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Aqua satellite image of dust storms over Iraq

Persistent Dust Storms Batter Iraq

05.18.2022
At least eight major events have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks.
Map of global canopy height

Scientists Show How Forests Measure Up

05.13.2022
A new map shows the height of Earth’s forests, from stubby saplings to timbers towering more than 50 meters tall, across the entire land surface.
Podium shot

Satellites, the Space Race, and Supercomputing: How NASA Goddard’s Beowulf Cluster Computer Became an Award-Winning Space Technology

05.13.2022
On April 7, Beowulf Cluster Computing was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. The Beowulf computer cluster was a breakthrough at NASA that enabled many other innovations. Virtually every area of science, math, and biology continue to be direct beneficiaries of this groundbreaking work.
First GOES-18 satellite image of Western Hemisphere

Earth from Orbit: NOAA Debuts First Imagery from GOES-18

05.12.2022
On May 11, 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T). Later designated GOES-18, the satellite’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument recently captured stunning views of Earth.
Photo of Cynthia Rosenzweig

NASA’s Cynthia Rosenzweig Receives 2022 World Food Prize

05.05.2022
Cynthia Rosenzweig, a senior research scientist and head of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, received the 2022 World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation on May 5.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Cape Sable, Florida

Measuring Methane in the Everglades

05.05.2022
Scientists are measuring emissions from dying mangrove forests in order to learn something about soaring global levels of the greenhouse gas.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of fires across New Mexico

Wildfires Continue to Burn Across New Mexico

05.04.2022
By early May 2022, nearly a quarter million acres had burned in New Mexico, almost double the annual total of 2021.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Peyto Glacier in August 2021

Losing a Long-Watched Glacier

05.03.2022
Scientists have been observing Peyto Glacier in Alberta since the 1960s.
Map of GEOS-modeled air temperatures on April 27, 2022

Early Season Heat Waves Strike India

04.29.2022
The hottest March on record was followed by more waves of oppressive heat in April, leaving more than a billion people sweltering and the monsoon season still weeks away.
Triptych of images of eastern Antarctica acquired by Landsat satellites between 1989 and 2022.

Ice Lost, Island Found?

04.27.2022
An unnamed mound of white off East Antarctica seems to be an island.
Images of three satellite views of the wildfire area near Santa Fe on April 23.

Wildfires Scorch Northern New Mexico

04.26.2022
Strong, gusty winds and an exceedingly dry landscape fueled an early and severe outbreak of fire.
Earth Day 2022 Poser image

Join NASA's Earth Day Event

04.22.2022
Join us in person or virtually. Registration is open for virtual events.

Discover supercomputer

Every Day is Earth Day at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation

04.22.2022
The theme of Earth Day 2022 is “Investing in Earth.” A significant investment in understanding Earth has already been made with the creation of the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1990, where every day is Earth Day.
Photo of Catherine Walker on the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica

Gravity Assist: Walking on Broken Ice, with Catherine Walker

04.22.2022
An Antarctic ice shelf collapsed in March, concerning scientists who track melting glaciers, sea level rise, and other effects of climate change. Catherine Walker, a visiting scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, uses NASA satellite data to look at the progression of events like this one to understand how large ice structures collapse.
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Brian Campbell Brings NASA Science to Citizens Around the Globe

04.21.2022
Brian Campbell began his career as a high school science teacher, and today his passion for teaching science helps him lead citizen science, mission outreach and education efforts from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Photo of snowcover taken by astronaut on ISS

NASA Scientist Discovers New Means to Measure Snow Depth from Space

04.20.2022
A NASA scientist is adding a new dimension to the climate-observing powers of a satellite instrument whose main mission is to measure the height of Earth's ice sheets and sea ice. And the inspiration for this new method comes from how ants walk around their colonies.
Photo of field team working on the SHIFT campaign on locations for collection and analysis of vegetation samples at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve in March 2022.

California Field Campaign Helping Scientists Protect Diverse Ecosystems

04.18.2022
With a plane crisscrossing the sky and researchers working on land and sea, the Surface Biology and Geology High-Frequency Time Series campaign (SHIFT) combines the ability of airborne science instruments to gather data over widespread areas with the more concentrated observations scientists conduct in the field to study natural environments.
Natural-color images acquired on March 3-8, 2022, by the HawkEye sensor aboard the SeaHawk cubesat

The Little Satellite That Could

04.18.2022
The SeaHawk satellite is both a throwback to a previous era and a glimpse of the future.
The iconic “Earthrise” image of Earth appearing over the Moon’s horizon as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, taken during a live broadcast with NASA astronauts from the lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968.

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Every #NASAEarthling

04.18.2022
NASA’s space exploration continues to inspire us to be better stewards of our planet and Earth Day is a great time to celebrate what we’ve done and can do to keep Earth everyone’s favorite planet in the universe.
Map of Total Rainfall in South Africa for April 7–13, 2022

Deluge in South Africa

04.15.2022
In the KwaZulu-Natal coastal province, heavy rainfall spurred deadly flooding and landslides.
False-color Terra satellite image of hole in the clouds

Clouds Do the Darndest Things

04.09.2022
A high-pressure region combined with a passing frontal system off the South African coast to create an eye-catching gap in the clouds.
Photo of college students with NASAEarthling sign

Connect with NASA on Social Media this Earth Day

04.08.2022
Connect with us this Earth Day on April 22 by posting on social media an image of yourself, your pets, your favorite place, or even just text and tag it with #NASAEarthling to show off what makes life on our planet truly special – you.
Photo of tree covered mountain

NASA Releases Breakthrough Forest Biomass-Carbon Product

04.05.2022
NASA’s GEDI mission has reached a major milestone with the release of its newest data product, which provides the first near-global estimate of above-ground plant biomass and the carbon it stores – filling a key gap in climate research.
Photo of water running out of irrigation pipe

NASA Finds New Way to Monitor Underground Water Loss

04.05.2022
Scientists have produced a new method that holds the promise of improving groundwater management – critical to both life and agriculture in dry regions.
SeaHawk satellite image of Strait of Dover

Churning Channel

04.05.2022
A nanosatellite gets a bird’s view of sediment and plankton near the Strait of Dover.

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