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Photo of a lone iceberg amidst sea ice along the coast east of Sermilik Fjord.

Arctic Sea Ice 6th Lowest on Record; Antarctic Sees Record Low Growth

09.24.2023
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 19, 2023, making it the 6th lowest year in the satellite record
Photo of Randall Bonnell and Lucas Zeller, graduate students at Colorado State University, collecting a snow core sample at Cameron Pass, Colorado. Photo courtesy Dan McGrath, Colorado State University

NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees

09.19.2023
NASA scientists are testing a technology that from orbit could more accurately measure water stored in snow.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Humboldt Glacier in northwest Greenland

Melting on Humboldt Glacier

09.17.2023
Unusual late-season melting in Greenland turned the glacier’s surface into a mishmash of ice, firn, melt, and dirt.
Photo of lower portion of Alaska’s Kennicott Glacier covered by a layer of debris. Image credit: D. Rounce

NASA-funded Study: Half of Glaciers Vanish with 1.5 Degrees of Warming

09.06.2023
Glaciers in remote regions — far from the human activities — are particularly powerful indicators of climate change. Rapidly melting glaciers impact freshwater availability, landscapes, tourism, ecosystems, the frequency and severity of hazards, and sea level rise.
Map depicting the extent of Antarctic sea ice on August 7, 2023, based on satellite data

Exceptionally Low Antarctic Sea Ice

08.13.2023
The extent of winter sea ice surrounding Antarctica is in uncharted territory in the satellite record.
Landsat 8 false color satellite image of Mendenhall Glacier on July 28, 2023

Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier

08.09.2023
The glacier is a popular tourist destination near Juneau, but each year there is less of it to see.
Photo of NASA personnel conducting Artemis I countdown training simulation

NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, More

08.08.2023
Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyze the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As the agency innovates for the benefit of humanity, many of these programs are now downloadable and free of charge through NASA’s Software Catalog.
July 25, 23023, Landsat 8 satellite image of Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ glaciers in northeast Greenland

Summer Breakout in Northeast Greenland

08.07.2023
Seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near the junction of two large outlet glaciers.
Landsat 9 satellite image of Frederikshåb, Greenland, melt ponds

Wasting Away (Again) in Greenland

07.28.2023
Warm weather caused substantial melting in June and July 2023, especially on the southern portion of the island.
Photo of Dr. Kate Calvin

NASA Offers Many Resources to Monitor Climate Change

07.19.2023
In light of recent extreme weather events in the United States and around the world, NASA held a media roundtable July 20 from its headquarters in Washington to highlight the agency’s climate work.
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NASA to Discuss Climate Work in Wake of Record High Temps

07.16.2023
NASA leadership, including climate experts, will be available at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 20, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to shed light on recent extreme weather events, and discuss how NASA research and data is enabling climate solutions.
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NASA Space Apps Announces 2023 Theme: Explore Open Science Together

07.12.2023
NASA Space Apps, in collaboration with NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS), is proud to announce the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge theme: “Explore Open Science Together.” This year’s theme celebrates the benefits and successes created through the equitable and open sharing of knowledge and data. Registration is open through Oct 8.
Map depicting sea surface height anomalies across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean as observed from June 1–10, 2023.

El Niño Returns

06.20.2023
The climate phenomenon emerged in late spring 2023, as waters grew warmer and sea levels rose higher than usual in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
Aqua satelite image of sea ice in the Amundsen Gulf on May 30, 2023

Splintering Sea Ice in the Amundsen Gulf

06.02.2023
Sea ice crumbled rapidly in the waters of northern Canada as conditions changed in May.
Terra satellite image of retreat of Petermann Glacier's floating ice tongue in August 2022

Retreat at Petermann Glacier

05.19.2023
Decades of retreat are visible from above, but harder-to-see changes below the waterline could also affect this iconic glacier’s future.
Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premier performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, Va. “Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony” is a collaboration between composer Henry Dehlinger, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and the National Philharmonic that features a fusion of music and video in seven multimedia works on the Sun, Earth, Moon, Planets, and Cosmos. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration

05.14.2023
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger.
Photo of Vice President Harris and South Korea President Yoon shaking hands at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Visit NASA Goddard

04.25.2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol saw firsthand how NASA studies climate change during a visit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, this afternoon.
Photo of VP Harris at GSFC in 2021

VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard

04.23.2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 25, to see firsthand the agency’s climate change work. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup will join them on tour.
Image of ICESat-2 laser beam in clouds over Japan

That’s No Meteor: NASA Satellite’s Elusive Green Lasers Spotted at Work

04.13.2023
For the first time, NASA's ICESat-2 team has seen footage of the satellite’s green laser beams streaming from orbit to Earth
Still from animation of iceberg drift using Terra and Aqua satellite images

Long-Lived Iceberg Sails Away

04.12.2023
An enormous iceberg located off the Antarctic coast for more than two decades finally started moving out to sea in late 2022.
Image of part of Earth from space

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Earth Science in Action

04.11.2023
This Earth Day, you can join us in person and online to see how our observations help us monitor the planet’s vital signs and share them with scientists and citizens around the world.
Collage of 6 NASA climate-related images

NASA Releases Agency Climate Strategy

03.28.2023
NASA has been working to better understand our home planet from the unique vantage point of space since the first TIROS satellites launched in the 1960s. Today, with more than two dozen Earth-observing satellites and instruments, it’s clearer than ever that our planet is an interconnected system.
Map of Arctic ice extent on the day of its annual maximum

Arctic Sea Ice Below Average in Winter 2023

03.21.2023
The end-of-winter sea ice extent in March 2023 was the fifth lowest in the satellite record.
sea levels (in blue) from data recorded by a series of five satellites starting in 1993. The solid red line shows the trajectory of rise from 1993 to 2022, illustrating that the rate of rise has more than doubled. By 2040, sea levels could be 3.66 inches (9.3 cm) higher than today

NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas

03.16.2023
Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. Since satellites began observing sea surface height in 1993 , the average global sea level has increased by 3.6 inches (9.1 cm), according to NASA’s Sea Level Change Team.
Map of Antarctica sea ice at lowest extent on February 21, 2023

Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Another Record Low

03.15.2023
The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is still flat, while the global trend points downward.

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