Diplomacy requires knowledge of issues that matter to the people with whom you're speaking. Climate change is an issue that concerns everyone on Earth. As the official US representative to Chile, Ambassador Michael Hammer spent some...

High above the thin Martian skies, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is carrying out a mission: determine how Mars lost its early atmosphere, and with it, its water. While previous Mars orbiters have peered down at the planet’s surface, MAVEN...

NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles that arrive in the air over North America each year. With a 3D view of the atmosphere now possible...

Climate modeling requires massive computational power. Until recently, that power required room sized machines with daunting technical and logistic requirements. But new advances in computer design, including hardware and software,...

This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior. Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles. This unique instrument will...

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Partner Christina M. Thomas and Charles Waring, a leader in EisnerAmper’s ESG practice, explore the challenging areas covered in proposed rules on climate-change disclosure from the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Cold snap of January 2010 and Tamiami Trail reconstruction.

"Climate Change and The Global Ocean" is the first episode in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change...

This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Cyprus.

The Women of Standing Rock part 7/8: This video captures the experiences and emotions of individuals involved in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline and the desecration of graves by Apple. It highlights their resilience,...

The Women of Standing Rock part 5/8: This video is a powerful and emotional account of the ongoing conflict surrounding the Dakota Access pipeline. It sheds light on the concerns of the local community and their efforts to protect their...

From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand our own place in the universe....

The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the primary sensor on the new generation GOES satellites, GOES-R. ABI will have 16 spectral bands, which will contribute to a greater number of products and better data quality. ABI will track and...

The sun is the primary force in Earth's climate system. Sunlight warms our world. Sunlight drives atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Sunlight powers the process of photosynthesis that plants need to grow. Sunlight causes...

Sea surface salinity has a massive influence on Earth's climate. With Aquarius, scientists will have a new way to measure that influence in a consistent way. With its unprecedented accurate and consistent salinity measurements,...

Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Syria.

This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of the Balkan States: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia

Climate patterns and storms on Jupiter can have striking similarities to those on Earth. One such pattern is a four-year temperature cycle in the Jovian upper atmosphere called the QQO.



This cycle has a little...

Excerpts from 14 short films about NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.<b<br/>r/>

As our series concludes, we ask NASA researchers: how will climate change impact agriculture? <b<br/>r/>

The U.S. fire season in 2012 was by some measures a record-breaking season. NASA scientist Doug Morton discusses the links between climate and wildfires and the likelihood of seeing more extreme fire events in the future.<b<b<br/>r/>r/>

Snacktime with NASA digs into the science behind what’s on your plate from a tasty cheese board, to seafood, to fresh produce, to chips and dip.



Food can bring us a sense of home, and it connects people all...

NASA's MODIS satellite instrument reveals how air pollution may alter clouds, affecting global temperatures. This narrated visualization illustrates the effect by showing how ship exhaust leaves brights cloud trails in clean ocean air....

The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest in the modern record. "Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle" illustrates how NASA satellites enable us to study possible causes of climate change. The video explains what role fluctuations...