Recent Earth Science News and Articles
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Drought can begin with missing rain, shrinking snowpack or depleted groundwater. See how NASA helps put the full picture together.
The Pacific was buzzing with storms while the Atlantic was notably quiet.
With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
A.17 Hydrosphere solicits research on the Earth’s Hydrosphere: to advance the understanding of the physics of Earth’s water across the ocean, land, and the atmosphere. This Hydrosphere element is composed of three Earth science disciplines: ocean physics, terrestrial hydrology, and…
High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and…
Rainfall deficits and high temperatures have created unusually dry conditions and have spurred water shortages on much of the tropical archipelago.
A.16 Cryosphere solicits high-impact efforts focused on sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers. The expectation is that proposed investigations will use the wealth of data from NASA satellites and airborne campaigns to address the most urgent and impactful topics in cryospheric science, as identified in the National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy…
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
Here's the August 2026 puzzler. Quick, where is this? And what makes this place interesting or unique?
One narrowing icefall remains the linchpin for the Alpine glacier—and it may not be long for this world.
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
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