NASA Scientists Observe Electric Blue Clouds in the Mesosphere
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds…
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Researchers Measure Wave Particle Energy Transfer in Collisionless Space Plasma
Scientists Reveal How Phytoplankton Survive in Nutrient Deficient Ocean Gyres
ELFIN CubeSats to Study How Electrons Escape the Van Allen Belts
NASA Satellites Show Hurricane Florence Strengthening
NASA Image of the Day – ‘Snow Swamp’ on Canada’s Lowell Glacier
Amazing Image Reveals Distribution of Aerosols in Earth’s Atmosphere
Warmer Water Now Reaches Deep Into The Arctic Interior
Satellite Imagery Reveals the Above Anvil Cirrus Plume of a Storm
Earth’s Minimoons Provide Exciting Opportunities for Science and Technology
The detection of “minimoons” — small asteroids temporarily captured in orbit around Earth — will vastly improve our scientific understanding of asteroids and the Earth-Moon…
Scientists Provide Evidence for Why Earth’s Early Climate Was More Stable and Warmer
Yale researchers have provided a new explanation for why Earth’s early climate was more stable and warmer than it is today. When life first evolved…
NASA Views One of the Most Rapidly Changing Glaciers in the World
The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet (3,050 meters) above sea level, down the flanks of the Chugach Mountains, and into a narrow inlet that…
Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment Shows Arctic Carbon Cycle is Speeding Up
When people think of the Arctic, snow, ice and polar bears come to mind. Trees? Not so much. At least not yet. A new NASA-led…
Group of Animals Fundamentally Changed Global Ecology and Environments
On an ancient seafloor, burrowing animals appeared and churned up sediment as a sort of opening act for the Cambrian explosion, the rapid emergence and…
Geologists Find Anomalies, Pieces of Mantle Found Rising Under Cascadia Fault
New seismic data provide structural basis for strong earthquakes that strike at both ends of the Pacific Northwest fault zone. With four years of data…
Landsat 8 Views Striking Patterns of Blue and Green in the Chukchi Sea
Regardless of the amount of winter ice cover, the waters off of the Alaskan coast usually come alive each spring with blooms of phytoplankton. These…
Scientists Reveal Diamond Cache Deep in Earth’s Interior
New study shows that 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond. There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond…
Evolution of Earth’s First Animals Caused Global Warming
The evolution of Earth’s first animals more than 500 million years ago caused global warming, new research shows. Some 520-540 million years ago, animal life…