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Located alongside a dry lake bed in Southern California, this NASA center has a long history of aviation firsts.
Published Apr 23, 2019
Globally averaged temperatures were 0.90 degrees Celsius (1.62 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the long-term mean.
Published Jan 18, 2018
On June 10, 2011, NASA launched Aquarius/SAC-D, an international earth-monitoring satellite and NASA's first new spaceborne tool for studying the Earth since 2008.
Published Jun 11, 2011
Improved data from several satellites illustrates how concentrations of fine particulate pollution have changed over time.
Published Jun 24, 2015
The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.1°C (2.0°F) since the late 19th century.
Published Jan 19, 2017
A pair of sounding rockets took aim at the aurora over Svalbard, Norway, to help scientists understand how Earth loses oxygen into space.
Published Dec 17, 2018
On a clear night in southern Japan, a new precipitation-monitoring satellite blasted into orbit.
Published Feb 28, 2014
Despite that a moderately strong La Niña event put a chill on the eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Sun was near a low in its 11-year cycle of variability, global average surface temperature in 2007 was still tied for the second warmest year in the instrumental record.
Published Jan 24, 2008
Before there was a Blue Marble photograph or composite image of Earth, there was TIROS IX.
Published Apr 22, 2015
The past five years have been the warmest years in the modern record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2000.
Published Feb 6, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Rapid growth from 2008–2017 built upon the rise in the atmospheric concentration of the gas that has been happening for more than a century.
Published Jul 15, 2020
Sixteen operating satellites monitor Earth. Four more are scheduled to launch in 2014.
Published Jul 5, 2013
When the DSCOVR mission was conceived in the late 1990s, one of the central ideas was to provide daily, natural-color views of the entire Earth so that everyday citizens could see it. Seventeen years later, we have that view.
Published Oct 23, 2015
Fifty years ago, NASA launched the first of seven satellites that revolutionized how we study weather, the atmosphere, and other Earth systems.
Published Oct 12, 2014Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Severe Storms Remote Sensing
Dr. Joanne Simpson (1923–2010) pores over reams of images of tropical clouds filmed during flights across the tropical Pacific. The photos and her hand-drawn maps of cloud formations became the foundation for her groundbreaking “hot towers” hypothesis about atmospheric circulation in the tropics.
Published Mar 9, 2010
