Earth Matters

A new study says tens of thousands of people die prematurely each year because diesel engines don’t really run as cleanly as they do in laboratory tests.

In 2012, Arctic sea ice extent was unusually low in September. New research suggests that may have contributed to a bad haze outbreak in China the next winter.

Scientists have made marked developments on the space-vegetable front this spring.

It wasn't the storm’s strength that was worth noting; it was its timing.

Twenty years ago this month, a hundred-year flood inundated cities along the Red River.

Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us what we are looking at, when the image was acquired, and why the scene is interesting.

Two studies published in April 2017 suggest that an increase in global concentrations of methane may not be related to rising methane emissions.

Here’s a roundup of some of the latest Earth science news from NASA.

You want to know what is better than a “Celebration of Clouds” (our recent photo essay)?  A slideshow of clouds set to music. A slideshow you can use to hook your friends and family on Earth science. So sit back, push play, and take a tour of Earth’s elegant atmosphere. Then share the beauty. Our focus […]