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NASA's Curious Universe Earth Series: Monitoring the Air We Breathe
2025.05.06
Take a deep breath, and you’re inhaling oxygen from Earth’s atmosphere. Take a walk outside, and the atmosphere is shielding you from harmful radiation. NASA research provides crucial data to understand air quality and the intricate processes happening in the sky above us.
Dusty Days Are Here Again for El Paso
2025.04.29
Spring and early summer in the Chihuahuan Desert are dusty, but El Paso and the Borderplex region are experiencing one of their dustiest seasons since the 1930s Dust Bowl.
Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data
2025.04.16
In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA is exploring how instruments analyzing clouds can improve data measurement methods.
A Curtain of Dust Over the Tarim Basin
2025.04.05
In a seasonal spectacle, a spring dust storm swept through the dry, barren basin in western China.
Floodwaters Surge Through the Australian Outback
2025.04.03
Abundant rain in Queensland overfilled rivers, flooded towns, and submerged livestock grazing lands.
Scientists Simulate the Electrical Dynamics of Thundersnow at NCCS
2025.03.19
In a first-of-a-kind study, NASA, university, and industry scientists simulated the electrical dynamics of thundersnow — lightning within snowfall — at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).
A Year in Review: New Earth Discoveries in 2024
2025.03.18
Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program combines space, airborne, and ground-based observations with data processing from high-tech computer models and algorithms to uncover new things about the Earth. Explore some of our top discoveries of 2024.
NASA Data Supports Everglades Restoration
2025.03.14
A new data product developed by NASA-funded researchers will help monitor from space the changing relationship between coastal wetlands and atmospheric carbon. It will deliver daily measurements of gaseous flux — the rate at which gas is exchanged between the planet’s surface and atmosphere.
Colorful Dust Over Mauritania
2025.03.03
Airborne dust is common over the West African country, but its source can affect the appearance of plumes.
Large Fire Footprint on Faraway Amsterdam Island
2025.02.27
Wildfire burned through unique landscapes and disrupted scientific research on this remote island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Floods Swamp Tennessee
2025.02.19
A storm system that swept through the U.S. Southeast brought damaging winds, torrential rain, and destructive flash floods to several communities in the region.
A Daily Boost in Dust Height
2025.02.11
Scientists are using the DSCOVR satellite to make more frequent measurements of the height of dust over the Atlantic Ocean.
Rainy, Stormy Days in Queensland
2025.02.06
A slow-moving storm dropped unusually large amounts of rain on the Australian state in summer 2025.
Net Radiation
2025.01.31
Earth's net radiation, sometimes called net flux, is the balance between incoming and outgoing energy at the top of the atmosphere. It is the total energy that is available to influence the climate.
A Chill Over Chicagoland
2025.01.29
Toward the end of a late-January cold spell, snow and lake ice blanketed the landscape.
Desert Dust Streams from Iran
2025.01.24
Winds lofted dust from the arid landscape across the Gulf of Oman.
Is Fire Activity Declining in Northwestern India?
2025.01.23
Satellites detected unusually low numbers of crop fires in Punjab and Haryana in 2024, and scientists are trying to understand why.
Tropical Cyclone Sean Lashes Western Australia
2025.01.22
The second tropical cyclone of Australia’s 2024–2025 season brought high winds and heavy rain to the Pilbara Coast.
Cold and Snow Wallop the U.S.
2025.01.08
The first major, widespread winter storm of 2025 delivered snow, ice, and frigid temperatures to a large swath of the country.
Cyclone Chido Pummels Mayotte
2024.12.17
Fueled by warm water in the Indian Ocean, the tropical cyclone caused widespread damage on the small archipelago.
Annual Science Conference to Highlight NASA Research
2024.12.06
NASA researchers will present findings on Earth science, planetary science, and heliophysics at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 annual meeting in Washington, DC, beginning on Monday, Dec. 9.
Heavy Snows in Korea
2024.12.03
Late-November snowfall blanketed large portions of the country and deposited record-breaking accumulations in Seoul.
Alfonso Delgado Bonal Has His Head in the Clouds — for Research
2024.11.26
Research scientist Alfonso Delgado Bonal makes important discoveries about patterns in cloud movements while thriving within the NASA Goddard family.
Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024
2024.11.20
Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.
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