NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia
NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia

A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by fires, diesel vehicles, and other combustion sources, in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The detailed measurements show how pollution changes by time of day and season, including increases associated with […]

Next Generation of Planetary Scientists Learn Public Engagement Skills
Next Generation of Planetary Scientists Learn Public Engagement Skills

FORCE is a world-class laboratory that uses high-pressure experimental equipment to recreate the extreme conditions found deep within Earth and other planetary bodies, enabling researchers to better understand how planets form, evolve, and behave under immense pressures.

Volunteer Develops Machine-Learning Tool to Identify Rare Clouds
Volunteer Develops Machine-Learning Tool to Identify Rare Clouds

Certain kinds of clouds are misbehaving – appearing more often and lower in the sky than they used to. To help identify the factors influencing these changes, scientists have asked people around the world with cameras to submit fresh images of these clouds as a part of the NASA-supported Space Cloud Watch project.

Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Polar Geospatial Center EarthDEM Elevation Products
Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Polar Geospatial Center EarthDEM Elevation Products

CSDA’s assessment reports help inform the user community about the quality of commercial Digital Elevation Models (DEMs).

US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band radars on an ongoing basis, helping researchers and other users track the movement of Earth’s […]

Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data

The reports add to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.

CSDA Selects Eight Commercial Satellite Data Providers for On-Ramp 2 Contract Awards
CSDA Selects Eight Commercial Satellite Data Providers for On-Ramp 2 Contract Awards

Eight commercial data providers received contracts to provide a range of data in support of NASA’s Earth science priorities.

NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High Desert
NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High Desert

Equipped with rock picks and hand lenses, a team of geoscientists deployed to the Mojave Desert recently to investigate a tantalizing “fingerprint” detected by a NASA sensor. Their target: a cache of topaz hiding in plain sight. The geologists weren’t searching for gem-grade treasure. Rather, the presence of topaz could hint at a more valuable […]

NASA, NOAA to Hold Joint Session at 23rd Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
NASA, NOAA to Hold Joint Session at 23rd Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Abstracts are now being accepted for the session, which will take place at the 2027 AMS Annual Meeting.

NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers with important data on what happens beneath the canopy during a fire. In April, researchers and […]