The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880.The finding sustains a trend that has seen the 21st century experience nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record. NASA's Goddard...

Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free...

This video talks about the importance of the Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS), flying on board NPP. OMPS is critical for measuring the health of the stratospheric ozone. <b<b<br/>r/>r/>

NASA’s Operation IceBridge is back in the field, but this time, there’s a twist. Instead of using the P-3 or DC-8 aircraft from previous campaigns, they’ve outfitted a C-130 cargo plane for the trip. Science flights begin this week as...

From polar ice to phytoplankton, parts of the earth system are constantly changing. At NASA, scientists strive to better understand these changes and how they are interconnected. Using remote-sensing data from satellites, this research...

Arctic sea ice has reached its peak winter extent for the year, and it’s the lowest winter maximum on record. <b<b<br/>r/>r/>

Sea ice acts as an air conditioner for the planet, reflecting energy from the sun. On September 17, the Arctic sea ice reached its minimum extent for 2014. At 1.94 million square miles (5.02 million square kilometers), it’s the sixth...

The year 2014 now ranks as the warmest on record since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA scientists.



This video shows a time series of five-year global temperature averages, mapped from 1880 to 2014, as estimated by...

During the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse, scientists will use the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite (DSCOVR), along with measurements taken from within the moon's shadow...

Scientists at the Goddard Institute for Space Science found that 2009 was tied as the second hottest year ever recorded.

Flying low over the Earth’s southernmost continent, Operation IceBridge is wrapping up its eighth consecutive field season of mapping the ice sheet and glaciers of Antarctica, as well as the surrounding sea ice. With more than 300...

Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the early 20th century, according to a study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York...

Flying over the Brazilian Amazon with an instrument firing 300,000 laser pulses per second, NASA scientists have made the first 3D measurements of forest canopies in the region. With this research they hope to shed light on the effects...

By studying the topography and mineral composition of a portion of the Arabia Terra region in northern Mars, scientists recently found evidence for thousands of “super eruptions,” which are the most violent...

Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons,...

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Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have...

A NASA Center for Climate Simulation supercomputer model that shows the flow of ‪#‎Blizzard2016‬ thru Sunday, January 24, 2016. <b<br/>r/>

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Ice caps are simply small versions of ice sheets, measuring in at a maximum area of 50,000 square kilometers (about 19,000 square miles). It's their small and thin stature that makes ice caps more prone to melt in a warming Arctic....

For the first time NASA’s Operation IceBridge is flying simultaneous missions over both the Arctic and Antarctic, on smaller, faster aircraft. These campaigns and aircraft represent both a unique opportunity for measuring polar ice, and...

This short video announces the launch of the A Warming World Web page on NASAs Global Climate Change Web site: A Warming World features videos, images, articles and interactive visuals that discuss rising global temperatures and the...

This fascinating program takes students on a journey through time as the history of life on Earth is explored. From the dawn of life to the existence of advanced vertebrate animals, each of the major periods of life are investigated....

Companies are being pressed to report in greater detail on their sustainability policies and performance, but face multiple frameworks and often-incomplete data. Leaders from Goodyear and Diageo explain their approaches.

Why is it important to reconstruct the long history of the Earth's climate, and how can we do that?