NASA and other agencies will measure the movements of pollution around the globe this summer. NASA is participating with U.S. and international agencies as part of a combined air quality and climate study.

Software on a NASA spacecraft captured images of Antarctica's Mount Erebus and detected volcanic activity.

NASA scientists working with the World Wildlife Fund and others have measured how much of Earth's plant life humans need for food, fiber, wood and fuel.

NASA will mark National Lightning Safety Awareness Week, June 20-26, through unique contributions its lightning research makes to climate studies, and severe storm detection and prediction.

Whenever a hurricane races across the Atlantic Ocean, chances are phytoplankton will bloom behind it. According to a new study using NASA satellite data, these phytoplankton blooms may also affect the Earth’s climate and carbon cycle.

Newly released topographic data sets from NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provide twenty first century explorers new ways to traverse the wonders of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Madagascar.

NASA and University of Maryland scientists have found the African monsoon consists of two distinct seasons.

NASA satellite data are giving scientists insight into how large-scale deforestation in the Amazon Basin in South America is affecting regional climate.