For more than 26 years, Earth Observatory has been located at earthobservatory.nasa.gov. Now, as part of our next chapter, we are moving to a new home at science.nasa ...

For more than 26 years, Earth Observatory has been located at earthobservatory.nasa.gov. Now, as part of our next chapter, we are moving to a new home at science.nasa ...

A reader recently wrote to ask us about our November 17 article: “Satellite Detects Human Contribution to Atmospheric CO2.” “Hello, I read on the site that CO 2 concentrations are higher in some areas ...

Earth has experienced climate change in the past without help from humanity. We know about past climates because of evidence left in tree rings, layers of ice in glaciers, ocean sediments, coral reefs ...

All matter in the universe that has a temperature above absolute zero (the temperature at which all atomic or molecular motion stops) radiates energy across a range of wavelengths in the ...

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In 2016, we published space-based imagery of Iguazú Falls—South America’s famous system of waterfalls, which is near a bend in the Iguazú River between Argentina and Brazil. Spray from the falls ...