Earth Observation
Spring Thaws are Getting Earlier
Image credit: NASA Using data from several NASA satellites, scientists believe that the Spring thaws in the Northern latitudes are…
ICEsat’s View of the Earth
Image credit: NASA NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has been churning out spectacular 3-D images of the…
New Water Map of the Atmosphere
Image credit: NASA/JPL One aspect of the Earth's climate, the distribution of water vapour, might have significant implications for climate…
Earth’s Field Opens Up for the Solar Wind
Image credit: NASA Researchers have discovered that temporary cracks can form in the Earth's magnetic field that can permit some…
Images of Wetlands from Space
Image credit: ESA The Earth's wetlands are home to some of the most fragile and diverse ecosystems on the planet,…
Envisat Watches an Iceberg Break Up
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Envisat Earth observation satellite captured images of a gigantic iceberg as it broke…
ESA Watches Earthquakes Shake the Sky
Image credit: ESA When a powerful earthquake shook the ground in Alaska a year ago, it also set the Earth's…
Storm Compressed the Earth’s Magnetosphere
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Cluster spacecraft were perfectly positioned to watch the effect of the recent solar…
Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice is Accelerating
Image credit: NASA New images of shrinking sea ice may provide further evidence that the Earth is undergoing significant climate…
Glaciers in Patagonia Melting Faster Then Expected
Image credit: NASA/JPL New research from NASA shows that glaciers in the Patagonia region of South America are thinning out…