wildland fires lofted sky-dulling smoke over Canada and the United States.

Fires Char the Siberian Arctic

2024.07.19

Large wildland fires are burning in the tundra of northern Russia.

NASA Celebrates 20 Years of Earth-Observing Aura Satellite

2024.07.16

From monitoring the hole in the ozone above the Antarctic to studying air quality around the entire planet, NASA’s Aura satellite has provided scientists with essential measurements during its two decades in orbit.

A Smoky Summer in Amur

2024.07.11

Fires have been flaring periodically in this eastern region of Russia since May.

NASA, SpaceX Launch NOAA’s Latest Weather Satellite

2024.06.25

NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday.

NASA-Led Mission to Map Air Pollution Over Both U.S. Coasts

2024.06.14

This summer between June 17 and July 2, NASA will fly aircraft over Baltimore, Philadelphia, parts of Virginia, and California to collect data on air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.

The campaign supports the NASA Student Airborne Research Program for undergraduate interns.

PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet

2024.06.07

What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancing the ways that we view our seas and skies.

NASA Scientists Take to the Seas to Study Air Quality

2024.06.06

Satellites continuously peer down from orbit to take measurements of Earth, and this week a group of scientists set sail to verify some of those data points.

NASA Mission Flies Over Arctic to Study Sea Ice Melt Causes

2024.05.31

To explore factors contributing to sea ice melt, NASA is flying two aircraft equipped with scientific instruments over the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland this summer

NASA Releases New High-Quality, Near Real-Time Air Quality Data

2024.05.30

NASA has made new data available that can provide air pollution observations at unprecedented resolutions – down to the scale of individual neighborhoods. The near real-time data comes from the agency’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) instrument.

Dusty Spring in the Tarim Basin

2024.05.21

Strong winds kicked up sand and dust from China’s vast Taklimakan Desert.

A Blanket of Ash from Ruang

2024.04.24

The powerful eruption lofted ash high into the atmosphere and spread tephra and other volcanic debris across the small island in Indonesia.

NASA Selects New Aircraft-Driven Studies of Earth and Climate Change

2024.04.19

NASA has selected six new airborne missions that include domestic and international studies of fire-induced clouds, Arctic coastal change, air quality, landslide hazards, shrinking glaciers, and emissions from agricultural lands.

NASA’s PACE Data on Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Now Available

2024.04.11

NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb. 8, and has been put through several weeks of in-orbit testing of the spacecraft and instruments to ensure […]

Hazy Skies in a Growing City

2024.04.08

Chiang Mai, a city in northern Thailand popular with tourists, faces seasonal spikes in air pollution.

Blowing in the Patagonian Wind

2024.04.05

Strong winds that race across Lago Colhué Huapi have exposed ancient artifacts amid the dusty surface.

Grappling with Thailand’s Seasonal Haze

2024.04.01

NASA scientists are part of an international effort to collect air quality data in Southeast Asia.

Desert Dust Envelops Portugal and Spain

2024.03.27

Skies turned orange and snowy slopes were stained brown as Saharan dust reached Europe.

Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health

2024.03.25

From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities.

NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium

2024.03.14

Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.