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IceBridge: Building a Record of Earth’s Changing Ice, One Flight at a Time

IceBridge: Building a Record of Earth’s Changing Ice, One Flight at a Time

NASA is sending a fleet of airplanes to the ends of the Earth for the next several years to figure out how and why polar ice is changing. Read More

Notes from the Field Blog: SEAT: Satellite Era Accumulation Traverse

Notes from the Field Blog: SEAT: Satellite Era Accumulation Traverse

An international team returns to West Antarctica for a second season of field work. Researchers are collecting data from snow pits, ice cores, and radar surveys to better understand snow accumulation and to improve space-based estimates of Antarctica's ice mass. Read More

World of Change: Seasons of the Indus River

World of Change: Seasons of the Indus River

Fed by glaciers in the Himalayas and Karakorams — and by monsoon rains — the Indus River experiences substantial fluctuations every year. Because the river irrigates 18 million hectares of farmland, the landscape changes along with the river. Read More

Notes from the Field Blog: Eco3D: Exploring the Third Dimension of Forest Carbon

Notes from the Field Blog: Eco3D: Exploring the Third Dimension of Forest Carbon

From August through September, NASA's P-3 research aircraft will be flying from Quebec to Florida to measure the three-dimensional structure and carbon storage capacity of North American forests. Read More

2011 Hurricane Season and NASA Research: An Interview with Scott Braun

2011 Hurricane Season and NASA Research: An Interview with Scott Braun

With the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season approaching its peak, a NASA meteorologist explores the key questions in hurricane research. Read More

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Natural Hazards

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Floods Surround BangkokNovember 8, 2011
Floods Surround Bangkok
Image of the Day Powerful Storm hits AlaskaNovember 8, 2011
Powerful Storm hits Alaska
Haze over the Bay of BengalNovember 7, 2011
Haze over the Bay of Bengal
Growth of Shiveluch VolcanoNovember 5, 2011
Growth of Shiveluch Volcano
Puyehue-Cordón CaulleNovember 4, 2011
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Haze along the HimalayaNovember 3, 2011
Haze along the Himalaya
Dust over the Gulf of AlaskaNovember 2, 2011
Dust over the Gulf of Alaska
Image of the Day El Hierro Still Churning the SeaNovember 2, 2011
El Hierro Still Churning the Sea
Flooding in Southeast AsiaNovember 1, 2011
Flooding in Southeast Asia
Tropical Storm KeilaNovember 1, 2011
Tropical Storm Keila
Ash from Cerro Hudson, ChileOctober 31, 2011
Ash from Cerro Hudson, Chile
Image of the Day Flood Waters Inundate a Bangkok AirportOctober 31, 2011
Flood Waters Inundate a Bangkok Airport
Haze over Eastern ChinaOctober 30, 2011
Haze over Eastern China
Image of the Day Heavy Snow in Northeastern United StatesOctober 30, 2011
Heavy Snow in Northeastern United States
Tropical Storm KeilaOctober 30, 2011
Tropical Storm Keila
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World of Change

Satellite images showing how our world— forests, oceans, cities, even the Sun— has changed in recent decades.
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Blue Marble

Composite satellite images of the entire Earth.
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Experiments

Hands-on educational activities.
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Visible Earth

A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
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NASA Earth Observations

View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data.
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NASA Global Climate Change

Vital signs of the planet.
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Earth Science Picture of the Day

Photos of Earth processes and phenomena.
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