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Where on Earth? February 2012 Quiz

Diagnosing the Snow Deficit of December

Heavy Snow in Colorado and Nebraska

Majorca, Spain

Rhodes, Greece

Earth, Behind the Scenes

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle

Mayan Farming, Modern Farming: Land Use in Central America

Mayan Deforestation and Drought

100 Years at Kilauea

Payún Matru Volcanic Field, Argentina

Isle of Man

Istanbul, Turkey

Tropical Cyclone Funso

First Fire Images from VIIRS

Winter Storm in the Pacific Northwest

The Sun Flares with Activity

Agricultural Patterns, Quebec

Sea Ice off Southwestern Alaska

Drought Causes Mexico Food Shortages

2011 Global Temperatures

Migrating Siberian Shrubs

Measuring Carbon and Trees in the Tropics

Lake Dundas, Western Australia

Two Earth Satellites Viewed From Houston

Mountain Pass Mine

Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary

Winter Haze Blankets China

Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea

Where the Trees Are

Greenland’s Ice Is Growing Darker

Emi Koussi and Aorounga, Chad

Baja California

Frozen Franz Josef Land

Wildfire in Bío-Bío, Chile

Lava Flow near Nyamuragira Volcano

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Where on Earth? February 2012 Quiz

Here’s another chance to play geographical detective! Identify this location and answer a series of questions to win a print of the image. Read More

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Seeing Forests for the Trees and the Carbon: Mapping the World’s Forests in Three Dimensions

January 9, 2012

Earth has a carbon problem, and some think trees are the answer. Would it help to plant more? To cut down fewer? Does it matter where? Scientists are working to get a better inventory of the carbon stored in trees. Read More

Notes from the Field Blog: Pine Island Glacier 2011

December 19, 2011

An international team of researchers are traveling to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine how changes in the waters circulating under an active ice sheet are causing a glacier to accelerate and drain into the sea. Read More

World of Change: Athabasca Oil Sands

November 29, 2011

The Athabasca Oil Sands are at once a source of oil, of economic growth, and of environmental concern. This series of images shows the growth of surface mines around the Athabasca River from 1984 to the present. Read More

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

November 2, 2011

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

October 12, 2011

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

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