Welcome to the Earth Sciences Division
The Earth Sciences Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center plans, organizes, evaluates, and carries out a broad program of scientific research, both theoretical and experimental, to study the Earth. We are delighted you found us here and hope you will return many times to visit and experience the excitement we feel about our mission. Our mission ranges from basic research, to the definition and development of flight missions and instruments, to mission operations, data analysis, and distribution.
TOP STORIES
- NASA Mission to Help Unravel Key Carbon, Climate Mysteries
- NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric
carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch
from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks
- The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will measure carbon in the
air, from Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere.
- Satellites Confirm Half-Century of West Antarctic Warming
- Once presumed to be cooling or stable, NASA scientists have
recently confirmed a warming trend on the Antarctic Peninsula.
- The Human Factor: Understanding the Sources of Rising Carbon Dioxide
- Every time we get into our car, turn the key and drive somewhere,
we burn gasoline, a fossil fuel derived from crude oil.
- NASA Climate Scientist Honored by American Meteorological Society
- NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen has been chosen by
his peers to receive the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal,
the highest honor bestowed by the American Meteorological Society
(AMS).
ITEMS OF INTEREST
- NSPIRES Research Opportunities
- Supporting research in science and technology is an important part of
NASA's overall mission
- NASA Science For Educators
- "To inspire the next generation of explorers"
- Goddard Diversity Council
- Diversity at Goddard