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Earth May Be 140 Years Away From Carbon Levels Not Seen In 56 million Years

Total human carbon dioxide emissions could match those of Earth's last major greenhouse warming event in fewer than five generations, new research finds.

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Earth's Atmosphere Stretches Out To The Moon - And Beyond

Earth's Geocorona

The outermost part of our planet's atmosphere extends well beyond the lunar orbit - almost twice the distance to the Moon.

New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space

Swirling white clouds, deep blue oceans and multicolored landscapes bring to life the pages of NASA's new 168-page book "Earth," a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites.

Earth from Space: Jewels of the Maldives

Copernicus Sentinel-2 brings you some of the jewels of the Maldives for Valentine's week.

Mountains 660 Kilometers Below Our Feet

Most schoolchildren learn that the Earth has three (or four) layers: a crust, mantle and core, which is sometimes subdivided into an inner and outer core.

Extreme Weather in Chile Causing Catastrophic Fires

February has just begun and already weather extremes are being seen throughout the country of Chile. In the northern part of Chile one of the world's driest deserts is flooding and in the south some of the planet's wettest woodlands are burning.

Van Allen Probes Begin Final Phase of Exploration in Earth's Radiation Belts

Two tough, resilient, NASA spacecraft have been orbiting Earth for the past six and a half years, flying repeatedly through a hazardous zone of charged particles around our planet called the Van Allen radiation belts.

Earth from Space: Northeast Kenya

Captured on 1 October 2018 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite, this image features part of northeast Kenya - an area east of the East African Rift.

2018 Was The Fourth Warmest Year In A Continued Warming Trend

Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Eruption Of Mt. Etna Seen From Space

For the first time in perhaps a decade, Mount Etna experienced a "flank eruption" -- erupting from its side instead of its summit -- on December 24, 2018.

Suomi NPP Satellite Catches Development of Tropical Cyclone 12S

Tropical Cyclone 12S has developed east of the African island nation of Madagascar.

Deadly Indonesian Quake Was a Rare 'Superfast' Event

Last September's major earthquake near Palu City on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a rare supershear event, a new study has found. Fewer than 15 of these superfast-moving, extra-powerful earthquakes have ever been identified.

Kite-blown Antarctic Explorers Make Most Southerly Galileo Positioning Fix

A kite-blown science expedition to the interior of Antarctica has made the most southerly positioning fixes yet made with Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system.

More of Africa Scarred by Fires Than Thought

Wildfires can cause devastation and are also to blame for more than a quarter of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere.

Arctic Weather Plunges into North America

Desperately cold weather is now gripping the Midwest and Northern Plains of the United States, as well as interior Canada. The culprit is a familiar one: the polar vortex.

Huge Cavity in Antarctic Glacier Signals Rapid Decay

A gigantic cavity -- two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall -- growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries reported in a new NASA-led study of the disintegrating glacier.

Earth from Space: Uruguay River Wetlands

The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite takes us along the lower reaches of the brown, sediment-rich Uruguay River.

Earth from Space: Gangotri, India

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Gangotri, one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas and one of the main sources of water for the Ganges River.