NASA study solves case of Earth's 'missing energy'

his video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken January 3, 2012 from 15:01:30 to 15:08:17 GMT, on a pass from the Indian Ocean, just west of Australia, to south of Australia, we...

Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 17:39 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the low pressure system called System 97S on Jan. 24 and observed a large area of strong t...

(Click on image for larger view.)Dust plumes blew across the western Sahara Desert on January 18, 2012. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture the same day.Arising from discrete source poi...

California dog driver Tony Phillips poses with his new sled near Mammoth Mountain. In winter 2011 this spot was covered by several feet of snow; in 2012 it is bare dirt.Jan. 17, 2012: Winter seems to be on hold this year in some parts of the United Sta...

NASA will launch an airborne science lab aboard a DC-8 plane above snowstorms in Ontario next week to measure snowfall from space.

NASA recently posted a press release about an upcoming expedition to Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, a key piece of real estate in Antarctica that's slipping into the ocean at an increasingly worrisome pace. This month, in fact, an aircraft participat...

Slow-moving winter weather systems that can lead to massive snowfalls are more frequent during the decades when the North Atlantic Ocean is abnormally warmer than usual.

They say a picture says a thousand words. This week we published our 100th image in our State of Flux gallery showing images of change around our planet. Take a look at some of our favorites.

Take a peek at our latest Earth wallpaper of the week. If you like it, download it! Get your wallpaper fix.

On May 19, 2011, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite observed a work in progress in northern Quebec, east of James Bay. The project – known as the Eastmain-1-A/Sarcelle/Rupert Project – is designed to inc...

NASA satellite tracks severity of African drought

July 21, 2011 Light from a lidar instrument forms a beam in the sky over Boulder, Colo.. NOAA researchers and colleagues used lidar data to better understand recent changes in the amounts of tiny particles high in Earth's atmosphere. Download here. (...

(Click on image for larger view.) Dust blew over parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran in mid-July 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on July 15, 2011. The t...

(Click on image for larger view.) One day after multiple dust plumes blew through Iraq, dust hovered over the Persian Gulf. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on J...

(Click on image for larger view.) On June 10, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter angled its orbit 65* to the west, allowing the spacecraft's cameras to capture a dramatic sunrise view of the moon's Tycho crater. A very popular target with amat...

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Anthony Watts The MODIS/AQUA rapidfire website finally had a pass overhead online early this AM of the Ethiopian/Eritrean area volcanic eruption of Nabro, and I have them below. The plume stretches well over 1000 miles now...

Here’s the eruption seen from NASA MODIS: This visible image was taken on June 8 at 18:30 UTC (2:30 p.m. EDT) by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. The plume from the Puyeh...

Published: Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 15:37 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA JPL/Ed Olsen The low pressure system that has been bringing rainfall to the northwestern Philippines has strengthened into the fifth tropical d...

NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters 11 satellites all captured images of the ash plume from southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Volcano this week. The volcano is located in Puyehue National Park in the And...

Press Release 11-111New Map Reveals Giant Fjords Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet View video Duncan Young discusses research in the Aurora Subglacial Basin.Credit and Larger Version June 2, 2011 View a video with Duncan Young, research scientist at...

By Valerie Smock, AccuWeather.com Broadcaster Jun 2, 2011; 12:26 PM ET This is a look at the 2005 drought in the Amazon. (Courtesy: NASA) It is easy to see the result of a dry summer on your yard, but can you imagine how reduced rainfall can affe...

More Western winds for Punjab Turbat sizzles at 50°C again Pre-Monsoon activty in Karachi continues Chances of depression in the Arabian sea still persists   Pakistan Weather Background *A weak western disturbance would affect Northern Pakistan. *Heat wave to persist in parts of Balochistan and Sindh. *Tropical cyclone “Keila” may affect lower ...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist May 30, 2011; 10:50 AM ET Songda was an exceptionally powerful typhoon last week, when it menaced the Philippines, Taiwan and Okinawa. At the height of its life cycle on May 26, Songda held super-typhoon stat...

Since the forecast of a possible cyclone in the Arabian sea emerged on May 23, there had been much talk about its possible track and intensity. Cyclones in the Arabian sea are rare and stronger ones are extremely rare but not unheard. A little disturbance in the Arabian sea sends chills ...

Published: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 15:05 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen Typhoon Songda became a Super Typhoon in the evening on May 26, 2011 (Eastern Daylight Time) was it reached a Category 5 status on ...

Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 16:33 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when...

Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 09:35 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA JPL, Ed Olsen Songda is now a typhoon in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as it continues tracking parallel to the eastern coast of Luzon, Phili...

Harsh dust storms back in Punjab! Western winds hampering monsoon Pre-monsoon winds in Karachi Cyclone Keila to hit Oman or India? Pakistan weather Background *A western disturbance is likely to affect Pakistan that is likely to bring more severe dust storms and moderate to heavy rainfall in that part of ...

History books should be re-written again as on May 21, 2011, Karachi experienced one of the hottest days in years when temperature soared to 46°C. Last time temperatures touched this much was May 22, 1981. Arabian sea keeps Karachi cool and pleasant! Mostly when ever a heat wave affects Pakistan, Karachi escapes the ...