Satellites Reveal Dip in Gravity from West Antarctica Ice Loss
The animation, based on measurements from ESA’s GOCE satellite and the NASA–German Grace mission, shows that ice lost from West Antarctica has caused a dip…
The animation, based on measurements from ESA’s GOCE satellite and the NASA–German Grace mission, shows that ice lost from West Antarctica has caused a dip…
New research details how tiny imbalances in the phytoplankton predator-prey relationship, caused by environmental variability, give rise to massive phytoplankton blooms, having huge impacts on…
A new four-minute ScienceCast video explains how the International Space Station has become the largest of all Earth-observing satellites. ScienceCasts: A Giant Among Earth Satellites…
New data from Japan’s GCOM-W1 satellite show that the 2014 Arctic sea ice minimum is the sixth lowest minimum sea ice extent recorded in the…
Climatologists believe the latest Kelvin waves are the “last hurrah” for a much-hoped-for El Niño event in 2014. Prospects have been fading for an El…
New research from the University of Sydney is shedding light on what set the Earth’s massive tectonic plates in motion, suggesting that it was triggered…
This short video and new assessment packet reveals the remarkable success of the worldwide action to phase out ozone-depleting substances, reporting that the ozone layer…
Taken by astronaut Alexander Gerst, this photo shows an image of an aurora from the International Space Station. European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst posted…
A newly published study from geophysicists Rice University and the University of Nevada challenges assumptions about a rigid lithosphere, revealing that the Pacific plate is…
New research reveals large quantities of water bound up in the rock located deep in the Earth’s mantle. Researchers have found evidence of a potential…
A newly published study from NASA shows that Earth’s atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), leaving researchers to believe that there…
By using computer simulations of the climate, researchers have found evidence for anthropogenic glacier mass loss in recent decades. In a paper published in the…
New measurements on the Chelyabinsk meteorite rule out the possibility for the Baptistina Asteroid Family being the source of the K/T impactor. Tucson, Arizona —…
NASA is about to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory – a satellite dedicated to the study of global carbon dioxide sources that will help researchers…
Scientists have used observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites to create two new types of animations that indicate where…
New research presented at the 2014 Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference reveals that the final stage of Earth’s formation is around 60 million years older than previously…
A new study uses data from the four European Space Agency satellites in the Cluster mission to reveal how solar wind breaks through the Earth’s…
A new study led by NASA researchers presents multiple lines of evidence – incorporating 40 years of observations – that rapidly melting section of the…