Recent Earth Science News and Articles
Stay up-to-date with the latest news and articles from NASA Earth as we discover more about our home planet.
From the International Space Station, astronauts photographed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfire smoke spread across the Pacific Northwest in summer 2026.
CSDA's assessment reports help inform the user community about the quality of commercial Digital Elevation Models (DEMs).
Western Iceland and northern Spain are among the few Northern Hemisphere locations experiencing a total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026.
Tidal and seasonal shifts leave their mark on this crescent-shaped, productive bay in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
Satellite measurements of chlorophyll at the sea surface signal shifts in the ocean’s nutrient supplies in mid-2026.
IGARSS 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #100) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 10 3:15 PM Discovery Earth: New Missions & Technical Innovation Advancing Earth System Insights Karen St. Germain TUESDAY,…
New animations from NASA's PREFIRE mission reveal two years of seasonal temperature swings at the Arctic and Antarctic.
The NASA Science Activation Program’s Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data (CosmicDS) project, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, works to bring authentic NASA data into the hands of educators and learners. From July 27–29, 2026, the CosmicDS team partnered…
The ocean’s ebbs and flows reveal dynamic tidal flats and a well-traveled shipping route along the coast of Germany.
Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind the crescent of Phobos, the larger of…
The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year.
As noted in Section 7.3 of ROSES-25 A.1 Earth Science Research Overview, “High-end computing, networking, and storage are critical enabling capabilities for Earth system science…and maintains appropriate high-end computing, networking, and storage for use by the SMD funded investigators. Computing…
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