California continues to be plagued by wildfires — including the Woolsey Fire near Los Angeles…
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Earth science is the interdisciplinary study of our planet’s structure, processes, and history, encompassing fields like geology, meteorology, oceanography, and environmental science. It seeks to understand Earth’s dynamic systems—from shifting tectonic plates and volcanic activity to climate patterns and ocean currents—and how they interact to shape the world we live in. Earth science also plays a critical role in addressing environmental challenges such as natural disasters, resource management, and climate change. Discover the latest research and insights into the forces that govern our ever-changing planet.
NASA’s Operation IceBridge on Wednesday, November 7, flew over an iceberg that is three times…
On October 7, 2018, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph…
Early in the morning of November 7, 2018, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or…
Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, flew over the northern Antarctic Peninsula…
In October 2018, we’re launching the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, to study Earth’s dynamic…
This view of southern California was taken by the Apollo 7 crew during their 18th…
A progressively drying climate punctuated by variable wetter episodes may have precipitated the transition from…
Two days before Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the NASA/JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory…
Researchers in Canada, the United States, and Europe have developed a new way to remotely…
International Space Station Commander Alexander Gerst has a better view of our home planet than…
When a coastal tide rolls out, it can reveal beautiful ripples in the temporarily exposed…
Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2018 lowest extent on September 19 and again on…
Just as an oven gives off more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal…
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds.…
The Earth’s magnetosphere contains plasma, an ionized gas composed of positive ions and negative electrons.…
Subtropical gyres are huge, sustained currents spanning thousands of kilometers across the Pacific and Atlantic…
Three hundred and ten miles above our planet’s surface, near-Earth space is abuzz with action.…